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State Deploys Plow Fleet, Storm Could Disrupt Some Power Service

By • Dec 28, 2017
Northwestern Energy

Ready or not, a massive winter storm is bearing down on Montana.


Regulators: Utilities Must Pass Tax Savings On To Customers

By • Dec 27, 2017
NorthWestern Energy truck.
Sue Ginn

The Montana Public Service Commission wants the state’s regulated utilities to calculate the big reductions in taxes each company expects to pay starting next year. 

Renewable Energy Groups Sue Over Montana's Solar Power Regulations

By • Dec 14, 2017
Solar panels.
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Environmental groups and renewable energy companies are suing Montana regulators in an attempt to strike down new rules that limit how they can sell solar energy.

Renewable energy advocates say a recent order from the Public Service Commission violates state and federal law and unfairly targets their industry, a notion that state regulators reject.

Wind Farm Agrees To Sell Power To NorthWestern Energy

By Matt Blois • Dec 12, 2017
Federal law requires utility companies like NorthWestern to buy power from small renewable energy projects at the price it would cost the utility company to generate it or buy it from somewhere else.
Flickr user jabzoog

A company proposing a new wind farm near Martinsdale has agreed to sell electricity to NorthWestern Energy after state regulators lowered the price NorthWestern would have to pay.

Montana PSC To Hold Public Listening Session In Havre

By MTPR News • Oct 20, 2017

Montana’s Public Service Commission is holding a public listening session in Havre Monday, October 30.

The regulatory body says it wants to identify opportunities for NorthWestern Energy to improve its incident response and communications with customers in the wake of widespread power outages across the Hi-Line earlier this month.

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