{"data":{"id":"us-mt/75-26-403","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"75-26-403","heading":"Wind turbine generator deicing -- requirement.","body":"After January 1, 2026, a wind turbine generator must use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate icing risks during an operator-controlled turbine rotor blade deicing process if the wind turbine generator is:\n(1) 500 feet or more in height, as measured from the natural ground level at the base of the tower to the tip of the turbine rotor blade;\n(2) constructed within an area with an ice class rating of 4 or more, as defined in international energy agency guidelines published in February 2017; and\n(3) located within a distance of 1,500 feet from an occupied residence.","path":["TITLE 75. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION","CHAPTER 26. WIND GENERATION AND SOLAR FACILITIES","Part 4. Wind Turbine Regulations"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0750/chapter_0260/part_0040/section_0030/0750-0260-0040-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:57Z","sha256":"a2720ee16c2ecfc2fee677a49fc2734fda9adfad23af980f30212315355c8f37","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/75-26-402","next":"us-mt/76-1-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}