Montana–Northwest
BPA ↔ Montana · AC transmission
The 500 kV path west from Colstrip through Garrison that carries Montana generation to the Pacific Northwest.
Now
1,841 MWMontana → BPA
BPA · as of Sep 26, 12:00 AM PDT
What it is carrying
Each operator's own reading, turned into a direction. Where both markets publish the tie, the two should agree.
- As BPA reports it
- 1,841 MW · Montana → BPA
limit this way 2,200 MW · as of Sep 26, 12:00 AM PDT
Last 30 days
Hourly flow, signed so that up is power leaving the market.
As BPA reports it-1,841MW
Above zero: BPA → Montana. Below: the reverse.
- Usual direction
- Montana → BPA in 100% of hours
0% out, 100% in, 0% idle across 708 hours
- Average
- 1,304 MW · Montana → BPA
- When busy
- 1,921 MW
95th percentile of hourly flow either way
- Peak BPA → Montana
- 0 MW
- Peak Montana → BPA
- 2,159 MW
- Direction changes
- 0
The average day
0:006:0012:0018:0023:00
Hardware
Its terminals. US terminals are placed on the substation HIFLD's national dataset names for them.
- Substation
- Colstrip, MT
45.8911, -106.6128 · 500 kV
- Substation
- Garrison, MT
46.5161, -112.8880 · 500 kV