Montana Connections
Monica TranelMontana issues that affect us all: land, water, natural resources, extreme concentration of wealth that closes us out from our public land and hurts our communities.
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The ratepayer: Montana’s circle of capital
Private property. Public interest. Both true at the same time.
Don’t give us an autopsy, give us enforceable conditions.
Capital is not finite for Amazon, Meta, Google, Wall Street bankers, or utility executives.
Source: Black Hills SEC...
The watchdog: the utility commission
Private property. Public interest. Both true at the same time.
Don’t promise us a rose garden, give us an enforceable contract.
Montana’s 1913 statute describes the regulator’s job in one sentence. The Commission is “invested with the ful...
Do we still need investor-owned utilities?
Private property. Public interest. Both are true at the same time.
As the benefits of electricity spread through the country in the late 1800s, arguments over who owned the wires and poles focused on three different structures: municipal o...
Data centers and grain elevators
Before Montana was a state, the Illinois legislature passed a law to regulate grain storage rates in towns with a population over 100,000 (Chicago).
In the late 1800s, everywhere farmers turned, they hit a wall of monopoly and consolidated...
Force for Good
“In the fall of 2014 I sent out my first email.”
Twelve years ago, Jami Moody was asking for help to build Sheepherder Square, the town’s vision for a community center in Big Timber.
The 1905 Sweet Grass County High School had been abando...
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