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Our expertise and decades of experience allow us to get the job done right, with no surprises along the way.
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Mountain Power is committed to serve the high voltage needs of its customers with the utmost emphasis on safety and quality.
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TRANSMISSION

Unequaled Manpower

Experience is what powers us. More specifically, it’s the expertise of professionals who comprise the leading resource in the Western United States for transmission projects of all types, wood and steel poles in rock, dirt, wetlands and mountains. Mountain Power Construction possesses the skill, supported by the industry’s most innovative equipment and technology, to install and maintain your transmission lines or double circuits from 34.5kV to 500kV.

Challenging concrete and footing projects are our specialty, yet for any project large or small, we put great emphasis on collaborating with every team that enlists our partnership. Mountain Power Construction delivers quality, on time results at competitive prices, with a focus on safe work practices.

FEATURED PROJECTS

17.4 Mile Jack Rabbit – Big Sky 161kV

  • Upgrading a 69kV line to 161kV, much of the work was inaccessible by standard line equipment. The job required extensive use of helicopters for pole setting and wire stringing. There were remote pole foundations for steel poles where concrete was flown in. Solid rock digging in canyons and mountain sides. Setting of steel, laminate and wood poles by helicopter. Extensive use of Heavy lift helicopters for pole setting.  Most of the line had distribution under build. There were 77 Steel poles, 37 direct bury, and 40 that required pier foundations.  282 Western Red Cedar poles, and 18 Laminates wood pole systems.  The majority of the work was performed on Forest Service, MDOT, BLM, Fish and Game Montana.  Mountain Power performed extraordinarily well on this projects.

Thompson Falls to Kerr 115kV A&B

  • Replacing transmission structures for both clearance issues as well as bad order structures, mush of the work was inaccessible by standard line equipment. The job required extensive use of helicopters for pole setting as well as many tracked equipment pole set and digging locations. Solid rock digging in canyons and mountain sides. Wood pole structures were set with conventional equipment, tracked digger derricks and many were set by helicopter. Over 230 Structures were replaces consisting of 2 or 3 pole tangent and dead-end structures, there were also over 60 locations with miscellaneous work, and many sections where the conductor had to be re-sagged. The majority of the work was performed on Forest Service or tribal land. Equipment utilized was tracked FMC Digger Derricks, compressors with jackhammers for remote digging by hand, 100’ bucket Trucks, 38 Ton truck mounted Cranes.

Drummond to Gold Creek 100kV

  • Structure Type
    • Single Pole, Multi Pole Wood Structures
    • 141 Structures
  • MISC
    • Environmental
    • Cultural/Historic
    • Landowner
    • Forest Service, 
    • Montana Wildlife Fish Parks
    • Montana Rail Link

Taft to Crow Creek 100kV

  • Structure Type
    • Single Pole, Multi Pole Wood Structures
    • 78 Structures
    • Multiple Helicopter Structures
  • Conductor
    • Transfer, Re-sag existing
    • Re-conductor 2 miles 556ACSR 
  • Foundation Types
    • Direct Bury/Culvert with Select fill in water
  • MISC
    • Arms and insulators on some
    • Worked through Hoot Owl restrictions
    • Environmental
    • Cultural/Historic
    • Landowner
    • Forest Service

St Regis to Tatf 100kV

  • Structure Type
    • Single Pole Multi pole Wood Structures
    • 53 Structures 
    • Multiple Helicopter Structures
    • Laminate Structure
  • Conductor
    • Transfer, Re-sag existing
  • Fiber
    • Transfer, Re-sag existing
  • Insulator Types
    • Porcelain and Polymer
  • Fall Protection sys
    • 100% Wood Pole
  • Foundation Types
    • Direct Bury/ Culvert with Select fill in water, Grillage
  • Civil/Site Digging
    • Water holes, solid rock, river rock – Many hand dug
  • MISC
    • Arms and insulators on some
    • Worked through Hoot Owl restrictions
    • Environmental,
    • Cultural/Historic
    • Landowner
    • Forest Service
    • Public

So Butte to Renova 100kV

  • Structure Type
    • Single Pole Multi Pole Wood Structures
    • 38 Structures 
    • Removed Lattice Towers
  • Conductor
    • Transfer Re-sag existing
  • Fiber
    • Transfer Re-sag existing
  • Insulator Types
    • Porcelain and Polymer
  • Fall Protection sys
    • 100% Wood Pole – and 100% Lattice Fall Protection
  • Foundation Types
    • Direct Bury/ Culvert with Select fill in water
  • Civil/Site Digging
    • Water holes, solid rock, river rock – Many Hand Dug
  • MISC
    • Arms and insulators on some
    • Environmental
    • Cultural/Historic
    • Landowner
    • Forest Service
    • BLM

Holter to Great Falls 100kV

  • Structure Type
    • Single Pole, Multi Pole Wood Structures
    • 200 Structures
    • Multiple Helicopter Structures
  • Conductor
    • Transfer, Re-sag existing
  • Fiber
    • Transfer, Re-sag existing
  • Insulator Types
    • Porcelain and Polymer
  • Fall Protection sys
    • 100% Wood Pole
  • Foundation Types
    • Direct Bury/ Culvert with Select fill in water
  • Civil/Site Digging
    • Water holes, solid rock, river rock – Many hand dug
  • MISC
    • Arms and insulators on some
    • Worked through Hoot Owl restrictions
    • Environmental
    • Cultural/Historic
    • Landowner
    • Forest Service
    • Private

Kerr Rattle Snake to Kerr 161kV – NorthWestern Energy: Montana (C)

  • Structure Type
    • Single Pole, Multi Pole Wood Structures
    • 150 Structures
    • Multiple Helicopter Structures
  • Conductor
    • Transfer Re-sag existing
  • Fiber
    • Transfer Re-sag existing
  • Insulator Types
    • Porcelain and Polymer
  • Fall Protection sys
    • 100% Wood Pole
  • Foundation Types
    • Direct Bury/Culvert with Select fill in water
  • Civil/Site Digging
    • Water holes, solid rock, river rock – Many hand dug
  • MISC
    • Arms and insulators on some
    • Worked through Hoot Owl restrictions
    • Environmental
    • Cultural/Historic
    • Landowner
    • TERO and Tribal Lands
    • BLM
    • Forest Service

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