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Time for accountability

by By MONICA TRANEL
| February 2, 2024 7:00 AM

Two notable events just occurred: the Public Service Commission’s blessing of NorthWestern Corporation’s 28% rate hike and extreme cold.

28% rate hike

The all-Republican Commission approved a 28% rate hike, the majority of which falls on small businesses and residential users – renters and homeowners. The Commission rejected our challenge to that rate hike, forcing Montanans to gift Wall Street $3,447,870 every year. We pay our monthly bills based on a pretend cost of debt for Colstrip of 6.5%. 

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