Energy and Climate Change

"If the City of Missoula is successful in acquiring the privately owned water system or not, I wonder if this something that would work in our community?" Geoff Badenoch

"Montana is currently very attractive to these developers because their profits are so much higher under the current rates set for NorthWestern," explained John Hines, the utility’s vice president of supply.

Both Musk and Buffett believe their methods–decentralized generation through rooftop solar panels for the former, traditional grid infrastructure for the latter–are the best way to bring carbon-free electricity to consumers.

This month at the University of Chicago, he announced his bug converts sunlight ten times more efficiently than plants.

Almost 60 years after the first L.P. Anderson tire store opened in Billings, Mont., the family-run business has opened its second location. The owners have invested $2.5 million to make the new L.P. Anderson Point S Tire and Auto Service a reality.

A paper published Monday by researchers from the Brookings Institution reviews a number of studies conducted by state utility commissions, academic institutes and think tanks and suggests that rooftop solar actually benefits all consumers — whether they’re solar customers or not.

A new Brookings Institution analysis indicates that net metering of solar power yields benefits for all ratepayers — not just customers generating their own electricity through solar arrays.

Big questions loom for states, utilities, the solar industry and anyone inclined to produce renewable energy from the sun or wind while remaining tied to the grid.

Nissan and Enel launch UK vehicle-to-grid smart energy trial that enables electric cars to sell power back to the national grid.

Renewable energy industry representatives and Bozeman city officials joined forces on Tuesday at Bridger Brewing to launch a campaign to push for the state to tap into its potential for wind and solar energy production.