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NorthWestern halts planning work for power line

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BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — NorthWestern Energy has asked several government agencies to stop analyzing the potential impact of a proposed $1 billion power line that would run from southwestern Montana to southeastern Idaho, saying they don’t believe the work is making any progress.

Company officials are frustrated after spending $14 million for government studies over four years and being no closer to building the 430-mile Mountain States Transmission Intertie, or MSTI.

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