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Montana House Committee Tables Bill Allowing Utilities To Pass Coal Costs To Customers

The Colstrip Steam Electric Station A bill that would have allowed Montana’s largest electric utility to recover costs and a rate of return from its customers for coal-fired power generation was tabled in committee Wednesday. Senate Bill 379 from Republican Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick of Great Falls has drawn heated testimony from supporters who say it would ensure NorthWestern Energy customers a reliable source of power from Colstrip and opponents who say customers would be saddled with costs the utility never spent. The policy passed through the Senate earlier this month but was tabled in the House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations Committee on a 11-1 vote Wednesday.

NorthWestern Energy building $250M natural gas power plant in Laurel

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Colstrip operator eyeing wind farm in southeast Montana

TOM LUTEY Colstrip Power Plant operator and co-owner Talen Energy is eyeing a wind farm on the southeast Montana plains just outside the community where the coal-fired generator is located. Documents obtained by The Billings Gazette show a targeted project area of roughly 14 square miles in Rosebud and Treasure counties where Talen Energy, in a joint venture with Pattern Energy, is pursuing lease agreements for a wind farm of unspecified capacity. Both companies have energy interests in Montana currently. Talen has a 30% share of Colstrip Unit 3, a power plant facing increasing pressure to close by late 2025. Pattern owns the 80-megawatt Stillwater Wind Farm near Reed Point, which sells electricity to NorthWestern Energy.

Opponents Protest Bill Allowing NorthWestern To Pass Colstrip Costs To Customers

Montana Public Radio People in Missoula protested a bill that would allow electric utilities to collect a rate of return and pass on costs of coal-fired power plants to customers ahead of a Montana House committee hearing on the policy on Apr. 14, 2021. As the Montana House held its first hearing on a bill that could allow NorthWestern Energy to pass costs on to its customers for the utility’s coal-fired power investments, opponents of the idea held protests in multiple cities. Lawmakers continue to debate the cost of the proposal. Around 50 people gathered in a protest organized in part by climate change advocacy group 350Montana in front of a NorthWestern Energy office building in Missoula.

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