The Montana Department of Commerce is set to receive $47.5 million in federal grant money that Rosebud, Custer, and Fallon counties, along with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, will be able to apply for to fund infrastructure projects such as the build-out of electrical transmission lines takes shape in coming years.
The department announced Monday it was receiving the grant money for its Southeastern Montana Transmission Siting and Economic Development Initiative after the U.S. Department of Energy last week announced the project was one of 20 across 16 states set to receive up to $371 million in Transmission Siting and Economic Development grants.
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