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Article: Industry and Hydroelectric Water Rights.
- Article from:
- Montana Business Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 22, 1999
- Author:
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In the words of Ray Cross, I'm one of the hired guns. And over the years, my holster has included a number of paper bullets. I have represented industrial interests, agricultural interests, municipal interests, and even some in-stream flow interests.
I believe the primary reason I'm on this panel is to talk about one of the big bullets in my holster. That's my representation of Montana Power Company and its power generation rights at hydroelectric dams, both in the Clark Fork drainage and the Missouri drainage. These water rights are somewhat unusual. Traditionally, water rights required a diversion. With hydropower, there is an impoundment.
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