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Low snowpack may mean low water year in Madison Valley NorthWestern Energy monitoring conditions and working with stakeholders
Date: Feb 19, 2024
NorthWestern Energy and the Missouri-Madison River Fund Trust announce funding for 2024 public recreation improvement projects
Date: Feb 16, 2024
Type: News
NorthWestern Energy and employees provided $1.47 million in 2023 to support their communities
Date: Feb 14, 2024
NorthWestern Energy continued their tradition of supporting community organizations by donating almost $400,000 to organizations in the more than 400 communities they serve in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska.
NorthWestern Energy will bypass customers who do not want new electric and natural gas meters
Date: Feb 14, 2024
Customers who want to keep their existing meters can call NorthWestern at 888-467-2669 or email NorthWesternEnergyMeters@northwestern.com to be added to the bypass list. Customers who previously requested an opt out do not need to contact NorthWestern again to be bypassed and keep their meters.
NorthWestern Energy always works to protect our customers from high energy prices
Date: Jan 25, 2024
NorthWestern Energy’s Montana system meets record energy demand during extreme January weather
Date: Jan 17, 2024
Energy demand was record high during the Arctic blast that blanketed Montana beginning late last week and continued through the long holiday weekend.
The electric-peak load on the grid that serves NorthWestern Energy’s Montana customers and many other Montana energy service providers exceeded the record set during the December 2022 Montana Arctic blast. In addition, NorthWestern Energy’s Montana natural gas system supplied a record quantity of natural gas to keep our customers warm.
NorthWestern Energy offers energy efficiency actions to help manage winter energy bills
Date: Jan 16, 2024
Type: News
Low and no cost energy efficiency actions are tools we can all use to help manage winter energy bills while we keep our homes warm and businesses operating this time of year.
NorthWestern to Host Year-End 2023 Financial Results Webinar
Date: Jan 15, 2024
Type: News
Category: Investors
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (Nasdaq: NWE) today announced that it will host an investor webinar on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern
NorthWestern Energy encourages Montanans to prepare for severe winter weather
Date: Jan 10, 2024
Prepare for storm-related outages, report issues to energy providers, use caution and give repair crews room to work safely
NorthWestern Energy encourages South Dakotans to prepare for severe winter weather
Date: Jan 10, 2024
Prepare for storm-related outages, report issues to energy providers, use caution and give repair crews room to work safely
Megaload transportation requires overnight planned power outages for some NorthWestern Energy customers
Date: Dec 1, 2023
Type: News
The night-time transportation of a mega load from southern Montana to Canada will require NorthWestern Energy to de-energize some power lines along the route for safety, resulting in planned power outages for some NorthWestern Energy electric customers.
NorthWestern Energy upgrading natural gas pipeline infrastructure along Madison Street Bridge
Date: Dec 1, 2023
NorthWestern Energy crews assisting Avista to restore natural gas service for 37,000 customers in Idaho and Washington
Date: Nov 10, 2023
Type: News
Twenty-two NorthWestern Energy natural gas crew members are assisting Avista crews in north central Idaho and eastern Washington to restore natural gas service to 37,000 Avista customers.
On Nov. 8 a third party damaged a gas pipeline owned by Williams Pipeline that transports natural gas to Avista’s system.
Avista requested resources from area energy companies to assist with the work to restore natural gas services, a process involving many steps over multiple days.
NorthWestern Energy completes two-year $7.8 million Chamberlain switchyard, providing redundancy and increased reliability
Date: Nov 8, 2023
NorthWestern Energy’s joint $7.8 million Chamberlain switchyard project is being completed this month.
NorthWestern Energy is working jointly with East River Electric, an electric cooperative based in Madison, South Dakota. The new switchyard will provide redundancy and increase reliability on the transmission system that serves customers in the area.
Public access at Madison Dam will temporarily close Nov. 15 for construction project
Date: Oct 26, 2023
Ennis Lake Road will close from 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 15 downstream from Madison Dam for a construction project.
NorthWestern Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results
Date: Oct 26, 2023
Company reports GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.48 for the quarter;
affirms $510 million capital plan for 2023; initiates earnings guidance for 2023 and 2024 and increases
long-term earnings per share growth to 4% to 6% from a 2022 adjusted base year; and
announces a $0.64 per share quarterly dividend payable December 29, 2023
NorthWestern Energy power line upgrade along 10th Avenue South will detour alley traffic
Date: Oct 13, 2023
NorthWestern Energy is upgrading power lines in Great Falls along the 3000 block of 10th Avenue South.
Traffic will be delayed and detoured along the alley immediately north of 10th Avenue South from 32nd Street South to 38th Street South at times until the project is completed in December.
NorthWestern Energy substation upgrade in Roundup requires Oct. 18 planned power outage
Date: Oct 12, 2023
NorthWestern Energy electric customers in Roundup, Klein, Musselshell and Melstone will have a planned power outage beginning about 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18. The outage is expected to last about six hours.
NorthWestern Energy is upgrading substation equipment in the Roundup area. Equipment that is nearing the end of its useful life is being replaced to increase service reliability for our customers.
NorthWestern to Host Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results Webinar
Date: Oct 10, 2023
Category: Investors
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (Nasdaq: NWE) today announced that it will host an investor webinar on Friday, October 27, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern to review its financial results for the quarter ending September 30, 2023.
NorthWestern Energy transmission upgrade in Superior area requires Oct. 17 planned power outage
Date: Oct 6, 2023
Type: News
NorthWestern Energy electric customers west of Superior will have a planned power outage beginning about 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17. The outage is expected to last about 5 hours.
For questions about this project or for more information, contact:
NorthWestern Energy Community Relations Manager Todd Rahr. Todd.rahr@northwestern.com, 406-550-2145
NorthWestern Energy Project Engineer Clint Dack, clint.dack@contactor.northwestern.com, 406-459-6935