Glacier Electric Cooperative

11/26/2025

We want to wish our cooperative members a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
Our offices will be closing at 2:00PM on Wednesday, Nov. 26th. Regular office hours will resume on Monday, December 1st.

11/11/2025

Glacier Electric offices will be closed Tuesday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day.
If you experience an outage you can contact our after-hours dispatch by calling 338-5400 for Browning area or 873-5566 for Cut Bank area.

11/06/2025

Did you have service with Glacier Electric Cooperative in 2007? If you have recently moved or have an updated mailing address please contact your local GEC office by November 19th.
Capital Credit allocations will be mailed out to members who had service in 2007. Checks will be mailed out to members the second week of December. It's important to update mailing information to ensure you check is mailed to your current address.
Important Capital Credit Facts:
▪️You are a member owner of Glacier Electric.
▪️You will receive an "allocation" of your contribution if you had service in 2007.
▪️If you owe a 60 day bill that credit is automatically applied to your current account.
▪️Checks will be mailed out the 2nd week of December to the address we currently have on file.
▪️Living spouses, or personal representatives can request the retirement for a deceased family member. You must fill out paperwork before the November 19th deadline. If you cannot meet the November deadline we can start the process in January.
▪️If you receive a capital credit check for a deceased family member in December, please bring the check to your local GEC office so we can start the process of retirement.

11/05/2025

Where has the year gone ⏳️ be sure to pick up a 2026 calendar at your local GEC office in Browning and Cut Bank. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 7:30AM-5:30PM, closed on Fridays.

11/04/2025

"Data centers" is a big buzz phrase these days, but how do these large power users impact electric cooperatives? Would one locating in a co-op's territory in Montana be a positive or negative for members? Our panel of electric cooperative managers tackle that topic in this month's Rural Montana.

How will data centers impact co-ops? Every other month we ask our electric co-op manager panel a question, many of which are provided by our readers. Our panel consists of Pat Patterson,...

10/10/2025

10/09/2025

Each summer Glacier Electric Cooperative sponsors two students to attend the Electric Cooperative Washington D.C. Youth Tour. This week long all-expense paid trip to D.C. helps our local students learn more about not only the history of our great nation, but also how our political system functions today. The youth tour is a wonderful opportunity for our young leaders to bring home knowledge and a broader world-view to help improve our own community. Students are chosen to attend the youth tour based on their application and essay. Each year a specific essay topic is chosen for all applicants. GEC encourages all local sophomores and juniors to compete for their chance to enjoy this amazing experience next summer.

Follow the link for the application, resource guide, and contest rules. Applications are due by November 20, 2025

https://www.glacierelectric.com/copy-of-energy-efficiency

10/08/2025

Glacier Electric is continuing the work on the West end of our service territory. We apologize for the interruption in service but we are changing out poles to ensure better service. The outage will be from the west side of Glacier Acres (aka slippery bill area) to summit. Power will be off from 9:00AM-1:00PM for this area.
The Glacier Acre area will experience blinks of service at 9AM and at 1PM for 5-15 minutes.
We thank you for your patience. We ask that all members update their phone numbers, we do make calls before planned outages to let members know. However, we are finding most of the phone numbers in our system are outdated or no longer working.

10/01/2025

We are finishing the pole change outs in the area West of East Glacier to the end of our line near Summit. We will have a Planned Power outage from 9:00AM-1:00PM on Thursday, October 2nd for the area between Glacier Acres to Summit.

09/18/2025

Reminder that the Ongoing Education Scholarship will be closing on September 30th.
This scholarship is for current college students who live in our service territory or have graduated from one of our local high schools. College student must have at least 12 established college credits, and be working towards their first undergrad degree.
We will select two students to each receive a $1,000 scholarship for the 2026 Spring semester.
Follow the link below for the application:
https://www.glacierelectric.com/_files/ugd/9110f6_84eaba055b6c45d28e580f7a11dab886.pdf

09/11/2025

Starting Monday, September 15th, we will be conducting drone surveys along our mountain-front power lines. The work will begin in the Babb area on Monday and move south toward the Heart Butte Area by Wednesday.
Drone footage helps our linemen access areas not reachable by vehicle to identify potential repair needs.
Pleases exercise caution and stay clear of our drone and workers.

09/04/2025

Our crew is still changing out older poles in the East Glacier/Summit area today. Again, we thank you for your patience as we ensure our crews can work safely doing change outs. We will have the following outages this week and next week:

Thursday, September 4th- 9:00AM-3:00PM for the area between Slippery Bill to Summit.

Monday, September 8th- 9:00AM-3:00PM for the area between Glacier Acres to Snow Slip.