Category: Energy

Needed: Bipartisan Comprehensive Permitting Reform
I’m glad that Senators Daines and Sheehy and Representatives Downing and Zinke supported the Secure Rural Schools program to help finance several counties’ schools. But all counties need revenues to help finance infrastructure, schools, and a host of other needs. One solution: build more clean energy projects. Stillwater and Rosebud counties praise the large tax…

Daines Pushes to Save Gordon Butte Hydropower Project Before Year-End Deadline
Bill would extend construction deadlines for 37 projects nationwide representing $6.5 billion in investment

Missoula Takes $250K From Coalition Facing EPA Fraud Probe to Plan Climate Projects
Grant funds planning to build ‘pipeline’ of clean energy projects that will require future investment to implement

Left-Wing Law Firm Represents Environmental Groups Suing Montana Energy Giant
Earthjustice challenges Northwestern Energy’s data center contracts, citing lack of PSC approval

Montana Signs Agreement With Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Data Centers, Energy Projects
MOU signed during Japan trade mission to explore data center, power infrastructure investment in southern Montana

Montana Renewables Launches Regional Sustainable Aviation Fuel Distribution Network
Great Falls facility becomes one of only three commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel producers in North America

Gianforte Promotes Montana Products to South Korea, State’s Second-Largest Trading Partner
South Korea purchased $353 million in Montana wheat, beef, coal, and industrial machinery in 2024

Energy Secretary Declares ‘Era of Energy Subtraction’ Over at Montana Summit
Wright calls artificial intelligence the ‘next Manhattan Project’ as four governors rally behind energy expansion

Federal Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit Challenging Trump Energy Orders, Protecting Montana’s Mining Revival
Attorney General Knudsen led 20-state coalition in successful jurisdictional challenge to youth climate case targeting coal and energy policies

Energy Secretary, Multi-State Governors Gather in Bozeman to Address Montana’s Power Demand Surge
Summit brings federal and industry leaders as electricity demand projections double in two years

Senate Passes Bill to Reverse Montana Coal Leasing Ban, Sends to Trump’s Desk
Legislation set to save nearly 1,000 jobs and billions in state revenue











