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MEPA and the Montana Legislature

Peyton Olson| February 11, 2025| News

By David Erickson, Missoulian

Photo by Anne Hedges.

Vast quantities of coal will be dug up and burned at the Colstrip power plant in southeast Montana to supply equally enormous amounts of electricity to two data center developers in Butte starting in 2026.

 

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