Montana Public Service Commission

The Lead Community Agreement outlines the roles and responsibilities of the program's three leading partners – the city and county of Missoula and the city of Bozeman – as they now prepare to bring the program to the Montana Public Service Commission for approval.

Gov. Greg Gianforte suspended Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar for one year after independent investigations “point to unlawful conduct,” including sex discrimination and retaliation.

Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Jeff Welborn is requesting that Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte remove embattled Commissioner Brad Molnar for a year for violating anti-harassment and anti-retaliation standards.

The elected body that regulates utilities in Montana is again embroiled in controversy. Its presiding officer is under investigation, and he’s claiming he’s been unfairly targeted.

One proposed bill would make ‘extensive changes’ to the way utilities plan for energy resources.

In a 9-3 verdict last week, an advisory jury found plaintiffs in a redistricting lawsuit didn’t “prove” the Montana Legislature gerrymandered in redrawing Public Service Commission districts.

Deb Carstensen writes, "In the real world, if you don’t do your job, you lose it. If you are an elected official the firing process is simple, voters pick somebody more trustworthy and competent."

A Helena law firm challenging the Public Service Commission redistricting map drawn and approved by Republican lawmakers last year is now in a fight with the sponsor of the bill that changed the map.

The Missoula County Elections Office announced on Monday that an error on 17,000 Missoula County ballots will feature a race that residents will not be eligible to vote in.

​​Montanans have flooded the Public Service Commission with more than 500 comments on a petition that would require regulators to consider the effects of climate change in their decisions.