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Senate approves bill to accelerate electric transmission projects with added PSC oversight

2784556 · March 26, 2025
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Summary

The Montana Senate amended and passed Senate Bill 301 to speed construction of electric transmission lines while clarifying review authority for the Public Service Commission over project costs and overruns.

Senators on the floor approved Senate Bill 301 after adopting an amendment that expands the Public Service Commission’s authority to review project costs.

Senator Zollnikov, the bill sponsor, told the Committee of the Whole the measure is intended to “build transmission in a faster route with proper oversight of the public service commission,” and said stakeholders…

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