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Montana's largest utility announced this week it will acquire 222 megawatts of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant from Washington-based Avista Utilities.
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Ann Bukacek's election to the Public Service Commission keeps the board all-Republican.
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Environmental organizations and residents near a planned natural gas plant in Laurel are fighting to stop its construction even as it proceeds.
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Bob Rowe is retiring after 14 years with Montana's largest electric utility.
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The South Dakota and Nebraska subsidiary will become NorthWestern Energy Prairies Corporation, and the Montana subsidiary will keep the name NorthWestern Corporation. Both will fall under a new holding company, NorthWestern Energy Group.
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A letter sent to lawmakers, media outlets and others last week from two members of the Montana Public Service Commission cites a “probable lack of energy leading to ‘rolling blackouts’ in eastern Montana this summer" as one reason for state leaders to back the Colstrip coal-fired power plant.
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The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s summer reliability report shows heatwaves affecting energy grids in Montana from June through September.
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A NorthWestern Energy contractor is reapplying for a floodplains permit for a planned pipeline in Laurel after Yellowstone County withdrew its permission amid opposition from residents there.
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Laurel residents say they're worried a future natural gas plant and supporting infrastructure could hurt the quality of life in their neighborhood.
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The groups want the utility company to pay for an ecological assessment on the Madison River, including an inventory of the brown trout population.