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Montana

Electricity Rates

Residential = 6 cents/kwh (National ranking: 41)

Commerical = 6 cents/kwh
(National ranking: 39)

Industrial = 4 cents/kwh(National ranking: 42)

kwh = kilowatt hour
1st ranking = highest rate in catagory

Deregulation

Montana is implementing deregulation. The state started phasing in retail choice for large-load customers in 1998. For all customers, Montana's Public Service Commission has extended to July 2004 the deadline for customers to choose a power provider. The PSC deemed the extension necessary because a competitive power supply market has not developed. Montana Power is the default supplier to customers who do not have a choice or who have not chosen an electricity provider.

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Department of Energy Information on Montana

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