Montana Energy

A handful of groups are asking regulators to take another look at rate changes for natural gas and electric customers of the state’s largest utility.

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.

CHS Refinery Manager Pat Kimmet told U.S. Senator Steve Daines, R-MT, the facility’s electricity bill is $18 million a year. He says to put it into…