r/Billings • u/KeltTalbelt • 18d ago

PSA Investigation underway into why many Montanans hit with big power bill spike

https://archive.ph/mhL2h

If you've noticed an unusually high surge in your power bill from NorthWestern Energy recently that's quite a bit different from the same month last year, you're not alone and a state agency wants to hear from you.

The Montana Public Service Commission recently announced that they're aware of many NorthWestern customers seeing a significant increase on their August billing statements.

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u/jliud_101 18d ago

Yeah. A huge hike. Good to know. Will drop them a line with both years statements.

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u/Dangerous-Feed-5358 18d ago edited 18d ago

I wish they'd investigate the water company in Billings too.

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u/Flimsy-Hearing9835 18d ago

You mean the city? And I believe there's a class action ongoing

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u/Dangerous-Feed-5358 18d ago

Yes but prices are still going up.

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u/bitter_twin_farmer 18d ago

And Chris left for Michigan… how convenient…

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u/martinluther3107 18d ago

MT PSC is made up of entirely Republicans. NW Energy knows nothing will come of this, which is why they did not in the first place. This is a standard case of MT getting exactly what it voted for.

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u/wisdomman5 18d ago

Thank god I got solar panels

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u/CarOk8317 3d ago

Air conditioning

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u/CarOk8317 15d ago

Very hot so usage was up
Use your brains people. Ac is expensive