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Missoula city, county ink blueprint with NorthWestern Energy for 100% clean energy future

June 23, 2020/

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Saying they’d move forward with or without NorthWestern Energy, the city and county of Missoula on Monday unanimously approved an agreement with the state’s monopoly utility in a drive to achieve 100% clean electricity.

While the memorandum of understanding with the utility doesn’t detail the steps to get there, it inks a baseline agreement to pursue utility-scale renewable energy, improve efficiency and conservation, and modernize the electrical grid.

By Martin Kidston


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