Energy

Montana is getting $25 million to cap more than 250 orphaned wells — ones left behind in the years before regulation required companies to restore land after drilling it.

Montana electric cooperatives say insurance liability rates are increasing due to wildfire risk.

Gas prices in Montana are falling like in other parts of the country, but a gallon of gas and diesel are both more than 20 cents higher than the national average. Tourists in the state are part of the reason gas prices remain at historical highs.

The city will install EV chargers at two Town Pump stations later this year, bringing the total number of level 2 and level 3 charging stations in Billings to 26.

Environmental groups say the sales conflict with the Biden administration's promises to tackle climate change. Meanwhile, oil and gas groups say the Biden administration overextended the pause and is creating other barriers to development.

Montana’s Departments of Environmental Quality and Transportation announced plans to install electric vehicle charging stations every 50 miles on three major interstates, and fill charging gaps on two highways.

The pause on the new tariffs is a response to uncertainty in the solar power industry at the prospect of retroactive tariffs on imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, which supply the majority of solar panels to the United States.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s summer reliability report shows heatwaves affecting energy grids in Montana from June through September.

According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Montana reached a record $4.22. Diesel fuel jumped to an average of $5.46, exceeding its previous record by more than a quarter.

Diesel prices Friday climbed to a record $5.16 per gallon.