On Thursday afternoon, widespread power outages were reported across the state. One outage was caused by a power line falling off its pole which sparked a fire west of Bozeman. A NorthWestern Energy spokesperson said the line should have bypassed to a substation but it was down for maintenance...
Some Missoulian's living in the Lower Miller Creek area have called Northwestern Energy reporting a power outage that began just before noon today, January 7.
A new Paragon Insights poll of 668 likely Montana Voters shows a plurality of opposition to proposed new EPA regulations on carbon emissions from power plants. While 39 percent supported the regulations, 49 percent opposed.
According to a report filed by Northwestern Energy, of the thousands of power outages in Montana last year, a substantial amount were caused by woodland creatures.