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MONTANA POWER BECONIES NOR`FHWESTE.RN ENERGY
Butte, B/Juni:. ·- March 12, 2002 -— Effective tczday, Mczntana Power cusiumars will come to
know their etectricity and nturai gas provider as Northwestern Energy, signifying the
joining of Northwestern C¤rpcrat§cn‘s (N‘fSE:NOR) energy daiivery businesses in
Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska.
"Tha Ncrthwestem Energy name marks a new beginning for cur team members and our
energy customers, The new name raficcts a blending of N0ri?zW&ste:n’s and Montana
Powafs strengths and long history of delivering raliabia, ccmpetitiveiy priced enargy with
superior custome; services? said Marla Lewis, chairman and chief executive officer of
Northwestern Coqcxuraticn "We bring a new c0mmi2me·rzt to M0ntana's energy future and the _
economic grovviin of the state? `
Northwestern Energy provides aiectricity and natural gas and energy-related semicszs tc
more than 590,000 customers in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. The company has
one of the iargeast energy daiévery platforms in the northern tier states with a combined eiectric
system that inciucies 26,000 miias of transmission and distribution iines and associated
fa-cilitiés covering two-ihirds of Montana and eastern South Bakota. The czcampanys naiurai
gas service system énciucias more zhan 7,500 miles of pipelines and storage faciiities in
Montana-15 Scum [Dakota and centyai Nebraska.
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I Montana Power Becomes itiortnwastern Energy
Merch 12, 2002
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the new name and logo were orweiieo to team members in a ceiebration tnis morning in
the cornpanys general office buiidcing in Butte as wait as company iocations throughout
Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska Mika Henson, hiorthwestern Energy chief executive
officer, said that Montana customers wit! see the new Northwestern Energy name and iogo in
an advertising campaign that begins this week through-out Montana. in aociitiori, customers
can find more information on Northwestern Energy and its Montana operations by going to the
companys Web site at w·nw.northwesternenergg,com.
'Ehanging to a new name and togo wi!-I be seamless tor oar customers," Hanson said.
"Cus-tomer service teiephone nom-bers, biti payment programs and procedures wiii remain the
same. What we do hope our customers wit! see is the energetic spirit of our team members as
they work every day to provide the standard of service they expect?
itiortriwestern Energy is the energy delivery business of Nmtnwestern Corporation, a
FORTUNE 500 company that is a leading provider of energy and communications services
and solutions to more than 2.5 miition customers across America. Further information about
Northwestern is avaiiebie on the internet at yvww.nortttwestern.cona.
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