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NorthWestern to Host Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results Webinar on Tuesday, July 30.

Tim MacDonald, a three-year employee with NorthWestern Energy, with the MEA Energy Association Life Sustaining Award for the heroic actions he made to save the life of 82-year-old George Piper.

Games at the Laurel Dodgers American Legion stadium can be played under the lights again, thanks to equipment, material and labor donations. NorthWestern Energy donated new light poles, removed the old lights and provided the equipment and labor for installation.

NorthWestern Energy is launching a major project to upgrade the spillway of our Black Eagle Dam on the Missouri River, enhancing the safety and reliability of the hydroelectric facility.

When a switch is flipped, the power comes on. Power bills are reasonable. Power generation is as clean as possible. That’s what NorthWestern Energy’s Montana customers tell us they want. We listen. The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t.

A planned power outage for some west Helena area NorthWestern Energy customers required for substation upgrade work will be rescheduled. NorthWestern Energy customers who will be affected by the outage will be notified with an automated phone message.

The new Environmental Protection Agency rules for the power industry put reliable, affordable energy at risk, including for NorthWestern Energy’s customers.

Company reports GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.06 for the quarter; affirms 2024 earnings guidance and $500 million capital investment plan; and announces a $0.65 per share quarterly dividend payable June 28, 2024

NorthWestern Energy substation upgrade work requires a planned power outage for some west Helena area NorthWestern Energy electric customers from 11 p.m. Monday, April 29 to 4 a.m. Tuesday, April 30.

NorthWestern Energy’s natural gas system is now delivering renewable natural gas to homes, businesses and manufacturers in the Brookings area. NorthWestern Energy will accept about 700,000 dekatherms annually of renewable natural gas originating from area dairy operations at a new interconnect facility north of Brookings.

NorthWestern Energy employees are planting trees, working at food banks, cleaning up trash and more during National Volunteer Week, April 21-27. NorthWestern Energy will make donations to the organizations employees are volunteering with in recognition of their work.

Hydropower generation is a clean energy source derived from Montana’s river systems with many benefits to customers.

NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (Nasdaq: NWE) will host an investor webinar on Friday, April 26, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern to review its financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2024. The Company also plans to issue a news release detailing its financial results the evening of Thursday, April 25, 2024.

NorthWestern Energy invites Great Falls Home & Garden Show attendees to play pop-a-shot basketball and raise money for two Great Falls organizations. NorthWestern Energy will donate $1 to NeighborWorks Great Falls or Emilie Center for every basket made by attendees at our booth at the show.

NorthWestern Energy is a major sponsor of the 2024 Montana Folk Festival that will take place in Butte, Montana July 12-14.

Recent snowstorms in the Madison Valley brought area snowpack levels to 83% of the 30-year median level. The new moisture means the water situation is trending in the right direction, although additional above-normal snow fall this spring is needed to catch up to the 30-year median snow water equivalent numbers.

NorthWestern Energy (NorthWestern) is committed to providing their customers reliable energy 24 hours a day, seven days a week. NorthWestern manages a balanced energy mix that keeps the lights on, no matter the weather. Approximately 58% of NorthWestern’s owned and contracted energy supply is carbon-free, markedly better than the national average of 40% in 2022 (eia.gov table 7.2b). Since 2011, NorthWestern has added 954 megawatts of owned and long-term contracted energy resources to its Montana generation portfolio, all of which are carbon free (wind, hydro or solar). When the wind isn’t blowing, or the sun isn’t shining, NorthWestern must have energy generation options to provide power to customers.