Montana power co-op trustee fights $46M claim

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The trustee for a bankrupt Montana power cooperative is challenging in federal court a claim for $46 million from banks that financed a little-used natural gas power plant near Great Falls.

The outcome could affect electricity rates for tens of thousands of customers in central and southern Montana served by members of Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative.

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