Anne Hedges

This week, Montana lawmakers gaveled into the second half of the legislative session. Republicans are advancing major conservative priorities, including a tax cut package. It harkens back to the last time the GOP controlled both the Legislature and governor’s office.

Electric utility regulators in Montana are backing a bill that would do away with a code they say is unnecessarily restrictive in requiring electric utilities to draw energy from small, community owned renewables like wind or solar.

A proposed investigation into transitioning Montana’s Colstrip coal-fired power plant from coal to nuclear power drew widespread support Thursday at a Senate committee hearing.

NorthWestern Energy says this year it received several applications from developers hoping to build storage only batteries under a state law that encourages development of small, community owned renewables.

The state of Montana this week announced the operator of the Colstrip coal fired power plant will fully remove coal ash ponds that have been leaking millions of gallons of wastewater a year from the plant’s two now retired units.

Like many other essential industries in Montana, the state’s energy sector continues the daily grind amid concerns over the COVID-19 illness. YPR News’s…

The state’s largest utility filed its intent to purchase an added share of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant in eastern Montana on…

Montana’s largest electricity provider on Tuesday announced it plans to buy a larger share of the Colstrip power plant a day after protesters rallied the…

The future of Colstrip was one of the topics at the Montana Energy Summit convened yesterday by U.S. Senator Steve Daines. Ralph Alexander, the President…

When Montana's 2017 Legislature adjourned on April 28, Sen. Duane Ankney , R-Colstrip, ended almost right where he began. At the session's beginning, he...