October 20, 2022
Montana passed laws that unconstitutionally made it harder for out-of-state companies to shut down a coal-fired power plant, a federal judge ruled, adopting a magistrate judge's recommendations.
October 13, 2021
A Montana federal judge blocked a newly enacted state law from being enforced Wednesday after determining the statute, which allegedly intended to make it harder to shut down coal-fired power generators in the state, likely unconstitutionally interferes with a decades-old contract.
September 08, 2021
A co-owner of Montana coal plant units says that a contested effort by utilities to shut down operations must be arbitrated in the Treasure State, despite arguments that a decades-old operating agreement explicitly identifies Washington as the venue.
May 05, 2021
A Montana law that requires a power plant dispute be arbitrated in the state violates the contracts clause of the U.S. Constitution and thus can't dictate the arbitration venue in negotiations over a decades-old ownership agreement, joint owners of a coal plant have said.