Colstrip Power Plant

The first application period for $10 million in transition funds is now open for workers and communities affected by last year’s closures at two of the Colstrip power plant’s four units.

A bill before the Montana legislature would repeal a law that requires a majority of voters to approve proposed nuclear power facilities.

Montana’s economic performance in 2020 will go down as the worst in its post war history, but economists say a flood of federal relief dollars have largely buoyed incomes and the state’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana held its annual economic outlook seminar this week and told the story of Montana’s industries.

The commission that regulates electric utilities in Montana is postponing a public listening session on a company’s proposal to acquire a greater share in the Colstrip coal fired power plant.

Montana’s largest utility this week filed its intention to buy into a smaller share in a unit of the Colstrip coal fired power plant than it originally planned.

Editor's Note April 21, 2020: PSC counsel Zack Rogala's name was mispelled in a previous version of this article and has since been corrected. A Montana…

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Edit 3/18: The article has been corrected to reflect the full name of the Montana Environmental Information Center.Montana utility regulators say they…

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