The Montana Public Service Commission signed off on a settlement reached between NorthWestern Energy and intervenors for a bump in natural gas and electric fees.

St. Regis in western Montana is one of the partners in a decarbonization project that won federal funding this month.

Commercial and residential buildings account for more than half of the city of Bozeman’s greenhouse gas emissions. City Commissioners on Tuesday got an update on how a new pilot program will help the goals of the city’s climate plan.

Montana electric utility regulators are holding hearings this week to consider an increase to NorthWestern Energy customer fees.

NorthWestern Energy says it plans to appeal the decision.

NorthWestern Energy updates its 20-year plan for meeting customer needs every three years and is soon due to submit the document to Montana regulators

U.S. energy companies are working to build new infrastructure and modernize electric grids.

The expansion of an underground coal mine in central Montana is on pause amid legal challenges from conservation groups that say regulators failed to fully consider environmental impacts.

Federal land managers are updating a program that helps streamline development of large solar energy facilities on public lands.

Montana's largest utility announced this week it will acquire 222 megawatts of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant from Washington-based Avista Utilities.