Colstrip Energy Ltd. Partnership v. Northwestern Corp.

¶1 Colstrip Energy Limited Partnership (CELP) appeals an order of the District Court for the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Rosebud County, denying CELP’s motion to vacate the arbitration award in its dispute with Northwestern Corporation (Northwestern). We affirm.

¶2 CELP raised the following issues on appeal:

¶3 1. Was it permissible for the arbitrators to find the parties’ contract requires the use of specific variables to calculate rates but then fail to apply those required contract variables in the two years in question to avoid awarding damages?

¶4 2. Did the arbitrators exceed their…