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New law lowers renewables costs for rural electric co-ops

As non-profits, rural electric cooperatives didn’t have taxes to apply a credit to, but the new law opens up a lane for co-ops, which provide electricity to roughly 40% of

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Montana's slice of $555B in clean energy plan could expand green projects

There’s $555 billion for clean energy in the White House’s Build Back Better plan, and Montana energy stakeholders see opportunities for renewable development big and small.

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Minor Montana power outage stokes political rhetoric


No, there were not rolling blackouts across Montana on Tuesday.
There were 30 minutes when the 900 or so residents of Jordan and Circle were without electricity. The local electric cooperative told customers what was up on social media. Once word got to Twitter, the fuse was lit.
As a winter juggernaut left millions of Americans freezing without power, politicians in Montana used the crisis to ratchet up their rhetoric about fossil fuels, President Joe Biden and a pivot to clean energy.
“Please see my statement on the reports of rolling blackouts in Montana,” tweeted Montana’s U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale. "The rolling blackouts today in Montana, as a result of strain on our shared power grid with other states, demonstrate the dangerous consequences of transitioning away from reliable fossil fuel-based power sources. It is obscene that Montana ratepayers are being forced to ration electricity in subzero temperatures a month into the Biden administration.”

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