NorthWestern Energy moves back into power supply

NorthWestern Energy moves back into power supply

Company head says it could provide better price stability

Tim Leeds

The president and CEO of the power company that supplies much of this region with electricity said his company is moving back to owning some of its own supply, following 10 years of leaving that business following utility deregulation in Montana.

"We are owning resources again, and, over the long term, that will provide more stability, " Bob Rowe of NorthWestern Energy recently said during a meeting in Havre.

Rowe and other representatives of NorthWestern Energy were in Havre...