11/18/2025
There’s no irony we filed this motion the day before the Montana PSC votes on a rate increase from Northwestern Energy to pay for a power plant to fuel data centers. Local government in Butte and corporate spokespeople claim data centers won’t raise power rates when our monopoly utility is already trying to raise our rates to fuel data centers. Let’s force them to be match words to actions.
After all the tall promises from out-of-state corporations and incorrect information from local government, sometimes there’s a need to add a layer of protections and accountability. We invite Northwestern Energy and Butte-Silver Bow to join us in making sure people are protected and we’re not forced to subsidize another century of corporations getting the gold and giving the people of Butte the shaft!.
