Public Comments re: Northwestern Energy’s 2019 Electricity Supply Resource Procurement Plan

KGVM Public Affairs host and producer, Joy LaClaire, recorded public comments at the Bozeman Public Library on 12/30/19 and at The Public Service Commission Office in Helena on 12/9/19.

Here are resources pertinent to the issue of Northwestern Energy 2019 Electricity Supply Resource Procurement Plan:

2019 Electricity Supply Resource Procurement Plan: PLAN SUMMARY AUGUST 2019 (PDF)

2019 Electricity Supply Resource Procurement Plan Docket No. N2018.11.78 (PDF)

To comment on the plan, note that the complete plan PDF lists an old docket number on the cover of the plan. The correct Docket number for comments is 2019.08.052

To  submit your comments via email, send them to psc_utilitycomment@mt.gov.  or fill out the form here:

https://svc.mt.gov/psc/web/PublicComment

The deadline for comments is January 6, 2020.

You can copy the following officials on your comments:

•    Robert Nelson – robnelson@mt.gov (Consumer Counsel)
•    Paul Schulz – pschulz@mt.gov (Consumer Counsel Utility Analyst)
•    Legislative Consumer Counsel Committee members:
◦    Mary Ann Dunwell (D): MaryAnn.Dunwell@mtleg.gov
◦    Sue Malek (D): senatormalek@gmail.com
◦    Mike Hopkins (R): Mike.Hopkins@mtleg.gov
◦    Jeff Welborn (R): Jeff.Welborn@mtleg.gov

Audio-Visuals from John Bushnell’s Presentation at PSC Commissioner, Roger Koopman’s, Public Comment Session at the Bozeman Public Library on 12/30/19

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NorthWestern presentation at MPSC pub mtg 12.30.2019

 

2017 MONTANA CLIMATE ASSESSMENT  http://montanaclimate.org/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special reports:

Global Warming of 1.5°C

Climate Change and Land

The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

You can find these reports and other reports here: https://www.ipcc.ch/reports/

Here is a two-hour audio presentation of all of the 12/30/19 Bozeman comments in the order given and selected testimony from the 12/9/19 Helena hearing.

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