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Byline: kusumv03 Northwestern Energy, an electric utility serving 656,000 customers in Montana, said it will buy 13 MW from a hydroelectric project under construction near Fairfield, Mont.

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NorthWestern Energy has added a hybrid bucket truck to a growing list of fuel-efficient vehicles in the utility company's fleet.

Byline: prashant03 NorthWestern Energy announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Turnbull Hydro, LLC to purchase 13 megawatts of renewable energy from a new generating facility planned on an irrigation canal near Fairfield.

NorthWestern Energy spokeswoman Claudia Rapkoch said the initial investigation indicated that the helicopter did not contact the power line before the crash.

Four other major utilities Avista, Portland General Electric, Idaho Power and NorthWestern Energy signed settlement agreements that give up some benefits under contracts signed in 2000 in return for guaranteed benefits to residential and small-farm customers in 2007-11.

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Byline: prashant03 An $11 million hydroelectric facility that will harness flows from an irrigation canal in the same way power is tapped from rivers is planned west of Fairfield, with NorthWestern Energy lined up to buy the electricity.