Puget Sound Energy Completes 248MW Montana Wind Farm Powering 83,000 Homes

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has announced that its Beaver Creek Wind Farm in Stillwater County, Montana, is now fully operational with a generation capacity of 248 megawatts, enough to power about 83,000 homes annually. The project reached full operation in just over a year, a timeline enabled by close collaboration with Montana’s state and local officials and reflecting compliance with new credit term rules under the Trump Administration. This wind farm is a key component of PSE’s strategy to meet Washington State’s clean energy mandates, which require the utility to add more non-emitting generation capacity by 2030 than it has in its entire 150-year history. Montana’s wind resources are particularly valuable during cold weather periods when Washington’s wind production declines. The project employed 200 to 300 skilled workers during construction and now supports 10 permanent jobs, while connecting to the existing Colstrip Transmission System to deliver energy to PSE customers. Montana Governor Greg Gianforte praised the project as a significant milestone for the state’s energy economy and its all-of-the-above energy approach.