NorthWestern Energy must earn renewable energy reputation

MEIC’s Clean Energy Program Director writes in the Missoulian that if NorthWestern Energy wants to be seen as a pro-renewable energy...

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With friends like Ryan Zinke, who needs enemies?

In Kipling’s The Jungle Book, bandar-log (monkey people) are hypnotized by the gyrations of Kaa, the python. They then march zombie-like...

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Tim Fox: Montana has a significant stake in the outcome of the coal-leasing case

Attorney General Tim Fox on Thursday filed to intervene in a federal district court lawsuit on behalf of the state of Montana, defending...

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Solar-power advocates: PSC ruling devalues solar power, should be reconsidered

HELENA – Last week’s Public Service Commission order to set new rates and contract rules for small, independent solar-power projects in...

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Hot mic records troubling conversation about solar regulations

Montana’s new terms for small solar projects might have been knowingly set to discourage development, based on a conversation caught last...

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Montana commission tells solar developers to get lost

Update: The Billings Gazette has reported that PSC Commissioner Bob Lake was caught on an open microphone stating that the attacks on...

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Montana has the smallest renewable energy incentives in the region after regulator’s vote

Solar energy’s prospects dimmed in Montana on Thursday as state regulators retooled incentives for renewable energy development....

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Federal regulators decide to keep fee that inflates cost of Montana wind energy

Montana wind energy advocates have been dealt a blow by the Bonneville Power Administration, which has refused to kill a transmission fee...

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Colstrip on track for big changes in 2030s

Stakeholders in Montana’s largest coal-fired power plant expect to operate Colstrip’s two least-dated units into the 2030s, even as...

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As coal production declines, Montana sees drop in coal jobs, plans for more

As President Donald Trump has rolled out a series of moves he claims will increase the number of coal-mining jobs in the U.S., analysts...

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