Jim Morton

Montana is home to 26 solar companies. They employ hundreds of Montanans as electricians, engineers, installers, sales teams, technicians, and even solar manufacturers. Unlike some energy sectors, those jobs are distributed across Montana — to anywhere the sun shines.

Those would be durable jobs if we weren’t actively legislating against them. The policies that the “Big, Beautiful Bill” just gutted were designed to be job creators. They were working. They were incentivizing private investments in grid upgrades at a time of surging energy demand. There’s nothing “beautiful” about hurting businesses and workers.

Solar power isn’t a niche idea or a “granola” energy. Across the globe, it is the fastest-growing energy generation sector today – by far. Increasing solar generation i

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