Montana Public Service Commission

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.

The Montana Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m., April 8 on a petition to adopt a rule to require consideration of climate change impacts on health and the environment in its decisions.

A Public Service Commission map that appears gerrymandered to favor Republicans is likely unconstitutional — but it will stay in place for now, according to a Lewis and Clark County District order Thursday.

The Montana Public Service Commission should consider climate change in its regulation of gas and electric utilities, according to a petition submitted Wednesday to the regulatory agency.