A $5,900 Roundup for Safety grant to the Friends of the Flathead Avalanche Center (FOFAC) will go toward heated sensor elements and installation for the Big Mountain Weather Station located at the top of Whitefish Mountain Resort. This grant will help address safety issues for those accessing and maintaining the weather station and will also improve the […]
With the resignation of Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) Trustee for District #4 Doug Grob, the Flathead Electric Board of Trustees is now accepting applications for a District #4 representative to serve until the next annual meeting in 2022 at which time a Trustee from District #4 will be elected by the members. Online applications are […]
A $9,000 Roundup for Safety grant will help the Marion Fire District (MFD) with safer response to accidents, by providing air bags for lifting vehicles, as well as vehicle stabilization struts. The application emphasized that US Highway 2 is a major transit path, with 23 miles of that highway crossing directly through their district. Due […]
In order to safely repair equipment that was damaged during the recent windstorm, Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) has scheduled a two-hour power outage along a stretch of its service territory for this Thursday, January 21. Originally scheduled for today, the date was changed so it did not interfere with those wishing to view the Presidential […]
The Bonneville Power Administration needs to take a short power outage to do some emergency switching this afternoon. The outage will affect Flathead Electric Co-op members in all of Libby. We do not know the exact timing, but we are told this outage will happen around 2:40 p.m. and will last approximately one minute. Thank […]
Although most capital credit checks were successfully issued to members of Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) in December, some attempts to locate former members who are owed capital credits were unsuccessful because the Co-op does not have their current address. A full list of unclaimed capital credits is available on the Flathead Electric website. If you […]
Three seats on Flathead Electric Co-op’s Board of Trustees are up for election this year. Potential candidates must be members of the Co-op and live in the district they seek election to represent. Trustee seats up for election are currently held by: Charlotte Housel (District #2 – Lower Valley, Somers, Lakeside, Creston, Rollins, and Cooke City), Jay Downen (District […]
Flathead Electric Co-op is accepting applications for its $500 spring student-teaching scholarship through January 31. The scholarship opportunity is provided for students completing their education degree, while student teaching in Montana. The funding will be distributed in February. To be eligible, the candidate (or their parent or legal guardian) must be a member of Flathead […]
A $10,000 Roundup for Safety grant will help the North Valley Food Bank (NVFB) remodel its warehouse facilities for safer food storage, distribution and access. A safety evaluation determined that more refrigeration with easier access was needed because demand for services has risen by 60% since April and currently, over 250,000 pounds of food a year must be manually carried into the freezers. Staff and volunteers serve 950 individuals in any given month. In addition to the NVFB grant, Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Roundup for […]
Flathead Electric Cooperative has scheduled a three-hour power outage in the Swan Lake area for critical maintenance tomorrow (December 9). The work is necessary to improve safety and reliability on the system. Attempts to notify impacted members in advance are underway. The interruption in service, to begin at 9 a.m., will affect 253 members from […]
