By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan
NorthWestern Energy’s electric customers could get a double whammy this summer.
On May 30, NorthWestern Energy said it planned an increase of $9.04 on a typical residential electric bill as part of a quarterly adjustment on electric supply.
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However, an engineer for the Montana Environmental Information Center said the increase shows NorthWestern’s argument the large gas plant it built in Laurel isn’t offsetting bills as the company promised.
Nick Fitzmaurice, energy transition engineer for the energy watchdog, also said customers will be paying 39.4% more a month this July than they did in August 2022.
“NorthWestern’ subversive tactics unfairly hide the truth from Montanans, who are now paying the price with skyrocketing electric bills,” Fitzmaurice said in an email.
