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I'm writing to thank the public and the press for following the Public Service Commission's nine-day-long hearing on NorthWestern Energy's proposed acquisition of a dozen dams. The PSC expects to make a decision on this matter in September, and that decision will have consequences decades to come for Montana consumers. There is still time to offer public comment on the deal, and you can do so online at http://psc.mt.gov. The fundamental issue in the proceeding boils down to...
Want to make your voice heard on a deal which, if approved, will affect your power bill for a generation to come? The Public Service Commission is holding 19 public meetings throughout Montana to take public comment on NorthWestern Energy's proposed purchase of 11 hydroelectric generating facilities currently owned by PPL. In Havre, the meeting will commence at 5 p.m. and end by 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Student Union Building's Ballroom at Montana State University-Northern....
Want to make your voice heard on a deal which, if approved, will affect your power bill for a generation to come? The Public Service Commission is holding 19 public meetings throughout the State of Montana to take public comment on NorthWestern Energy’s proposed purchase of 11 hydroelectric generating facilities currently owned by PPL. In Havre, the meeting will commence at 5 p.m. and end by 7 p.m. April 9 at the Student Union Building’s Ballroom at MSU-Northern. Whether or...
When did the sage grouse become a national priority surpassing energy independence, and does this fowl really require millions of acres of energy-rich land to survive? Those are the obvious questions that arise when reading the Bureau of Land Management’s recent 812-page Resource Management Plan for the Hi-Line. The document, released this spring and currently out for public comment, is a good example of the unfortunate trend toward declaring Montana off-limits to d...
When the Public Service Commission first proposed the repeal of its rule which mandates the disclosure of utility executives' salaries, commissioners proposing the repeal argued that executives have a constitutional right to privacy and that the PSC has no business being a clearinghouse for information like this. I disagree with those points, and voted against the repeal of a good, pro-consumer rule at the PSC. Travis Kavulla It is obvious that a vast majority of Montanans...
The haze was thick at Colstrip last week when I visited, but it wasn't because of the 2,200-megawatt coal-burning facility there. It was because of forest fires. The Rosebud Complex, a group of nearby fires which started August 1, was finally contained two weeks later. This came on the heels of the Ash Creek fire, which burned from late June to mid-July. In all, these fires burned 421,000 acres, destroying everything from ranchland in Tongue River and Rosebud country to timber in the Custer National Forest whose sale had been...
The administration of Barack Obama has received a considerable amount of attention over health care mandates, EPA rules and other policies which will cost some people their jobs and many more people higher medical and electric bills. Another harmful administration policy — the destruction of Universal Service funding and Intercarrier Compensation, which helps pay for telephone, Internet and wireless service in rural America — has not received the attention it deserves. Thi...
