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Montana lawmakers are proposing to transform the state’s renewable energy law either by extending what kind of resource qualifies as renewable or by eliminating the law entirely.

Montana energy regulators Tuesday set contract terms for what NorthWestern Energy pays small generation facilities, like wind and solar, for the energy they produce.

Bills heard this week at the Capitol seek to: limit the ability of local governments and health departments to require restrictions during a public...

Electric utility regulators in Montana are backing a bill that would do away with a code they say is unnecessarily restrictive in requiring electric utilities to draw energy from small, community owned renewables like wind or solar.

A bill that would prohibit forced private union membership as a job condition in Montana drew lengthy public testimony Tuesday. Republican Rep. Caleb Hinkle of Belgrade told lawmakers his adamant support for right-to-work legislation comes from his time working at a unionized grocery store in 2013.

Several electric cooperatives in Eastern Montana have been instructed to urge customers to conserve electricity as persistent frigid weather in the midsection of the United States threatens a system-wide outage.

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

A proposed investigation into transitioning Montana’s Colstrip coal-fired power plant from coal to nuclear power drew widespread support Thursday at a Senate committee hearing.

NorthWestern Energy says this year it received several applications from developers hoping to build storage only batteries under a state law that encourages development of small, community owned renewables.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — For the third time this year, a court has ruled that Montana's Public Service Commission has ignored energy law in setting prices...