Talen Energy

Owners of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant say new environmental regulations could shorten the plant’s life by a decade.

Talen representatives say they don’t expect restructuring to affect operations at the Colstrip coal-fired power plant, which the company owns a 30% share in.

The operator of the coal-fired power plant in Colstrip and Montana state regulators have finalized a plan to clean up pollution at the plant’s two retired units.

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.

The state of Montana and the operator of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant have come to a tentative agreement on how to remove pollution at the plant’s two retired units.

The state of Montana this week announced the operator of the Colstrip coal fired power plant will fully remove coal ash ponds that have been leaking millions of gallons of wastewater a year from the plant’s two now retired units.

A proposed sale at the Colstrip coal-fired power plant has fallen through after owners say they faced barriers to the agreement.

NorthWestern Energy, Montana’s largest utility, will assume the entire cost of replacement power for roughly three months in 2018 when part of the Colstrip Steam Electric Station was taken offline after it violated federal clean air laws.

The commission that regulates electric utilities in Montana is postponing a public listening session on a company’s proposal to acquire a greater share in the Colstrip coal fired power plant.