About 50 rate-payers met at Partnership Health Center in Missoula on May 8 to protest proposed NorthWestern Energy rate changes on net metering of rooftop solar. The Montana Public Service Commissioner Bob Lake was the only PSC elected official present.
The proposed rate changes discourage net metering in the state by adding unnecessary costs to the rate-payers with rooftop solar. A more complete discussion is available in a Missoula Current article.