Schweitzer, speaking at a forum sponsored by Montana Conservation Voters, said the state Public Service Commission hasn’t acted in the consumers’ interest for several years, seizing on an October decision by the five-member PSC that made residential and small business electric rates the highest in the region for customers of NorthWestern Energy.
Schweitzer, speaking at a forum sponsored by Montana Conservation Voters, said the state Public Service Commission hasn’t acted in the consumers’ interest for several years, seizing on an October decision by the five-member PSC that made residential and small business electric rates the highest in the region for customers of NorthWestern Energy.
The Montana Public Service Commission voted unanimously to obtain information from the state's largest power supply utilities.The commission is requesting utili
The Montana Public Service Commission will investigate how NorthWestern Energy handled power generation and costs during the record cold snap that hit Montana earlier this month.
Three winters after NorthWestern gained tools to manage high energy prices, records show it hasn’t pulled the trigger. What NorthWestern Energy has done is use the sticker shock of high market prices during periods of bitter cold as a selling point for power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, that increasingly face regulatory challenges and consumer disapproval. Including during the polar vortex