Hot mic records troubling conversation about solar regulations in Montana

Montana’s new terms for small solar projects might have been knowingly set to discourage development, based on a conversation caught last week on a hot mic.

Speaking with staff during a mid-session break, Public Service Commissioner Bob Lake acknowledged that cuts made that morning to rates and contracts offered to small renewable energy projects are likely deep enough the kill future development. By federal law, the commission’s actions were supposed to promote renewable energy.

By TOM LUTEY [email protected]

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