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Co-op’s Roundup for Safety Program Supports Avalanche Safety Messaging

https://www.flatheadelectric.com/co-ops-roundup-for-safety-program-supports-avalanche-safety-messaging/
Roundup for Safety Board awarded $7,500 towards Friends of the Flathead Avalanche Center (FOFAC)’s efforts to improve the safety messaging functionalities of the Flathead Avalanche Center’s website.

Roundup for Safety Receives Community Partnership Award

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The voluntary program for Flathead Electric Cooperative members who choose to support community safety projects was honored on June 21, 2023.

Co-op Announces Community Education Grant Awards

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As a 501(c)12 not-for-profit electric utility, when Flathead Electric Cooperative brings in more revenue than is needed to operate, that money is allocated back to its members as “capital credits.” Some of these capital credits go unclaimed, usually because members move away without updating their mailing addresses. When capital credits go unclaimed for five years […]

Landfill Gas to Energy Plant

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“Your garbage is producing your power.” That’s how Flathead County Public Works Director Dave Prunty describes Flathead Electric Co-op’s biomass project at the landfill. Flathead Electric and Flathead County became business partners in 2009 in creating what was the first methane gas-to-energy project in the state of Montana. The plant generates enough electricity to serve […]

Planting Trees Near Electrical Equipment

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Planting Trees Near Power Lines Trees beautify our neighborhoods, when planted: In the right spot, trees can help lower energy bills In 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 […]

Underground Line Extension Requirements

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Trenching/Montana 811 Typical Trenching Specifications & Procedures Trench Requirements Conduit Installation Conduit Specifications Sweeps Typical Trenching Detail Cleanup Maintenance & Repair Extending Conduit into FEC Enclosures Extending Conduit Extending Conduit into FEC Enclosures on Top of Vaults Extending Conduit into FEC Enclosures on Top of Wells Extending Conduit up to FEC Poles Installing Concrete Vaults […]