Power Plants

Today, August 31st, representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy were in Colstrip, Montana along with Governor Steve Bullock and the owners of the Colstrip Power Plants to discuss possible new technology that could keep the plants running.

Gov. Steve Bullock met with members of the Colstrip community on Tuesday, saying he’s doing what he can to protect their energy future.  The Democratic governor’s hour-long meeting with community leaders produced no concrete solutions...

The operator of the four coal-fired power plants at Colstrip told plant owners Monday it plans to exit as operator within two years.  State officials confirmed Monday they’d been told Talen Energy of Allentown, Pa., informed the plants’ utility owners that it no longer wants to operate the power plants in southeastern Montana...

The Montana Public Service Commission voted 3-2 Tuesday to disallow costs related to a 2013 outage of Colstrip Unit 4 to be passed on to Northwestern Energy’s customers.

Washington’s legislature has passed a bill that would allow the state’s largest utility to create a fund to pay for the eventual shutdown of two coal-powered electricity plants in Montana.