Black Eagle 100kV Line and Substation Replacement Project

Black_Eagle_dam from southshore

Black Eagle, Montana
The Black Eagle hydroelectric facility generates approximately 21 megawatts and is a run-of-the-river project owned and operated by NorthWestern Energy. The Black Eagle Project required the replacement of an existing, but aging 100kV-radial line and wooden H-frame structures.

Thompson Falls Upstream Fish Passage Project

TFalls Fish Ladder

Thompson Falls, Montana
Thompson Falls Dam was built in 1913 and as with many hydropower facilities at this time fish passage was not a component of construction.