By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan
The Montana Public Service Commission needs to investigate NorthWestern Energy’s actions in relation to data centers to protect existing consumers, says a complaint announced Tuesday by Earthjustice.
The complaint alleges NorthWestern Energy’s plan to supply electricity to data centers before the Public Service Commission determines that doing so won’t hurt other customers is against the law, and regulators need to investigate the monopoly utility.
Earthjustice filed the complaint Monday with the Public Service Commission on behalf of a coalition of groups representing conservation, Indigenous, senior citizen, faith, and social justice interests.
