Gov. Gianforte Forms Task Force to Respond to Growing Energy Demands

Gov. Gianforte forms task force to respond to growing energy demands

This news comes as NorthWestern Energy, a monopoly utility in Montana, has signed multiple letters of intent to supply huge amounts of power to data centers proposed in the state.

Gov. Gianforte announces task force to unleash ‘American-made energy’

Transmission lines. States Newsroom file photoRepublican Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Wednesday he is launching a task force to provide recommendations and strategies for Montana to unleash American-made energy. A press release from the Governor’s Office said Department of Environmental Quality director Sonja Nowakowski will chair the task force and Gianforte will appoint members of the task force “in the coming days,” with its first meeting pl…