Power outages in Deer Lodge County, MT

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Deer Lodge County yet. NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT), Bonneville Power Administration and Vigilante Electric Coop, Inc serve this county.

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NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Bonneville Power Administrationno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Vigilante Electric Coop, Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Deer Lodge County

2014–2025 record

Deer Lodge County averaged 16.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Montana counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 13. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 13 hours, starting December 17, 2025.

The largest on record began February 11, 2024, with 7,105 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in August.

16.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
2.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
20 hourslongest on record (June 2020)
7,105most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
February 11, 20247,1052.5 hours13,214
October 18, 20206,0274.5 hours11,291
May 1, 20243,33915 minutes835
January 13, 20211,67912 hours5,400
June 22, 20201,6692 hours1,367

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.