Power Outages in Missoula County, MT
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Missoula Electric Coop, Inc, USBIA-Mission Valley Power and NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) in Missoula County, MT. There is no live feed for Bonneville Power Administration and NorthWestern Energy. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.3 hours.
Missoula County, MT is served by 6 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/montana/missoula-county
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- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Missoula County, MT", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/montana/missoula-county
No active outages are reported by Missoula Electric Coop, Inc, USBIA-Mission Valley Power and NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) in Missoula County.
No live feed for Bonneville Power Administration and NorthWestern Energy: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
27%of this county's ~58,386 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Bonneville Power Administration, NorthWestern Energy. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 14,855 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| USBIA-Mission Valley Power | Live · county | 0 | 654 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Ravalli County Elec Coop, Inc | Live · county | no county report | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NorthWestern Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Missoula Electric Coop, Inc, USBIA-Mission Valley Power and NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) reportevery 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 Missoula 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 (12)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59808 | 334 | ≤11 | 269 | ≤11 |
| 59801 | 281 | ≤11 | 233 | ≤11 |
| 59802 | 203 | ≤11 | 158 | ≤11 |
| 59803 | 141 | ≤11 | 108 | 0 |
| 59804 | 99 | ≤11 | 77 | ≤11 |
| 59847 | 56 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 59868 | 39 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 59834 | 34 | 0 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 59820 | 25 | ≤11 | 23 | 0 |
| 59846 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 59826 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 59823 | ≤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 Missoula County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Missoula County right now.
Missoula County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Winter Weather Advisory on October 11, 2026.
- Wind Advisory ×1
- Winter Weather Advisory ×1
Latest Missoula County, MT outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 29m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 500 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,514 customers out (2.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Missoula County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Missoulano outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Missoula County went about 7.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 55,225 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 7.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 55,225 customers out) · decade average 7.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 82 | 120 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 432 | 3,424 | 2.6 |
| 2021 | 471 | 6,378 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 472 | 3,665 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 468 | 7,478 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 495 | 55,225 | 38.6 |
| 2025 | 554 | 8,400 | 7.3 |
Cost of power in Missoula County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Missoula 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.
- NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT)14.4¢333,711 cust
- USBIA-Mission Valley Power9.4¢16,353 cust
- Missoula Electric Coop, Inc10.9¢14,867 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.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 7.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Missoula County: FAQ
- How often does Missoula County, MT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Missoula County, MT logged 554 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Missoula County, MT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 55,225 customers without power, beginning July 24, 2024 and lasting about 12d 11h.
- Is there a power outage in Missoula County, MT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Missoula County, MT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Missoula County, MT?
- Tracked electric providers include Missoula Electric Coop, Inc, NorthWestern Energy, NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT), USBIA-Mission Valley Power.
Missoula. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Missoula County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Missoula County.
59801, 59802, 59803, 59804, 59808, 59812, 59821, 59823, 59826, 59834, 59846, 59847, 59851, 59868
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) | 2.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Missoula Electric Coop, Inc | 22.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Bonneville Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| NorthWestern Energy | - | No live feed | - |
| USBIA-Mission Valley Power | - | Live · county | - |
| Ravalli County Elec Coop, Inc | - | Live · county | - |
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/30063 and /api/v1/counties/30063/history.