NorthWestern’s newest energy roadmap leads to a dead end

NorthWestern Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is released every few years to serve as a roadmap for future power production and a preview of where the company is headed for […]
Challenging a rate case built on falsehoods (Part I)

Montana Power Company – Northwestern Energy’s predecessor as the primary electric utility in Montana – owned 30% of Colstrip Units 3 and 4. In 1974, a statewide survey showed that […]
DEQ’s oversight failures in the Bull Mountains creates crisis for ranchers

As many of you know, Signal Peak Energy, the operator of the Bull Mountains Mine near Roundup, has been a reckless company. Signal Peak is currently on federal probation following […]
Melissa Holt: Deep roots and deep love for eastern Montana

Melissa Holt was born and raised in Glendive. She lives in the home her maternal grandparents bought after moving to the Montana town generations ago. Her family was later surprised […]
Rallying for our constitutional right to have a voice in energy decisions

Last week, dozens of Northern Plains members gathered on the Yellowstone County Courthouse lawn to rally for our right to have a say about NorthWestern Energy’s methane-fired power plant in Laurel.
Summer 2023 Plains Truth

Laurel residents tell court they were cut out of public process in gas plant permitting

Members rally in Billings for input on zoning for power plant near Laurel

Ita Killeen and Mary Fitzpatrick: NorthWestern’s latest energy plan is an expensive disaster for Montana

Rate increase OK’d for MDU customers

Solar energy growing in Montana thanks to Northern Plains solarize campaigns

2023 Voting Record
