Montana's Progressive Think Tank
The Policy Institute, based in Helena, Montana, blends authoritative research and
hands-on political engagement to create public policy based on economic justice, fair taxation, corporate accountability and environmental responsibility.
WELCOME
WHO WE ARE
LEADERSHIP SEMINAR SERIES
OUR FOCUS
- ENERGY IN OUR STATE AND REGION
- ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- FAIR TAXATION
- CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
- LEADERSHIP SEMINAR SERIES
REPORTS
- PROGRESSIVE TAXATION
- PROFILES IN HYPOCRISY
- HOW STATES TAX TRANSMSSION
- IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSMISSION TAX RATES
- TAX EXPENDITURES
- OIL AND GAS TAX HOLIDAY
- UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS BENEFITS
OPINION PIECES
- ECONOMIC REPORT PUSHES PENNSYLVANIA POWER'S PR AGENDA
- THE TRUTH ABOUT THE POWER LINE STRUGGLE
- GOOD BILLS GIVEN LITTLE CONSIDERATION IN 2011 LEGISLATURE
- 2011 LEGISLATURE DIDN'T REFLECT TRUE MONTANA VALUES
- THE WIDENING WEALTH GAP
- PSC FLIRTS WITH DANGEROUS PRECEDENT IN REVISITING FINAL ORDER
WORKING WITH OTHERS
- AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE TAXES
- CAP THE RATE CAMPAIGN
- GREAT PLAINS RURAL POLICY
- NORTHWEST ENERGY COALITION
- PARTNERSHIP FOR MONTANA'S FUTURE
- WESTERN CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCATES
RESOURCES
2011 MONTANA LEGISLATURE
- IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- PROFILES IN HYPOCRISY: MONTANA LEGISLATORS ASSAIL GOVERNMENT SPENDING WHILE BENEFITTING FROM FARM SUBSIDY PROGRAMS
Montana Transmission News (12/2008 &ndash 6/2010)
- OPINION: JeffCo commissioners echo citizens on MSTI | June 25, 2010
- Madision County Commissioners take comment on MSTI | June 23, 2010
- Madison County Commissioners ask for Tester's help delaying MSTI EIS | June 23, 2010
- OPINION: MSTI line only good for NorthWestern | June 23, 2010
- OPINION: MSTI line would not create many jobs for Montanans | June 18, 2010
- Line impact on viewshed under review | June 13, 2010
- Draft preferred route bypasses Butte, Mill Creek | June 13, 2010
- Senator Tester asks officials to go slow on MSTI | June 13, 2010
- Proposed MSTI energy project draws criticism | June 11, 2010
- Montana energy company and federal agency enter agreement to study transmission system | June 9, 2010
- Northwestern Energy promotes wind power development | June 7, 2010
- DEQ releases draft EIS for MSTI | June 3, 2010
- DEQ declines request for MSTI draft EIS | May 29, 2010
- Wind power changing energy delivery | May 29, 2010
- Lawsuit filed over Mountain States Power Line | May 20, 2010
- Grasslands moves innovative Wind Spirit Project forward | May 20, 2010
- Five wind energy transmission projects planned | April 25, 2010
- Not in our back 40 | April 25, 2010
- Grasslands requests regulatory approval for transmission project | April 9, 2010
- Tonbridge enters anchor shipper agreement with Invenergy | April 6, 2010
- BLM, DEQ delay transmission line impact statement | April 2, 2010
- Report says power line costs won't be passed on to Montana customers | March 31, 2010
- Open season information meetings pre-registration underway for MSTI and Collector System | March 15, 2010
- Letter to the editor: Proposed energy project not best for consumers | March 6, 2010
- MSTI given thumbs up by Butte and Anaconda development groups | March 5, 2010
- NWE Opinion: MSTI line's ill effects overstated | March 5, 2010
- NWE reply to Boulder County concerned citizens | March 3, 2010
- Council clear on MSTI: NWE critical of commissioners' stance on site | March 3, 2010
- Butte-Silver Bow commissioners want MSTI on public land, opposite site south of town | March 3, 2010
- NorthWestern Energy Announces Open Season Informational Meetings for MSTI | February 25, 2010
- Landowners sound off over MSTI line | February 10, 2010
- PSC's Molnar asking if new power lines will zap customers | January 31, 2010
- NorthWestern hasn't nailed down where it plans to get energy for Montana customers | January 31, 2010
- Status of proposed electrical power line projects in Montana | January 31, 2010
- Tonbridge Power provides construction update for MATL | January 28, 2010
- New line may foster wind farms | January 28, 2010
- NorthWestern Energy to host open houses February 1 and 2 in Butte | January 18, 2010
- MATL could unleash torrent of wind projects | January 17, 2010
- Some landowners want a more farm-friendly deal from Tonbridge | January 17, 2010
- NorthWestern Energy's Reply to Commissioner Molnar's January 12 Opinion Piece: New transmission development benefits Montana’s economy | January 14, 2010
- PSC Commissioner Brad Molnar Opinion Piece: Montanans being asked to fund their own energy demise | January 12, 2010
- NorthWestern to Host MSTI Open House in Dillon on January 14 | January 4, 2010
- Montana, Wyoming transmission lines draw wind developers | December 18, 2009
- PSC Commissioner Brad Molnar Opinion Piece: Our energy supply at risk | December 16, 2009
- Commissioners sign letter voicing MSTI concerns | December 10, 2009
- Megawatts schmegawatts... what do the numbers mean? | December 2, 2009
- Leaders celebrate start of MATL work | December 1, 2009
- Northwestern Energy gets grant to test smart grid in and around capitol | November 30, 2009
- Commission approves MATL funding | November 20, 2009
- Butte-Silver Bow councilman collects votes to stop MSTI line | November 10, 2009
- Molnar, Schweitzer feud over MSTI | November 8, 2009
- Proposed 'Green Line' would ship power south | November 6, 2009
- Landowners may still choose to fight MATL line | October 29, 2009
- Alberta, Montana project to proceed | October 22, 2009
- Canadian Supreme Court decision clears way for MATL construction | October 22, 2009
- Who pays for MSTI? | October 15, 2009
- New plan moves MSTI to public land | October 14, 2009
- Lethbridge Herald opinion piece: Power struggle shaping up | September 29, 2009
- TransCanada announces open seasons for Zephyr and Chinook transmission lines | September 22, 2009
- Financing set for Montana-Alberta transmission line | September 17, 2009
- Foreign wind investment waiting on intertie | September 16, 2009
- Committee to review comments on energy issues Sept. 24 | September 15, 2009
- Pumping up the grid: Key step to green energy | September 9, 2009
- MATL receives federal stimulus funds | August 28, 2009
- Northwestern denied 'merchant' model for MSTI | July 20, 2009
- Molnar vows to stop NWE power line | July 12, 2009
- Groups sue to stop Bush plan for Western energy corridors | July 9, 2009
- Western governors endorse energy super-corridor concept | June 15, 2009
- Montana's got wind, needs power lines | December 29, 2008