energy news

The U.S. Congress recently renewed federal dollars for a national energy efficiency program that Montanans in Bozeman and beyond use to gauge energy savings.

The North Plains Connector once completed will link regional electric grids with hundreds of miles of new transmission lines.

Energy analysts expect U.S. coal generation and demand to increase temporarily.

According to UM economists, the recession projected in the winter never materialized and outlooks are rosier for many areas of the state, with the exception of eastern Montana.

A federal judge in Missoula has ruled a shareholder of the state’s largest utility cannot compel the company to consider his clean energy proposal at an…