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Northwestern Energy ramping up infrastructure work throughout Montana
NorthWestern Energy http://www.northwesternenergy.com is ramping up investment in its distribution infrastructure statewide, including utility pole and gas line replacements this year across the company’s Butte division. Locally, crews will inspect 700 wooden poles in the Mining City, Anaconda and out to Drummond, as well as work on gas located mains primarily in the Uptown Butte business districts.
The overhaul comes as part of NorthWestern’s Distribution System Infrastructure Project http://www.northwesternenergy.com/isg , launched two years ago to ensure both safety and reliability for 525,300 customers in Montana.
The project will cost more than $300 million over the seven-year life of the program, and $66 million is slated in 2013. But NorthWestern believes this proactive approach will save on more expensive emergency repairs as the system continues to age.
By George Plaven of The Montana Standard
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