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Missoula leaders push 50‑megawatt 'Green Power Program' as opt‑in route to cleaner electricity
Summary
Missoula County’s climate action manager described a proposed Green Power Program that would partner with Northwestern Energy and neighboring cities to build roughly 50 MW of new renewable generation, offered on an opt‑in subscription basis and destined for review by the Montana Public Service Commission if local elected bodies approve.
Missoula County’s climate action program manager, Feain Newman, told county commissioners the county is working with the city of Missoula, the city of Bozeman and Northwestern Energy on a Green Power Program designed to add roughly 50 megawatts of "new electrons" — renewable generation developed specifically for local subscribers.
Newman said the program would be voluntary: local governments, businesses and households could opt in and subscribe their electricity use to the new resource. He described a design principle that "all of the costs and benefits of the program are kept within the program by subscribers," and said that if the…
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