Tom Towe: With data centers, your electric bill could go up 3 to 6 times what you now pay

Former Montana legislator Tom Towe, an attorney from Billings who served in the House and Senate, asserts that data centers present the most significant challenge Montana has faced since the federal government's 1971 North Central Power Study. Towe contends that these facilities could cause residential electricity bills to surge by three to six times current rates. He cites his historical legislative efforts, including a 1973 motion to postpone a Moratorium Bill and his sponsorship of a 1975 bill that imposed a substantial coal tax, as examples of past challenges to the state's resources.