When will the power be back in Billings, MT?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Billings is a city of about 121,483 residents in Yellowstone County.
Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Billings by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Billings is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Billings:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Billings: the closest other places we track are Great Falls, about 176 miles to the northwest; Gillette, WY, about 182 miles to the southeast; and Riverton, WY, about 190 miles to the south.
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Williston, ND (284 mi); east toward Dickinson, ND (285 mi); southeast toward Casper, WY (232 mi); south toward Rock Springs, WY (292 mi); southwest toward Idaho Falls, ID (234 mi); and northwest toward Kalispell (319 mi).
Who serves Billings?
We track live outage data from NorthWestern Energy ↗, Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative and Fergus Electric Cooperative in Yellowstone County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Mid-Yellowstone Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Yellowstone County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Billings's last tracked outage began Oct 11, peaked at 577 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 11 — 577 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 3 — 850 customers out, restored in an hour
- Oct 1 — 25 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 26 — 43 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Yellowstone County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.5 hr. The full record for Yellowstone County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Billings, 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 Billings's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Billings, MT?
To check your own street, search a Billings ZIP code — 59101, 59102, 59103, 59104, 59105, 59106 or any of the other 8 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Billings specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Billings we have the city-level view: Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative has published outages for Billings under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Billings is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Yellowstone County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Billings.
