{"data":{"id":"us-mt/69-8-426","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"69-8-426","heading":"Use of generation assets.","body":"Generation assets acquired by a public utility pursuant to this chapter:\n(1) must be used by the public utility to serve and benefit customers within the public utility's Montana service territory; and\n(2) may not be removed from the rate base unless the commission finds that customers of the public utility will not be adversely affected.","path":["TITLE 69. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 8. ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY GENERATION REINTEGRATION","Part 4. Public Utilities, Cooperative Utilities, and Electricity Suppliers"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0690/chapter_0080/part_0040/section_0260/0690-0080-0040-0260.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:19Z","sha256":"1fa34295fa59841a268e2e0a193e2176c9b8f5ee48ab69e8a7e6b5c85767d8da","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/69-8-422","next":"us-mt/69-8-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}