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Electricity & Natural Gas

Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Association

Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric is a non-profit, consumer owned electric cooperative formed in 1936.  LYREA has 2,000 members and services nearly 4,000 meters and maintains 1,800 miles of power lines in Montana and North Dakota. Their offices can be reached at:

Montana Dakota Utilities

Montana-Dakota Utilities distributes natural gas and propane and operates electric power generation, transmission and distribution in Richland County. Their offices can be reached at 800/638-3278.

Lewis & Clark Electric Generating Station is established along the Yellowstone River in 1958, the station generates an average of 250,000 megawatts of electricity annually. The coal powered plant consumes about 230,000 tons of coal each year from Knife River Coal Co. in Richland County.

Westmoreland Savage Mine

The, Westmoreland Savage Mine, mine is located near Savage with 11 full-time employees and 1 part-time.  The mine produces about 300,000 tons of coal each year, the bulk of that for the Lewis & Clark Station in Sidney, with the rest going to the Sidney Sugar refinery and local sales.

Hi-Land Partners, Inc.

Hi-Land Partners Inc. was established in 2004.  The plant is located on Hwy 16 northwest of Sidney.

Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative

Provides telephone service to 28,000 square miles in a 20-county area of eastern Montana and one county in North Dakota - the largest land mass telephone cooperative in the Continental U.S. Mid-Rivers operates over approximately 9,400 route miles of telephone line, has 11,000 working access lines and presently employs 93 people. Your local office can be contacted at:

Qwest Communications

This company’s primary products and services include: local telephone service; long distance; wireless PCS service in selected markets; custom calling services such as Caller ID, voice messaging and call waiting; local phone interconnections to interstate long-distance companies; operator services; a host of high-speed data networking services and equipment; and also offers directory and information services. Your local Qwest office can be contacted at:

Sidney operates 6 wells with a capacity of 47,000 gallons per minute and a storage capacity of 1.3 million gallons.  Private systems are used in the rest of the county.

Fairview uses 2 wells with a capacity of 1,000 gals./min. and a storage capacity of 300,000 gallons.  Private systems are used in the rest of the county.

In both, Lambert and Savage, private water systems are used.  Each community has a sewer lagoon system.  The remaining residents outside of the area have private systems.