NorthWestern Energy plan for energy resources draws criticism

By: Keila Szpaller

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: January 29, 2026

Words: 1,650

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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MISSOULA — NorthWestern Energy earned praise for its blue-collar workers and its reliability — but not much else — at a meeting it hosted about the future of electricity in Montana.

At the public meeting in Missoula, Andrew Wilcox, a professor of geosciences at the University of Montana, said the monopoly utility did an “outstanding” job with reliability.

“They keep all of our lights on. Thank you for that,” Wilcox said.

But he said the …

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