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Montana
Utilities
Basin
Electric Member Cooperatives
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a consumer-owned, regional cooperative
headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Central Montana
Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., is a member system owned wholesale electric
supply cooperative providing electric energy and related services to 15 electric
distribution cooperatives. Central Montana operates as a not-for-profit business
governed by a 15 member Board of Trustees with one representative from each of
the member rural electric cooperative systems.
Energy
Choice
Customers of natural gas and electric service have traditionally purchased all
components of these energy services – supply,
transmission and distribution – from a monopoly
utility provider. That's going to change. The 1997 Montana Legislature enacted
laws to allow competition for the supply of natural gas and electric service.
Customers will eventually be able to choose their suppliers for these services,
while transmission and distribution of natural gas and electricity will remain
with the regulated monopoly providers. To find out how choice will affect you,
visit the link above.
Energy
West Resources
Energy West Resources in Great Falls will purchase electricity from environmentally
safe sources. Proof of the source of electricity is available on request and will
be filed with the Montana Public Service Commission.
Flathead
Electric Cooperative Inc.
Flathead Electric
allows customers to replace a portion of their normal power supply with an equal
amount of Environmentally
Friendly Power. The amount will be in blocks of 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per
month. The typical residential energy use is 1,150 kWh per month. Customers who
sign up immediately will begin receiving EFP the first of October, however, customers
may opt in or out of the program at anytime. Flathead's contract for purchasing
EFP has been extended to Sept. 30, 2002. The success of this program will determine
if FEC and ENI seek future EFP for its customers.
Lincoln
Electric Cooperative
Lincoln Electric Cooperative
in Eureka, Montana, serves approximately 2,700 members in a 1,125-square-mile
area encompassing portions of northeast Lincoln and northwest Flathead counties.
Lincoln has more than 700 miles of line, serving ranches, homes, industry and
schools with electric service. The Coop believes geothermal heating and cooling
systems are the most efficient and earth-friendly systems on the market. To assist
members in using this technology, Lincoln offers loans or cash-back rebates on
qualifying systems. In addition, geothermal systems qualify for a renewable
energy tax credit from the State of Montana.
Lower
Yellowstone Rural Electric Association
Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Association is a nonprofit, consumer-owned electric
cooperative headquartered in Sidney, Montana.
Montana-Dakota
Utilities
MDU Resources Group, Inc. provides energy, value-added natural resources products
and related services. Visit the company's web site for current news, investor
information and a company profile.
Montana
Electric Cooperatives' Association
MECA is a not-for-profit, statewide
trade association representing 25 consumer-owned electric distribution cooperatives
and three generation and transmission cooperatives serving more than 250,000 people
across Montana and in the Dakotas, Wyoming and Idaho. The cooperatives' service
areas cover all 56 Montana counties. Each cooperative is customer-owned, locally
controlled and not-for-profit. MECA is headquartered in Great Falls, Montana.
NorthWestern
Energy
NorthWestern Energy provides
regulated electric and natural gas transmission and distribution services to 288,000
electric customers and 151,000 natural gas customers in the western two-thirds
of Montana.
Ravalli County Electric Cooperative
Ravalli County Electric Cooperative features a Green Info page on its web site.
The page includes links to the Center for Resourceful Building Technology, Northwest
Energy Efficiency Alliance, Energy Ideas Clearinghouse, OIKOS Green Building Source,
Home Energy Magazine and Environmental Building Newsletter.
Western
Area Power Administration
The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)
supports the Million Solar Roofs Initiative and other renewable energy efforts.
To learn more about WAPA's non-hydro renewable resources, visit the link above.
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