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2023 Rate Adjustment

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June 2023 Rate Adjustment For the past 4 years, the Co-op has not changed rates to increase overall revenue. However, to safeguard the future stability of your member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative’s affordable, reliable power against future challenges, rates now need a slight adjustment. An overall 1.11% rate increase will occur June 1, 2023. Full rate schedules […]

Why don’t you trim all the trees around the power lines?

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The majority of our power outages are weather and tree-related. That’s one of the unfortunate realities of living in this beautiful (and heavily treed) area of Northwest Montana. Because of this, Flathead Electric Co-op has a robust Vegetation Management Program. [...]

Planting Trees Near Electrical Equipment

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[…] the wrong place, trees can be a hazard…especially to power lines When Planting Trees Avoid planting trees within 20 feet of power lines When Planting Within 20 feet Is Unavoidable Only plant and maintain the following within the 20-foot zone, on either side of power lines: Grass Flowers Hedges Shrubs For your reference, Flathead Electric maintains a list of […]

Roundup for Safety approves $34,624 in community safety funding

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[…] in support of community safety projects proposed by nonprofit organizations. Grantees ranged from an emerging senior support group, My Glacier Village, to the long-established Bigfork Food Bank, and the Swan Mission Search and Rescue team, which sought funding for a drone.  “We went back and looked at our SAR (search and rescue) missions over […]

Alan Ruby

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Current Term: 2021-2024 | First elected in 2002 Alan Ruby has lived in Kalispell for 36 years with his wife and three children and has served FEC since 2002. Owner of 3 local businesses in the Flathead Valley (Alan’s Wallcovering; Hungry Horse [...]

When You’re Away

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[…] frozen pipes or spoiling of frozen/refrigerated foods.   Close your fireplace damper to prevent warm air from escaping!  Save energy while you’re away by lowering your thermostats and potentially turning off your water heater. Unplug unneeded small electronics like robot vacuums, TVs, and computers, and turn off ceiling fans.  Many systems — such as […]

Trees/Net Metering/Standby Generation

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St andby Generator Information regarding standby generators can be found online on our Backup & Standby Generators page or by contacting Flathead Electric Cooperative’s (FEC’s) energy services department at (406) 751-4483 (ask for energy services). Net Metering Information regarding net metering can be found online on our Systems for your Home or Business page […]

Terry Crooks

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Current Term: 2023-2026 | First elected in 2017 Prior to joining the Board of Trustees, Terry served as the Roundup for Safety District 9 representative. Terry and his wife Thesia have lived in Libby for 44 years. He graduated from Butte High, [...]