Washington utility nixes power purchase from coal-fired plant in Montana

A central Washington public utility has decided not to buy power from the coal-fired Highwood Generating Station proposed eight miles east of Great Falls, its board members announced earlier this week.
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Spokeswoman Rita Bjork said Thursday that the Grant County Public Utility District told the plant’s developer, Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative, "in late June that we were not interested."

By RICHARD ECKE • Tribune Staff Writer

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