Montana-Dakota Utilities customers to see rate increase

By: Keila Szpaller

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: March 5, 2026

Words: 503

Last Updated: 6 days, 8 hours ago

Customers of Montana-Dakota Utilities will see their electric bills go up $10.32 a month on average starting April 1.

Tuesday, the Montana Public Service Commission approved an interim rate increase for the monopoly utility.

The request had been pending for five months, and the PSC took up the matter a couple of times, but didn’t approve any increase until this week.

A staff report said MDU argued the Public Service Commission’s “failure or refusal” to …

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