HELENA – PPL Montana says it is pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court is asking the U.S. Office of the Solicitor General to look into its case over disputed rent with the state.
The Montana Supreme Court earlier ruled that the state can collect rent on land where PPL Montana’s hydroelectric dams sit, including $41 million in damages for PPL’s past use.
PPL wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision.
The company says that the solicitor general’s office will review the case in the coming months and offer an analysis to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Montana attorney general’s office says it is not unusual that the court would seek the federal government’s position in such a case.