When will the power be back in Carbon County, MT?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Carbon County, MT right now.

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Elsewhere in Montana: 3 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Carbon County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include NorthWestern Energy ↗ and Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Beartooth Electric Cooperative and Big Horn Rural Electric Co also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Carbon County, MT

Last significant outage: Jul 25, 2026 — peaked at 424 customers, restored in ~3.2 hr (heat event).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Carbon County, MT

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 72 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.

That is shorter than the Montana norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3 hr.

Largest on record: ~3,383 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 5.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2021.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Carbon County include Red Lodge, Bridger, Joliet, Fromberg, Bearcreek, Belfry, Boyd and East Carbon. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Carbon County, MT?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Carbon include NorthWestern Energy, Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Beartooth Electric Cooperative and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Nearby counties & areas

Stillwater County · Sweet Grass County · Yellowstone County · Park County · Big Horn County · Golden Valley County · Musselshell County · Wheatland County

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