Power outages in Sidney, MT
Live outages for Sidney and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Sidney has 6,217 residents.
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SidneyRichland County
Outage history in Richland County, which includes Sidney
2014–2025 recordRichland County averaged 4.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Montana counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 8. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 17 hours, starting December 18, 2025.
The largest on record began June 9, 2021, with 2,967 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in May.
4.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.1 hourtypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.7 dayslongest on record (September 2019)
2,967most customers out at once
| 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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| June 9, 2021 | 2,967 | 18 hours | 12,067 |
| June 11, 2021 | 2,866 | 17 hours | 27,742 |
| February 13, 2018 | 2,864 | 2 hours | 4,082 |
| May 5, 2021 | 2,854 | 7.5 hours | 17,355 |
| May 12, 2020 | 2,700 | 15 minutes | 675 |
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.