Tag: Montana Public Service Commission
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PSC Rules that NWE Must Refund $9.9 million
The Montana Public Service Commission has trimmed $9.4 million from an annual rate adjustment requested by NorthWestern Energy, after concluding the utility’s imprudent supervision of the coal-fired power plant in Colstrip, led to its temporary shutdown in 2018. With interest, NorthWestern will be required to refund more than $9.9 million to ratepayers. For about two…
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PSC Comments on Court Decision
The Montana Public Service Commission issued the following statement on the Montana Supreme Court’s decision in Vote Solar v. Montana Department of Public Service Regulation (2020 MT 213). The federal law at issue in this case, PURPA, strikes a balance between the interests of qualifying small energy producers and ratepayers. It gives qualifying small energy…