Power Play Issue 3: NWE’s Markup Schemes and Assorted Nefarious Acts (Total estimated read time ~12 min. 20 sec. – Scroll to the bottom for the TL;DR version) Last month catch up In our last issue of Power Play, you heard the tragic story of Montana energy deregulation leading to the bankruptcy of Montana Power, the sale of…
Power Play Issue Two: Montana Power, NWE, and the Deregulation Disaster (Total estimated read time ~6.5 minutes) Last month catch up (Est. read time < 1 min.) In the last issue of Power Play, we learned WTF the Public Service Commission (PSC) is and why we depend on it to regulate Montana’s utility monopolies. We introduced…
Hey, we get it. This stuff is wonky and full of jargon. We’ve tried to make the general language of Power Play as accessible as we can, but there are still some terms that could trip folks up. See below a living glossary where we will add new terms included in each issue. Barriers to…
February 2022 edition What is the PSC and why do we need it? (Total estimated read time ~6 min. 40 sec.) Companies, corporations, and elected officials have moved the pieces determining Montana’s energy landscape for over a century. Today, NorthWestern Energy (NWE) supplies power to two-thirds of Montana’s energy consumers. NWE could transform our state into…
