Leaders of the Montana Legislature deemed Jan. 26 as a Training Day for lawmakers. All legislators are invited to the capitol that Wednesday for refresher courses on campaigns and ethics, preparation of legislation, and other topics. Legislators can talk one on one with technical staff as well as researchers and
Utilities increasingly turn to microgrid technology to solve grid resilience issues for critical infrastructure and difficult to service customers in rural areas.
In 2020, Texas and California exhibited more than 400 megawatts of deployed microgrid resources. Montana utilities boast only one microgrid system in the state, but the technology could prove
The 2021 Montana Code Annotated (MCA) is available online. Published by the Montana Legislative Services Division, these are all the laws passed by the 2021 Legislature integrated into all previous laws that were not altered last session. The web version of the MCA contains the full statute text and
The Montana Legislative Consumer Committee recently appointed Jason Brown as Consumer Counsel.
The Consumer Counsel represents Montana public utility and transportation consumers before the Public Service Commission, state and federal courts, and administrative agencies in matters concerning public utility regulation. The Office of Consumer Counsel is established in the
