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Jeff Pattison bests state Sen. Jeremy Trebas in PSC primary

Former legislator Jeff Pattison won the Republican primary for a Public Service Commission seat over state Sen. Jeremy Trebas with 67% of the vote. Pattison, who earned 22,015 votes to Trebas’ 11,043, said he won by showing up, listening and being transparent with voters. The Public Service Commission

Election math: Two PSC districts have five Republican candidates

Five Republican candidates are running for two Public Service Commissioner seats. The primary Tuesday will determine which candidates compete against the one Democrat who has filed to run in each open district. The PSC regulates monopoly utilities in Montana, meaning it has a hand in how high Montanans’ power bills

PSC leadership tried to ‘scrub’ email, ‘destroy evidence,’ court document says

Montana Public Service Commission leadership tried to “scrub” an email that could be evidence in a lawsuit against it and fired the agency’s human resources director in retaliation, a federal court document says. A PSC spokesperson said the agency was still reviewing the document and did not have comment

PSC asks governor to suspend Molnar for a year

Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Jeff Welborn is requesting that Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte remove embattled Commissioner Brad Molnar for a year for violating anti-harassment and anti-retaliation standards. But Molnar and his attorney say the move is an attempt to silence the commission’s most vocal critic of

Businesses urge power merger, while consumers cite cost, reliability concerns

If NorthWestern Energy and Black Hills Corp merge, the deal could mean as much as $16 million for CEO Brian Bird, and a total of nearly $30 million for the top five executives of the Montana utility. Bird is CEO of NorthWestern, and if the Montana Public Service Commission approves

Federal judge says PSC’s Brad Molnar can attend NorthWestern merger hearing in person

A federal judge said Monday the Montana Public Service Commission can’t prohibit Commissioner Brad Molnar from participating in the controversial NorthWestern Energy merger hearing in person. Last week on a 3-2 vote, the PSC voted to adopt a report that found Molnar had committed professional misconduct along with

PSC finds Molnar violated conduct policies, damaged agency

Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar committed “serious misconduct,” including unwelcome sex-based comments in the workplace and retaliation against those who filed reports about his behavior, according to a report by an internal response team. “Findings (independent and internal) confirm that Commissioner Molnar committed serious, repeated violations of agency policies