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NW Energy’s rate increase prompts tax increase in Missoula’s lighting districts
While households work to cover a 19% rate increase from NorthWestern Energy, the City of Missoula also is facing rising electrical costs, and a portion of that will be passed on to residents within the city's 52 street lighting districts.