Daily Archives: January 11, 2024

Signal Peak Energy Shafted? That is why ranchers and landowners joined NPRC, BMLA and others

Dear Editor,

Signal Peak Energy Shafted?

I am writing in response to the article claiming Bull Mountain landowners were somehow “shafting” the corrupt coal mining operation south of Roundup. To claim that Signal Peak is “getting shafted” is wildly inaccurate. Not only is the company being coddled by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), but Signal Peak Energy (SPE) has received from inception a 50% proceeds tax subsidy amounting to millions of dollars annually. This sweetheart tax deal, imposed by the State Legislature over the objections of Musselshell County taxpayers, was supposed to expire after read more