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Montanans object to the state's utility regulator allowing NorthWestern Energy to hide data-center energy demands from ratepayers with little justification.

The average price in Montana on Tuesday topped $3.18 per gallon, up from $3.09 on March 7 and 2.66 on December 31.

Karin Kirk writes "The farther they get in their negotiations with data centers, the harder it is for the public to know what they’re up to, and to participate in the process."

The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline topped $3 Tuesday for the first time this year, and is expected to keep going up.

Lawsuit: Investor lost billions in a deal for more power than is consumed by Montana in an average day.

When confronted by reporters from the Washington-D.C.-based publications, he balked at questions, saying that he wasn’t commenting on his own personal house.

Utility-scale energy storage installations and capacity hit an all-time high across the U.S. last year, and are projected to grow at an even faster pace over the rest of the decade.

Butte-Silver Bow raises concerns about ‘boom-bust risk’ for data centers, groups call on PSC to demand transparency of NorthWestern.

After years of states pushing legislation to accelerate the development of data centers and the electric grid to support them, some legislators want to limit or repeal state and local incentives that paved their way.

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a significant climate lawsuit in which oil companies are seeking to avoid being tried in state court.