When will the power be back in Great Falls, MT?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Cascade County, Montana

customers reported out in Cascade, MT

Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.

County-wide restoration outlook: ~32 min to restore, allowing for a slower final stretch (roughly 30 customers an hour now)

🎯 Likely 16 min–1.5 hr — based on how accurate our past estimates like this have been.

Showing county-wide data because we don't have Great Falls-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.

Updated 6:08 PM MDT.

18 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 3.1 days · tap or hover a point to see its number

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⚡ No power in Great Falls, MT? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.

An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

What we track for Great Falls

Great Falls is a city of about 60,013 residents in Cascade County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Great Falls by name, so this page reports the Cascade County county-wide view, which covers Great Falls. If a serving utility does name Great Falls during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Great Falls:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Great Falls: the closest other places we track are Kalispell, about 149 miles to the west, and Billings, about 176 miles to the southeast.

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: east toward Williston, ND (358 mi); southeast toward Riverton, WY (339 mi); south toward Idaho Falls, ID (280 mi); southwest toward Boise, ID (360 mi); and west toward Coeur d'Alene, ID (256 mi).

Who serves Great Falls?

We track live outage data from NorthWestern Energy ↗ and Fergus Electric Cooperative in Cascade County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Sun River Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Cascade County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.

Recent outages tracked in Great Falls

Great Falls's last tracked outage began Oct 13, peaked at 171 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.

Oct 13 — 171 customers out, restored in 5 hours
Oct 10 — 1,441 customers out, restored in 2.1 days
Oct 10 — 154 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Oct 9 — 887 customers out, restored in 4 hours

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

County context: across all of Cascade County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Cascade County

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Great Falls, MT?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Great Falls's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.

How do I check the power outage status in Great Falls, MT?

To check your own street, search a Great Falls ZIP code — 59401, 59403, 59404, 59405 or 59406 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Cascade County overview

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