Missoula groups, government pushing NW Energy to stem reliance on fossil fuels kpax.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kpax.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Missoula County has agreed to file a motion to intervene in a Montana PSC process that would give NortheWestern Energy clearance through pre-approval to invest in more fossil fuel resources, namely new natural gas plants.
Missoula-based 350 Montana has filed two complaints challenging a Public Service Commission process that gives NorthWestern Energy the leeway to invest in resources that may disadvantage its customers.
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With two more days until the scheduled adjournment of the General Assembly’s spring legislative session, negotiations on a high-stakes deal to steer Illinois away from carbon-causing energy sources as well as a host of other goals from ending controversial formula ratemaking and forcing ethics reforms as a utility-involved corruption investigation looms large have reached impasse, according to multiple sources engaged in bargaining.
As of Saturday night, parties remain far apart on the linchpin of the deal: how much the state should provide in subsidies for nuclear giant Exelon to prevent the company from the threatened closures of at least two, if not three, of Exelon’s six nuclear power generating stations that are not profitable. Those six locations serve the northern half of Illinois, which contains the majority of the state’s 12.8 million people.
Capitol Fax com - Your Illinois News Radar » Exelon has been cutting hundreds of nuke jobs since 2016 bailout law and now wants subsidies for all plants capitolfax.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitolfax.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.