NorthWestern Energy

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s summer reliability report shows heatwaves affecting energy grids in Montana from June through September.

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.

Laurel residents say they're worried a future natural gas plant and supporting infrastructure could hurt the quality of life in their neighborhood.

The groups want the utility company to pay for an ecological assessment on the Madison River, including an inventory of the brown trout population.

NorthWestern Energy is helping investigate the possibility that a strong wind event downed a line southwest of Denton and sparked the West Wind fire.

According to the Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook, “energy prices are expected to remain volatile this winter due to supply uncertainty and changing consumer demand.”

Four out-of-state owners of the coal-fired power plant in Colstrip received temporary protection Wednesday from a Montana law the companies say inhibits them from making plans to close the plant’s two remaining units.

Montana electric utility regulators won’t allow NorthWestern Energy to increase what it charges for power outside of the regular process for seeking the change.

An interstate agency is seeking public comment on a draft power plan that outlines electricity generation needs in Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington state and recommends the Pacific Northwest adopt more renewable energy resources like wind and solar.

The state advocate for Montana electricity consumers is asking regulators to dismiss a request from NorthWestern Energy to increase what it charges for power.