State energy leaders gather in Lewistown, Montana to discuss strategy for the next Legislature

Leading Montana legislators and energy officials met in Lewistown Wednesday to discuss strategy for the next Legislature. They came up with a lot of ideas, which they expect to formulate into specific legislation they would like to see introduced.

Jim Chalmers, a Fergus County Port Authority Board member who helped organize the workshop, said a steering committee composed of Port Authority Board members and Sen. Jim Peterson (R-Buffalo) will meet to distill the ideas. They plan to have concrete proposals ready to be placed before the Legislature, which convenes in Helena in January.

by JIM DULLENTY
News-Argus Staff Writer

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