utilities

Three Oregon lawmakers want to stop utility companies from raising rates on customers while those companies are still resolving years-long lawsuits over wildfire culpability and costs.

Citing inflationary costs and the need to maintain and improve Missoula's water utilities, the City Council on Monday approved a rate increase for each of the next three years and asked that a cost-of-service study be conducted before any future increases are sought.

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.

With electric vehicles on the rise and technology creeping away from combustible engines, the City of Missoula is working to plan an EV network and begin pursuing grants.

A bill is headed to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk that redraws the Public Service Commission district lines in a matter that Democrats have criticized as unfairly balancing them to favor Republicans.

Montanans will keep choosing Public Service Commissioners at the ballot box, but some voters might soon be in new districts.