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Montana needs fair access to renewable energy markets

Anyone interested in economic opportunity for Montana should be concerned with the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA’s) transmission policies.

Earlier this month, NorthWestern Energy officially dedicated its new 40-megawatt wind farm, Spion Kop, near Great Falls. The wind farm is already exceeding expectations and NorthWestern Energy deemed it a "phenomenal" energy resource providing cheap, clean energy for thousands of Montana households.

Energy from the wind farm will cost approximately $54 per megawatt-hour, nearly $10 per megawatt-hour cheaper than NorthWestern’s Colstrip coal energy. Spion Kop also exemplifies Montana’s famously constant and energetic winds, exceeding the productivity of wind farms in other states.

By JEFF L. FOX

Full Story: http://helenair.com/news/opinion/montana-needs-fair-access-to-renewable-energy-markets/article_2ba57efe-0306-11e3-bf15-0019bb2963f4.html

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