Bonneville Power Administration Plans Power Outages West of Kalispell

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has informed Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) of planned power outages in northwest Montana on Monday,...

September 16, 2023
5:46 AM

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has informed Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) of planned power outages in northwest Montana on Monday, Sept. 18, at 5 a.m. and on Monday, Oct. 2, at 10 p.m. 'These outages are both expected to last less than 5 minutes,' according to a public notice from FEC, which explained that BPA is upgrading its transmission switching equipment. The areas affected are west of Kalispell, in the Marion, Happy's Inn, and Ashley Creek areas. Approximately 2,900 members of Flathead Electric Cooperative will be impacted.

Tristan Scott