NorthWestern Energy Moves to Acquire Majority of Antiquated Colstrip Plant

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NorthWestern Energy Moves to Acquire Majority of Antiquated Colstrip Plant

By Anne Hedges NorthWestern Energy is desperate for people to believe that our lights can only stay on if the utility owns more of the...

October 15, 2024

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NorthWestern Asks to Raise Electricity Rates AGAIN — by 26% more

By Nick Fitzmaurice NorthWestern Energy has returned to the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) asking for permission to reach into...

October 15, 2024

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Statement from MEIC’s Anne Hedges on NorthWestern Energy’s announcement about acquiring Puget Sound Energy’s shares of the Colstrip coal-fired power plant.

NorthWestern Energy’s announcement of its intention to acquire Puget Sound Energy’s shares of the unreliable Colstrip plant is...

July 31, 2024

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NorthWestern Energy Wants More of Colstrip (hold on to your wallets)

By Anne Hedges NorthWestern Energy’s proposal to permanently increase homeowners’ and small businesses’ electricity rates by 25% is...

March 15, 2023

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Nuclear at Colstrip? Not so fast.

By Anne Hedges On October 20, 2022, there was a meeting in Colstrip to discuss the idea of placing experimental small scale nuclear...

December 5, 2022

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Massive Colstrip Coal Mine Expansion Approval Challenged

By Derf Johnson While leaders and decision-makers in the U.S. and across the world are taking proactive, positive steps to directly address...

September 5, 2022

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Colstrip Coal Plant Owner Talen Energy is in a Deep Hole

By Anne Hedges The Colstrip power plant is an environmental and legal mess. As if the leaking ash ponds weren’t enough of a disaster, the...

June 5, 2022

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Rosebud mine owner, union ask for veto on Colstrip fuel source bill

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit The mining company that supplies the Colstrip power plant with coal is requesting that Gov. Greg Gianforte veto...

May 10, 2021

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Bill by Colstrip Republican directs state attorney general to investigate Montana environmental organizations

By Laura Lundquist, Missoula Current A Colstrip Republican who slipped an amendment into an unrelated bill to revive a potential...

April 24, 2021

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Colstrip bill reminds many of Montana’s energy deregulation debacle

By Keila Szpaller, Daily Montana & Missoula Current (Daily Montanan) It’s no wonder that people talk about the 1997 energy...

April 20, 2021

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