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

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

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

Updated 9:31 PM MDT.

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Who serves Valley County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include NorthWestern Energy ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Norval Electric Cooperative and Big Flat Electric Cooperative 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 — Valley County, MT

Last significant outage: Sep 4, 2026 — peaked at 1,431 customers, restored in ~30 min (no severe weather).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.7 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Sep 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Valley County, MT

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 67 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~3,217 customers out in July 2021, restored after about 3.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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 Valley County include Glasgow, Nashua, Fort Peck, Opheim, Fort Peck Reservation, Frazer, Hinsdale and South Valley. 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 Valley County, MT?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Valley include Norval Electric Cooperative, NorthWestern Energy and Big Flat Electric Cooperative — 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.

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Phillips County · Daniels County · McCone County · Roosevelt County · Garfield County · Sheridan County · Richland County · Blaine County

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