Power outages in Powell County, MT
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Powell County yet. NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT), Missoula Electric Coop, Inc and Bonneville Power Administration serve this county.
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No live outage data for Powell County yet.
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This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This 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.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Powell County
2014–2025 recordPowell County averaged 9.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Montana counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 11. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.2 days, starting December 17, 2025.
The largest on record began July 25, 2024, with 2,993 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in August.
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At 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.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| July 25, 2024 | 2,993 | 2.9 days | 27,728 |
| June 6, 2020 | 1,982 | 4 hours | 3,393 |
| June 8, 2020 | 1,916 | 2.3 days | 37,031 |
| July 23, 2025 | 1,450 | 1.5 hours | 2,169 |
| September 10, 2025 | 1,443 | 2.5 hours | 3,247 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From 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.
Cities in Powell County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) no live feed
- Missoula Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
- Bonneville Power Administration no live feed
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