Montana Energy Task Force sets Aug. 25 Helena meeting as draft recommendations are posted
The Montana Energy Task Force has scheduled its next listed public meeting for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, as draft recommendations from the group’s earlier work remain available through the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
The meeting is set for 9 a.m. to noon in the Governor’s Reception Room at the Montana State Capitol Building, 1301 E. 6th Ave. in Helena.
Draft materials are available
The Department of Environmental Quality’s task-force page identifies a previous meeting held July 8, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Helena. That page provides links to the July meeting agenda, a draft report, draft recommendations and a recording.
The posted materials place the task force in the draft stage of its work. The available information does not establish that the recommendations have been adopted as state policy or that they are final.
The task force’s work concerns Montana energy policy and infrastructure, including issues within the energy engineering and technology-policy sphere. Its recommendations could be considered by state policymakers, but the department’s meeting listing does not describe a specific action that will be taken on Aug. 25.
What is known about the next meeting
The Department of Environmental Quality listed the Aug. 25 session as a public task-force meeting at the Capitol. At the time the page was indexed, the meeting’s materials and recording details were marked as to be determined.
That means the currently posted information does not specify an agenda, speakers or whether members will vote on or adopt final recommendations during the Helena session. The precise technical content of the draft recommendations is also not described in the meeting listing.
The Aug. 25 gathering is the next identified public step in the task force’s process. For people following Montana’s electricity-generation, energy-system and related infrastructure discussions, the meeting offers the next scheduled opportunity to track how the draft materials progress.
However, the public listing alone does not demonstrate a completed technology deployment, a measured energy-system result or a direct effect on Helena residents or utility customers. Those outcomes cannot be concluded from the posted meeting notice and July materials links.
Meeting details
When: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, 9 a.m. to noon
Where: Governor’s Reception Room, Montana State Capitol Building, 1301 E. 6th Ave., Helena
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is the agency maintaining the task-force meeting page and the linked materials from the July 8 session.
Sources
- Energy Task Force, Montana Department of Environmental Quality