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Bob Rowe: Hydro power deal will help customers for a long time

July 24, 2014 /

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PFL Tech Inc. is a marketing technology company that provides sales enablement and marketing automation solutions, as well asprinting, mailing, and fulfillment services. They also provide some great Montana Jobs.

If the Montana Public Service Commission approves NorthWestern Energy’s proposal to acquire the PPL dams, those great facilities will be dedicated to serve our Montana customers, at prices based on the cost of producing electricity, for as long as there is water in the Missouri and Clark Fork river basins.

Last week, a Billings Gazette editorial suggested that NorthWestern Energy might be trying "to stick it to" customers in its proposed purchase of the dams.

The author was apparently concerned about future electric rates. In fact, achieving long-term price stability for at least part of our supply portfolio is a key reason we have worked so hard to buy these dams.

By BOB ROWE President and CEO NorthWestern Energy