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  • Montana Public Service Commission Rejects Natural Gas Rate Increase For MDU

    Daily Montanan, For the Courier|Oct 23, 2024

    After public criticisms of higher and higher utility rates, the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) rejected a rate increase requested by Montana-Dakota Utilities, on Oct. 15 — for the time being. “It’s just never ending, and as someone else said, income is not like that,” said Karen Jarussi, of Billings, who asked the PSC to look out for families and consumers. The Public Service Commission regulates monopoly utilities in Montana. It is charged with ensuring fair rates for customers and a reasonable return for public utilities. The PSC...

  • Officials Still Trying To Figure Impacts Of St. Mary Siphon Failure

    Nicole Girten The Daily Montanan, For the Courier|Jun 26, 2024

    The Milk River Project, which is part of a system that delivers drinking water to 18,000 people and more than 700 farms, will shut down early this year following the breach of 110-year-old pipes near Baab. Christopher Gomer with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said June 18 the irrigators along the Hi-Line will have about 30 days of water left from Frenso and Nelson reservoir storage but after that will have an early shutdown this year. “Depending on where we align with the fix, will point us in the direction of what future impacts will be,” Gome...