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Conservation group files second lawsuit over Yellowstone County power plant permit

Peyton Olson| September 30, 2025| News

By Ellis Juhlin, Montana Public Radio

NorthWestern Energy’s Yellowstone County Generating Station. Photo by Kestrel Aerial.

The Montana Environmental Information Center is suing the state agency responsible for permitting power plants. It challenges the way the state issued the permit for NorthWestern Energy’s Yellowstone County Generating Station.

 

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