A study commissioned by the largest member of the Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative says rates for its members would jump dramatically if SME builds a natural gas-fired power plant east of Great Falls. "We think that's too risky to go forward with this project," said Terry Holzer, general manager of the Huntley-based Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative, which serves rural Billings residents. SME General

Small-scale renewable-energy development in Montana is under attack at the Legislature. Already, NorthWestern Energy has killed House Bill 491, designed simply to enforce existing law that requires utilities to buy renewable power without increasing ...

CASPER - Permits for some 82 coalbed methane wells are being sent back to the Bureau of Land Management's Buffalo Field Office because of alleged inadequate and inconsistent regard for sage grouse. The Interior Board of Land Appeals decision could ha...

The Yellowstone Valley Electric Co-op sank roughly $7 million into the proposed Highwood Generating Station before it was severed from the project last year. But the co-op is still contracted to purchase power from Southern Montana Electric Gene...

HELENA - Montana's 15 percent coal-severance tax should be cut in half for coal mined for "green" projects so the state can better compete to supply this new wave of energy projects, a Republican state senator argued Tuesday. "This is an attempt to c...