Developer scraps Montana wind farm over power price [View all]

A Calgary-based energy company said Wednesday it won't build a 21-megawatt wind farm in Montana because it won't be paid enough for the power it generates.

The Public Service Commission approved a price of $23.30 per megawatt hour.

TransAlta wanted $43.63 per megawatt hour for the power; Northwestern Energy, which would have purchased it, proposed paying $13.96.

The price discrepancy had gone to the PSC for mediation.

Stacey Hatcher, TransAlta communications manager, said Wednesday the company can't accept the terms of the power purchase agreement awarded for the New Colony wind farm near Martinsdale because the price makes it economically unfeasible.

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