Montana House Unexpectedly Rejects Bill to Save Colstrip Coal Plant

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Lawmakers in the Montana House rejected legislation that would have allowed NorthWestern Energy to purchase more energy from the coal-fired Colstrip plant in an effort to save the struggling plant.  Lawmakers “finally figured out that this bill was toxic. It was anti-consumer and anti-constituent. It was going to raise utility bills, and that’s a tough thing to run on,” said Anne Hedges of the Montana Environmental Information Center.

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