BUTTE, Mont. — NorthWestern Energy (NEW), which provides natural gas to approximately 16,000 customers throughout Montana, has filed suit in Lewis and Clark County District Court in an effort to overturn the Montana Public Service Commission’s (PSC’s) decision to disallow the recovery of more than $6 million in actual gas costs.
The company took the issue to court after the PSC rejected the company’s Motion for Reconsideration in recent weeks. NEW contests in its court filing that the majority of commissioners violated NorthWestern Energy’s procedural rights and rights of due process when they voted to disallow a substantial portion of the company’s actual gas costs from the 2002-2003 heating season.