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The hurricane-level wind speeds of the mid-December storms had a broad impact across the Treasure State. Well over 100,000 electricity users were without out power in every geographic direction of our 147-thousand square miles. The vastness and rural nature of the damages were one of the unique challenges for utility repair crews. Click on the podcast for a front-line look at the efforts to restore power, and how both crews and customers handled the conditions with Jason Merkel, Vice President of Distribution Operations at NorthWestern Energy, and Ryan Hall, Communications Manager for the Montana Electric Cooperatives’ Association.