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Sheridan Electric Cooperative is still working to get residential customers back on line before another storm slams the region, but says commercial customers might not get power back until next month.
Rolling blackouts from Texas deep freeze extend to eastern Montana Rolling blackouts in southern U.S. causing outages in Montana By: Jon Stepanek and last updated 2021-02-17 12:12:40-05 BILLINGS â Even mighty Texas, the energy powerhouse of America, is feeling the wrath of Mother Nature. And the consumption of power throughout the nationâs midsection during an unprecedented cold snap is causing rolling blackouts as far north as Eastern Montana. Two Montana electric cooperatives, NorVal and McCone, both had brief rolling blackouts Tuesday related to the southern wint...
No, there were not rolling blackouts across Montana on Tuesday. There were 30 minutes when the 900 or so residents of Jordan and Circle were without electricity. The local electric cooperative told customers what was up on social media. Once word got to Twitter, the fuse was lit. As a winter juggernaut left millions of Americans freezing without power, politicians in Montana used the crisis to ratchet up their rhetoric about fossil fuels, President Joe Biden and a pivot to clean energy. âPlease see my statement on the reports of rolling blackouts in Montana,â tweeted Montanaâs ...
Are we too reliant on unreliable power like wind and solar? Here's the full audio with Ryan Hall from the Montana Electric Cooperative's Association.