Nearly 2,400 acres of Stillwater County land could soon be generating solar power, mostly for customers in other states. Not everyone is happy about it.
Every time we drive by, the small solar farm by the interstate seems to be falling into more disrepair. The company has five other solar farms in Montana. Are they too?
While Northwestern Energy is proposing double digit rate hikes for electricity for their customers in the state, the co-op serving the Billings area is not raising rates, and doesn't plan to anytime soon.
We lost Colstrip 1 & 2, and now they want to tear down hydropower dams. This is one of the cleanest "greenest" forms of energy we have right now. Don't we need MORE electricity right now, rather than less?
Missoula County and the City of Missoula have joined with Helena and Bozeman in order to pursue a ‘green tariff’ to advance their shared clean energy goals.