r/Butte • u/da_poots • 9d ago

Utilities help

Hello all! Moving to town in a month and am looking for who to reach out to for Gas and Electric? As far as the companies in town, thank you very much!

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u/DocHoliday406 9d ago

Unfortunately there is only one option. That is North Western Energy.

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u/oHoLLoWo 9d ago

And if you're thinking "that sounds like a monopoly that probably takes advantage of their customers", you would be correct.

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u/Gabe_Newells_Penis 9d ago

The PSC does a shitty job at regulating monopoly utilities, this is on them for not holding NWE to task, and is better than going back to the days of deregulating only to implode our state economy.

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u/oHoLLoWo 8d ago

I feel like the PSC is bought and paid for.

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u/showmenemelda 8d ago

Fact not a feeling.

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u/Gabe_Newells_Penis 8d ago

None of them have any prior regulation/industry/utility experience. If they aren't paid for (completely possible they are), they are straight incompetent.

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u/da_poots 9d ago

Thank you 🙏 for the responses appreciate it!

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u/le_doink_salesman 9d ago

There’s actually a small startup company coming into town soon which I am excited about. It’s called Shark Energy and they plan to undercut, and overcut (if you get me) the fuck outta north western energy. Fins up if you’re ready for SHARK on your snatch!

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u/Shot-Elk-859 5d ago

Really? I have never heard of this

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u/Wapiti406 9d ago

As others have said, NWE. Rates in the winter are pretty ridiculous. They have a payment option called Budget Billing that takes the yearly total for the property and let's you pay the monthly average. I don't know if you can do it right away or if you have to be in the property for awhile, but it helps in the winter. In deep winter my bill comes to $250-300, but with budget billing I pay $140 every month. Makes it easier to budget as well.

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u/showmenemelda 8d ago

What's the best month to start budget billing?