Power Outages in Carter County, MT
Is there a power outage in Carter County, MT right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Black Hills Power, Inc. in Carter County, MT. There is no live feed for Grand Electric Coop, Inc, Southeast Electric Coop, Inc and Tongue River Electric Coop Inc.
Carter County, MT is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.0 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Carter County, MT", live data as of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC. https://massoutage.com/montana/carter-county
No active outages are reported by Black Hills Power, Inc. in Carter County.
No live feed for Grand Electric Coop, Inc, Southeast Electric Coop, Inc and Tongue River Electric Coop Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Carter County, MT
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Black Hills Power, Inc., Tongue River Electric Coop Inc, Grand Electric Coop, Inc and Southeast Electric Coop, Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~521 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Grand Electric Coop, Inc, Southeast Electric Coop, Inc, Tongue River Electric Coop Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Power, Inc. | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Grand Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southeast Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tongue River Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Black Hills Power, Inc. reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Carter Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59324 | 15 | ≤11 | 13 | 0 |
| 59332 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 59316 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 59311 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Carter County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Carter County right now.
Carter County has been under 13 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 3, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- High Wind Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Carter County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Carter County went about 0.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 33 customers.
The US EIA reports Montana utilities averaged 4.8 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 0.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 1 customers out) · decade average 0.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 33 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
Cost of power in Carter County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Carter County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Black Hills Power, Inc.7.0¢13 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low wildfire exposure · 0.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Carter County: FAQ
- How often does Carter County, MT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Carter County, MT logged 1 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Carter County, MT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 33 customers without power, beginning April 16, 2018 and lasting about 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Carter County, MT right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC, no outages are reported by Black Hills Power, Inc. in Carter County, MT. There is no live feed for Grand Electric Coop, Inc, Southeast Electric Coop, Inc and Tongue River Electric Coop Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Carter County.
59311, 59319, 59324, 59332
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Carter County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Montana →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Power, Inc. | 8.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Tongue River Electric Coop Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Grand Electric Coop, Inc | - | No live feed | - |
| Southeast Electric Coop, Inc | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Montana customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/30011 and /api/v1/counties/30011/history.