Studies question budget for purchase of PPL Mont. dams

By: Marc Stergionis
Great Falls Tribune

There’s been a flood of documents washing into the Public Service Commission over NorthWestern Energy’s agreement to purchase PPL Montana’s 11 electricity-producing dams.

Some of those documents — recent consultant and agency analyses — spark big questions among consumer advocates and, although they may not short-circuit the deal, they are raising temperatures on both sides of the issue as the PSC gears up to make a decision on the purchase. Read more