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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: /articles/article/a_greener_and_more_efficient_plum_creek14083/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: After so much dreariness for the Plum Creek Timber Co. over the past two years, it’s a welcome relief for company officials to announce a bit of good news: a fruitful partnership with the Flathead Electric Cooperative and the Bonneville Power Administration. A year ago, Plum Creek implemented an energy-conservation system at its medium-density fiberboard plant in Columbia Falls to cut down on power costs and reduce the facility’s carbon footprint. The system is “essentially smart grid technology,” said Tom Ray, vice president of Montana operations.