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Several Missoula businesses have fallen prey to an ongoing scam in which they are convinced their power will be shut off if they don't pay their bill immediately.

On Friday, the Montana Public Service Commission completed two weeks of hearings on whether the sale of 11 hydroelectric dams to Northwestern Energy is in the public's best interest.

Over 6,300 households were suddenly without power early on the coldest morning of the year in the Bitterroot Valley on Thursday, February 6.

UPDATE 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 14 Crews from Northwestern Energy quickly repaired a two-inch gas line that had been ruptured by a crew doing excavation work in a field just off the Eastside Highway in Florence.

New contracts recently signed by Northwestern Energy will bring lower electricity rates to Montana consumers, perhaps in the next few months, a company official said on Friday.

The Missoula business community has come forward to replace the trees damaged or destroyed by vandals last weekend.

In honor of Earth Day (April 22) and spring (we hear it just around the corner), NorthWestern Energy is asking people to take pictures of the area they live in and around, and show how they preserve their communities, conserve energy and live more efficiently. Then they're asking that those photos be submitted to their contest for a chance to win some high-value prizes.

Power was out for about four hours Sunday night into Monday morning in the Orchard Homes area and parts of midtown Missoula.

In 2011, Northwestern Energy placed new 'smart meters' in over 200 Helena homes to see how consumers would respond to the new technology.

A homeowner doing some excavation with a backhoe accidentally ruptured a 3/4 inch gas line on the 6300 block of  Forest Hill Road in the Blue Mountain area late Tuesday morning.

Some environmental activists are raising concerns about 'smart meters', which continuously transmit information about electricity usage to a central location.

Thanks for the heads up from Ginny Merriam at the Mayor's office.  The City of Missoula & Northwestern Energy still have room left in the spring session of their residential energy conservation program, the Green Blocks Pilot Project.  Could be some free money in it for you.