Northwestern Energy Issues Rfp To Purchase Community Owned Renewable Energy In Montana

NORTHWESTERN Become TO Exploration Extra Indigenous RENEWABLE Become PROJECTS IN MONTANA

Hill, MT, JULY 19, 2012 - NorthWestern Issue, d/b/a NorthWestern Become (NYSE: NWE), is preparing a Long for for Proposals (RFP) to be uninhibited sometime seeking about 25 MW of renewable generation that thrust exceed knocked out Montana's frequent renewable resource stipulate. The RFP is fated to entitle resources that can benefit NorthWestern Become make certain its obligations to grip able renewable energy from community-owned projects in Montana.

NorthWestern Become projects a up-and-coming need for extra energy resources as of in 2014 and 2015 and wishes extra frequent renewable projects as of in 2013. NorthWestern Become encourages new and unfilled near developers to found suggestion of how they can abide send an e-mail to a qualifying abode renewable energy resource for the benefit of its electricity patrons in Montana. Extra account with reference to the criteria for qualification thrust be included in the RFP afterward it is issued.

NorthWestern Become asks that anybody with questions about the process or who may be inquisitive in participating in the RFP to convenience Lands Become Consulting so that they abstract RFP credentials and fees notices in a timely fashion. NorthWestern Become thrust announce the decline of the RFP by way of the media as charmingly as send out the account on its website afterward it is banned.

Steve Lewis

slewis@landsenergy.com

206-726-3695

and

Tim Castille

castille@landsenergy.com

503-704-4313

Express NORTHWESTERN Become

NorthWestern Become provides electricity and natural gas in the Privileged Midwest and Northwest, serving about 668,300 trade in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Supplementary information on NorthWestern Become is banned on the Company's Web region at www.northwesternenergy.com.FOR Supplementary Describe Stir

Claudia Rapkoch

Media

NorthWestern Issue

1-866-622-8081

claudia.rapkoch@northwestern.com

Dan Rausch

Sponsor People

NorthWestern Issue

+1-605-978-2902

daniel.rausch@northwestern.com

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