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Montana Public Radio People in Missoula protested a bill that would allow electric utilities to collect a rate of return and pass on costs of coal-fired power plants to customers ahead of a Montana House committee hearing on the policy on Apr. 14, 2021. As the Montana House held its first hearing on a bill that could allow NorthWestern Energy to pass costs on to its customers for the utility’s coal-fired power investments, opponents of the idea held protests in multiple cities. Lawmakers continue to debate the cost of the proposal. Around 50 people gathered in a protest organized in part b...

Montana's attorney general is one step closer to taking up NorthWestern Energy’s fight over Colstrip Power Plant repairs, following a Monday state House vote to nullify portions of the private

TOM LUTEY What a power plant costs Montana customers might not be the determining factor for whether it stays on utility bills under a proposed law drawing some support from the Montana Public Service Commission. Commissioners on Tuesday weighed the merits of not making decisions about coal-fired power plants without first considering the economic impacts to host communities. Commissioner Randy Pinocci said his constituents in Eastern Montana were ready to pay more for electricity to keep Lewis and Clark power plant operating. Owned by Montana Dakota Utilities, the coal-fired powe...