2016 Montana Power Outage Report
In 2016, the average Montana customer went without power for about 1.9 hours, the 36th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
1.9
vs prior year
▼ 19%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
233K
Peak customers out
7,569
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of MT customers
Counties reporting
8
Montana year over year
All 8 Montana counties, 2016
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County | 3.0 | 39K | 12,721 | 5,596 | 158 |
| 2 | Flathead County | 2.4 | 160K | 65,575 | 4,728 | 682 |
| 3 | Park County | 2.3 | 20K | 8,763 | 340 | 27 |
| 4 | Lake County | 0.6 | 14K | 24,041 | 2,827 | 85 |
| 5 | Powder River County | 0.1 | 81 | 583 | 33 | 2 |
| 6 | Carbon County | 0.0 | 242 | 6,512 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Sanders County | 0.0 | 61 | 7,314 | 23 | 3 |
| 8 | Carter County | 0.0 | 3 | 508 | 1 | 2 |
Biggest Montana outages of 2016
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln County, MT | January 19, 2016 18:45 | January 19, 2016 22:45 | 4h | 5,596 | 13K |
| 2 | Flathead County, MT | October 25, 2016 13:45 | October 25, 2016 22:15 | 8h 30m | 4,728 | 2,964 |
| 3 | Flathead County, MT | July 8, 2016 11:15 | July 8, 2016 16:15 | 5h | 3,797 | 6,997 |
| 4 | Flathead County, MT | October 10, 2016 09:00 | October 11, 2016 12:45 | 1d 3h | 3,504 | 17K |
| 5 | Lake County, MT | October 25, 2016 17:00 | October 25, 2016 18:00 | 1h | 2,827 | 1,545 |
| 6 | Flathead County, MT | May 19, 2016 11:00 | May 19, 2016 16:45 | 5h 45m | 2,538 | 8,109 |
| 7 | Flathead County, MT | May 9, 2016 01:15 | May 9, 2016 10:30 | 9h 15m | 1,925 | 4,416 |
| 8 | Flathead County, MT | August 10, 2016 16:45 | August 10, 2016 22:45 | 6h | 1,922 | 1,502 |
| 9 | Flathead County, MT | September 3, 2016 17:30 | September 3, 2016 19:00 | 1h 30m | 1,918 | 1,922 |
| 10 | Flathead County, MT | May 11, 2016 04:45 | May 11, 2016 11:15 | 6h 30m | 1,908 | 3,366 |
| 11 | Flathead County, MT | July 12, 2016 16:15 | July 12, 2016 22:00 | 5h 45m | 1,892 | 955 |
| 12 | Flathead County, MT | April 24, 2016 05:45 | April 24, 2016 08:30 | 2h 45m | 1,881 | 4,223 |
| 13 | Flathead County, MT | June 12, 2016 22:45 | June 13, 2016 01:30 | 2h 45m | 1,873 | 3,279 |
| 14 | Flathead County, MT | April 15, 2016 11:15 | April 15, 2016 14:15 | 3h | 1,871 | 2,757 |
| 15 | Lincoln County, MT | April 20, 2016 16:45 | April 20, 2016 18:30 | 1h 45m | 1,549 | 1,933 |
| 16 | Flathead County, MT | June 17, 2016 07:45 | June 17, 2016 12:15 | 4h 30m | 1,549 | 6,644 |
| 17 | Flathead County, MT | August 18, 2016 23:15 | August 20, 2016 02:15 | 1d 3h | 1,543 | 5,068 |
| 18 | Flathead County, MT | December 17, 2016 07:15 | December 17, 2016 13:45 | 6h 30m | 1,527 | 9,902 |
| 19 | Flathead County, MT | November 17, 2016 17:15 | November 17, 2016 18:45 | 1h 30m | 1,495 | 1,624 |
| 20 | Lincoln County, MT | July 6, 2016 05:00 | July 6, 2016 11:15 | 6h 15m | 1,447 | 9,044 |
| 21 | Lake County, MT | January 15, 2016 17:15 | January 15, 2016 20:15 | 3h | 1,419 | 2,839 |
| 22 | Flathead County, MT | December 10, 2016 14:15 | December 10, 2016 20:00 | 5h 45m | 1,375 | 5,236 |
| 23 | Flathead County, MT | January 8, 2016 01:30 | January 8, 2016 04:30 | 3h | 1,255 | 625 |
| 24 | Flathead County, MT | February 15, 2016 19:00 | February 16, 2016 00:00 | 5h | 1,059 | 1,090 |
| 25 | Flathead County, MT | July 6, 2016 05:00 | July 6, 2016 11:30 | 6h 30m | 982 | 6,030 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Montana's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.