The Public Service Commission held a hearing on how NorthWestern Energy will spend between $14 million and $23 million in benefits from the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The PSC will hold a hearing in Havre, MT, on August 29 to hear testimony on the Havre Pipeline Company’s request.

The PSC voted unanimously to permit the sale of Dunne Moving and Storage’s Certificate of Authority to C & N Enterprises, Inc.

The Montana Public Service Commission voted not to permit L & L Site Services to begin waste hauling operations in Missoula County.

A Helena District Court affirmed this week that the Public Service Commission ruled correctly when it authorized Bull Mountain Sanitation to operate a garbage-hauling business in Musselshell County.

A Montana district court in Billings today upheld a Public Service Commission ruling that Northwestern Energy cannot charge consumers $8.2 million for the cost of replacement power the utility bought when one of the generating units at Colstrip had an unplanned outage. 

In response to a study showing that the premature closure of Colstrip Electric Generating Units 3 & 4 would cost the state of Montana thousands of jobs, the Public Service Commission released a statement on the importance of Colstrip to the Montana economy.

The Montana Public Service Commission approved Hydro One’s acquisition of Avista Corp., part owner of Colstrip units 3 & 4, by a vote of 4-1. The commission added several conditions to the approval designed to protect the public interest of Montanans and the continued operation of Colstrip generating facility units 3 & 4.