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Lawmakers approve interim study on Montana electric transmission capacity (SJ 12)
Summary
The Senate Energy Committee approved Senate Joint Resolution 12 to request an interim study of Montana’s electric transmission capacity, with proponents citing congestion, lost industrial investment, and Montana’s wind potential as reasons to study transmission constraints and solutions.
The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee voted to advance Senate Joint Resolution 12, which requests an interim study of Montana's electric transmission capacity and its economic impacts. Supporters told the committee that transmission congestion is curtailing the state's ability to develop and ship electricity and that a targeted study could identify solutions.
Sponsor Sen. Greg Hunter framed the resolution as an effort to "analyze the economic impact on Montana citizens and an industry due to the observed congestion and curtailments of transmission pathways" and to deliver a final study to the…
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