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Colstrip coal fired power plant in October 2020.
The first application period for $10 million in transition funds is now open for workers and communities affected by last year’s closures at two of the Colstrip power plant’s four units.
Colstrip residents and volunteers behind the Colstrip Impacts Foundation began accepting applications Monday for the distribution of funds from power plant part-owner Puget Sound Energy of Washington State.
The pool of money is the result of a 2017 rate case settlement between Puget and the State of Montana and will go to affected individuals and organizations, with the bulk of the funds flagged for economic development in the community at large.