The Big Sky Business Journal

Tag: NorthWestern Energy

  • Keeping Warm

    Last week, temperatures across Montana ranged from -10 to -36 degrees, with the coldest spot south of the Little Belt Mountains in Meagher County. Montanans relied on NorthWestern Energy to keep their homes and businesses operating safely. NorthWestern Energy’s Montana customers’ demand for energy, both gas and electric, was at an all-time peak. according to…

  • Power Outages this Winter Big Worry for Many Across Nation

    Power Outages this Winter Big Worry for Many Across Nation

    Evelyn Pyburn Utility companies in the US are concerned about potential power outages this winter according to a number of media including Bloomberg News and Epoch Times and Washington Post. Bloomberg quotes the head of Xcoal Energy  Resources saying, ““We’ve actually had discussions with power utilities who are concerned that they simply will have to…

  • NorthWestern Energy to Purchase Solar Power from Apex Solar

    NorthWestern Energy has entered a power purchase agreement with Apex Solar LLC. The Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURPA) contract is for 80 megawatts of generation from a solar facility Apex Solar is developing in Beaverhead County near Dillon, Montana. The facility is required to begin delivery of generation in November 2022. When it comes online,…

  • NorthWestern Energy Plans Power Plant at Laurel

    NorthWestern Energy has announced plans to build a $250 million, natural gas plant to generate 175 megawatts of electricity at Laurel. The project is part of a three- pronged strategy to add a total of 325 megawatts of capacity to address future electricity needs in Montana. The company also plans to purchase energy from a…

  • 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…

  • NWE Announced Electric Vehicle Fleet

    NorthWestern Energy announced that it plans to include electric vehicles in the company’s fleet. They also plan to make investments in the infrastructure to locate electric vehicle charging stations in the company’s Montana and South Dakota service territories. The change is being made because “electric vehicles are efficient and the electricity we provide is about…