Tony O'Donnell

Montana electric utility regulators are opposing a bill pending consideration on the Senate floor that would allow electric utilities to pass certain replacement power costs onto customers without regulators setting the terms.

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.

In the latest step of a long pre approval process, the commission that regulates electric utilities in Montana wants to know how big a share NorthWestern Energy intends to purchase in the Colstrip coal fired power plant.

The commission that regulates electric utilities in Montana is calling into question the accuracy and adequacy of NorthWestern Energy’s 20-year energy plan.

Montana primary voters held onto an incumbent and advanced new candidates in races for the board that regulates electric utilities in the state.The…

Primary races are crowded for the Republican-dominated Montana Public Service Commission, which sets customer rates and approves new power, water and…

Edit May 20: This story has been corrected to reflect that Will Deschamps of Missoula is a former Montana Republican party chairman.Mar. 9 marked the…

The Montana Public Service Commission has approved a $6.5 million rate increase for NorthWestern Energy customers, less than 20 percent of the increase…

In the wake of cyber attacks on public schools in Louisiana that led the governor there to declare a state of emergency last month, agency heads and…