FERC Form

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING FERC FORM NOS. 1 and 3-Q

GENERAL INFORMATION

Purpose
FERC Form No. 1 (FERC Form 1) is an annual regulatory requirement for Major electric utilities, licensees and others (18 C.F.R. § 141.1). FERC Form No. 3-Q ( FERC Form 3-Q) is a quarterly regulatory requirement which supplements the annual financial reporting requirement (18 C.F.R. § 141.400). These reports are designed to collect financial and operational information from electric utilities, licensees and others subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. These reports are also considered to be non-confidential public use forms.
Who Must Submit
Each Major electric utility, licensee, or other, as classified in the Commission’s Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities, Licensees, and Others Subject To the Provisions of The Federal Power Act (18 C.F.R. Part 101), must submit FERC Form 1 (18 C.F.R. § 141.1), and FERC Form 3-Q (18 C.F.R. § 141.400).
Note: Major means having, in each of the three previous calendar years, sales or transmission service that exceeds one of the following:
1. one million megawatt hours of total annual sales,
2. 100 megawatt hours of annual sales for resale,
3. 500 megawatt hours of annual power exchanges delivered, or
4. 500 megawatt hours of annual wheeling for others (deliveries plus losses).

What and Where to Submit

Submit FERC Form Nos. 1 and 3-Q electronically through the eCollection portal at https://eCollection.ferc.gov, and according to the specifications in the Form 1 and 3-Q taxonomies.
The Corporate Officer Certification must be submitted electronically as part of the FERC Forms 1 and 3-Q filings.
Submit immediately upon publication, by either eFiling or mail, two (2) copies to the Secretary of the Commission, the latest Annual Report to Stockholders. Unless eFiling the Annual Report to Stockholders, mail the stockholders report to the Secretary of the Commission at:
Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20426

For the CPA Certification Statement, submit within 30 days after filing the FERC Form 1, a letter or report (not applicable to filers classified as Class C or Class D prior to January 1, 1984). The CPA Certification Statement can be either eFiled or mailed to the Secretary of the Commission at the address above.

The CPA Certification Statement should:

Attest to the conformity, in all material aspects, of the below listed (schedules and pages) with the Commission's applicable Uniform System of Accounts (including applicable notes relating thereto and the Chief Accountant's published accounting releases), and

Be signed by independent certified public accountants or an independent licensed public accountant certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the U. S. (See 18 C.F.R. §§ 41.10-41.12 for specific qualifications.)

Schedules	Pages
Comparative Balance Sheet	110-113
Statement of Income	114-117
Statement of Retained Earnings	118-119
Statement of Cash Flows	120-121
Notes to Financial Statements	122-123

The following format must be used for the CPA Certification Statement unless unusual circumstances or conditions, explained in the letter or report, demand that it be varied. Insert parenthetical phrases only when exceptions are reported.
“In connection with our regular examination of the financial statements of [COMPANY NAME] for the year ended on which we have reported separately under date of [DATE], we have also reviewed schedules [NAME OF SCHEDULES] of FERC Form No. 1 for the year filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as set forth in its applicable Uniform System of Accounts and published accounting releases. Our review for this purpose included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
Based on our review, in our opinion the accompanying schedules identified in the preceding paragraph (except as noted below) conform in all material respects with the accounting requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as set forth in its applicable Uniform System of Accounts and published accounting releases.” The letter or report must state which, if any, of the pages above do not conform to the Commission’s requirements. Describe the discrepancies that exist.
Filers are encouraged to file their Annual Report to Stockholders, and the CPA Certification Statement using eFiling. Further instructions are found on the Commission’s website at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/frequently-asked-questions-faqs-efilingferc-online.
Federal, State, and Local Governments and other authorized users may obtain additional blank copies of FERC Form 1 and 3-Q free of charge from https://www.ferc.gov/general-information-0/electric-industry-forms.

When to Submit
FERC Forms 1 and 3-Q must be filed by the following schedule:
1. FERC Form 1 for each year ending December 31 must be filed by April 18th of the following year (18 CFR § 141.1), and
2. FERC Form 3-Q for each calendar quarter must be filed within 60 days after the reporting quarter (18 C.F.R. § 141.400).
Where to Send Comments on Public Reporting Burden.
The public reporting burden for the FERC Form 1 collection of information is estimated to average 1,168 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data-needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The public reporting burden for the FERC Form 3-Q collection of information is estimated to average 168 hours per response.
Send comments regarding these burden estimates or any aspect of these collections of information, including suggestions for reducing burden, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 (Attention: Information Clearance Officer); and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 (Attention: Desk Officer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission). No person shall be subject to any penalty if any collection of information does not display a valid control number (44 U.S.C. § 3512 (a)).

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare this report in conformity with the Uniform System of Accounts (18 CFR Part 101) (USofA). Interpret all accounting words and phrases in accordance with the USofA.
Enter in whole numbers (dollars or MWH) only, except where otherwise noted. (Enter cents for averages and figures per unit where cents are important. The truncating of cents is allowed except on the four basic financial statements where rounding is required.) The amounts shown on all supporting pages must agree with the amounts entered on the statements that they support. When applying thresholds to determine significance for reporting purposes, use for balance sheet accounts the balances at the end of the current reporting period, and use for statement of income accounts the current year's year to date amounts.
Complete each question fully and accurately, even if it has been answered in a previous report. Enter the word "None" where it truly and completely states the fact.
For any page(s) that is not applicable to the respondent, omit the page(s) and enter "NA," "NONE," or "Not Applicable" in column (d) on the List of Schedules, pages 2 and 3.
Enter the month, day, and year for all dates. Use customary abbreviations. The "Date of Report" included in the header of each page is to be completed only for resubmissions (see VII. below).
Generally, except for certain schedules, all numbers, whether they are expected to be debits or credits, must be reported as positive. Numbers having a sign that is different from the expected sign must be reported by enclosing the numbers in parentheses.
For any resubmissions, please explain the reason for the resubmission in a footnote to the data field.
Do not make references to reports of previous periods/years or to other reports in lieu of required entries, except as specifically authorized.
Wherever (schedule) pages refer to figures from a previous period/year, the figures reported must be based upon those shown by the report of the previous period/year, or an appropriate explanation given as to why the different figures were used.
Schedule specific instructions are found in the applicable taxonomy and on the applicable blank rendered form.

Definitions for statistical classifications used for completing schedules for transmission system reporting are as follows:

FNS - Firm Network Transmission Service for Self. "Firm" means service that can not be interrupted for economic reasons and is intended to remain reliable even under adverse conditions. "Network Service" is Network Transmission Service as described in Order No. 888 and the Open Access Transmission Tariff. "Self" means the respondent.

FNO - Firm Network Service for Others. "Firm" means that service cannot be interrupted for economic reasons and is intended to remain reliable even under adverse conditions. "Network Service" is Network Transmission Service as described in Order No. 888 and the Open Access Transmission Tariff.

LFP - for Long-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Reservations. "Long-Term" means one year or longer and” firm" means that service cannot be interrupted for economic reasons and is intended to remain reliable even under adverse conditions. "Point-to-Point Transmission Reservations" are described in Order No. 888 and the Open Access Transmission Tariff. For all transactions identified as LFP, provide in a footnote the termination date of the contract defined as the earliest date either buyer or seller can unilaterally cancel the contract.

OLF - Other Long-Term Firm Transmission Service. Report service provided under contracts which do not conform to the terms of the Open Access Transmission Tariff. "Long-Term" means one year or longer and “firm” means that service cannot be interrupted for economic reasons and is intended to remain reliable even under adverse conditions. For all transactions identified as OLF, provide in a footnote the termination date of the contract defined as the earliest date either buyer or seller can unilaterally get out of the contract.

SFP - Short-Term Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Reservations. Use this classification for all firm point-to-point transmission reservations, where the duration of each period of reservation is less than one-year.

NF - Non-Firm Transmission Service, where firm means that service cannot be interrupted for economic reasons and is intended to remain reliable even under adverse conditions.

OS - Other Transmission Service. Use this classification only for those services which can not be placed in the above-mentioned classifications, such as all other service regardless of the length of the contract and service FERC Form. Describe the type of service in a footnote for each entry.

AD - Out-of-Period Adjustments. Use this code for any accounting adjustments or "true-ups" for service provided in prior reporting periods. Provide an explanation in a footnote for each adjustment.

DEFINITIONS

Commission Authorization (Comm. Auth.) -- The authorization of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or any other Commission. Name the commission whose authorization was obtained and give date of the authorization.
Respondent -- The person, corporation, licensee, agency, authority, or other Legal entity or instrumentality in whose behalf the report is made.

EXCERPTS FROM THE LAW

Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791a-825r

Sec. 3. The words defined in this section shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Act, to with:

’Corporation' means any corporation, joint-stock company, partnership, association, business trust, organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, or a receiver or receivers, trustee or trustees of any of the foregoing. It shall not include 'municipalities, as hereinafter defined;
'Person' means an individual or a corporation;
'Licensee, means any person, State, or municipality Licensed under the provisions of section 4 of this Act, and any assignee or successor in interest thereof;

'municipality means a city, county, irrigation district, drainage district, or other political subdivision or agency of a State competent under the Laws thereof to carry and the business of developing, transmitting, unitizing, or distributing power; ......

"project' means. a complete unit of improvement or development, consisting of a power house, all water conduits, all dams and appurtenant works and structures (including navigation structures) which are a part of said unit, and all storage, diverting, or fore bay reservoirs directly connected therewith, the primary line or lines transmitting power there from to the point of junction with the distribution system or with the interconnected primary transmission system, all miscellaneous structures used and useful in connection with said unit or any part thereof, and all water rights, rights-of-way, ditches, dams, reservoirs, Lands, or interest in Lands the use and occupancy of which are necessary or appropriate in the maintenance and operation of such unit;

"Sec. 4. The Commission is hereby authorized and empowered

'To make investigations and to collect and record data concerning the utilization of the water 'resources of any region to be developed, the water-power industry and its relation to other industries and to interstate or foreign commerce, and concerning the location, capacity, development costs, and relation to markets of power sites; ... to the extent the Commission may deem necessary or useful for the purposes of this Act."

"Sec. 304.

Every Licensee and every public utility shall file with the Commission such annual and other periodic or special* reports as the Commission may by rules and regulations or other prescribe as necessary or appropriate to assist the Commission in the proper administration of this Act. The Commission may prescribe the manner and FERC Form in which such reports shall be made, and require from such persons specific answers to all questions upon which the Commission may need information. The Commission may require that such reports shall include, among other things, full information as to assets and Liabilities, capitalization, net investment, and reduction thereof, gross receipts, interest due and paid, depreciation, and other reserves, cost of project and other facilities, cost of maintenance and operation of the project and other facilities, cost of renewals and replacement of the project works and other facilities, depreciation, generation, transmission, distribution, delivery, use, and sale of electric energy. The Commission may require any such person to make adequate provision for currently determining such costs and other facts. Such reports shall be made under oath unless the Commission otherwise specifies*.10

"Sec. 309.

The Commission shall have power to perform any and all acts, and to prescribe, issue, make, and rescind such orders, rules and regulations as it may find necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act. Among other things, such rules and regulations may define accounting, technical, and trade terms used in this Act; and may prescribe the FERC Form or FERC Forms of all statements, declarations, applications, and reports to be filed with the Commission, the information which they shall contain, and the time within which they shall be field..."

GENERAL PENALTIES

The Commission may assess up to $1 million per day per violation of its rules and regulations. See FPA § 316(a) (2005), 16 U.S.C. § 825o(a).

FERC FORM NO.

1/3-Q

REPORT OF MAJOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES, LICENSEES AND OTHER

Identification

01 Exact Legal Name of Respondent

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

02 Year/ Period of Report

End of:

2024

03 Previous Name and Date of Change (If name changed during year)

04 Address of Principal Office at End of Period (Street, City, State, Zip Code)

3010 West 69th Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57108

05 Name of Contact Person

Evan VerWey

06 Title of Contact Person

Manager of Financial Reporting

07 Address of Contact Person (Street, City, State, Zip Code)

3010 West 69th Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57108

08 Telephone of Contact Person, Including Area Code

(605)-978-2906

09 This Report is An Original / A Resubmission

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

10 Date of Report (Mo, Da, Yr)

09/30/2024

Quarterly Corporate Officer Certification

The undersigned officer certifies that:

I have examined this report and to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief all statements of fact contained in this report are correct statements of the business affairs of the respondent and the financial statements, and other financial information contained in this report, conform in all material respects to the Uniform System of Accounts.

01 Name

Jeff Berzina

02 Title

Controller

03 Signature

Jeff Berzina

04 Date Signed (Mo, Da, Yr)

11/05/2024

Title 18, U.S.C. 1001 makes it a crime for any person to knowingly and willingly to make to any Agency or Department of the United States any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements as to any matter within its jurisdiction.

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

List of Schedules
Enter in column (c) the terms "none," "not applicable," or "NA," as appropriate, where no information or amounts have been reported for certain pages. Omit pages where the respondents are "none," "not applicable," or "NA".
Line No.	Title of Schedule (a)	Reference Page No. (b)	Remarks (c)
	ScheduleIdentificationAbstract Identification	1
	ScheduleListOfSchedulesAbstract List of Schedules (Electric Utility)	2
1	ScheduleImportantChangesDuringTheQuarterYearAbstract Important Changes During the Quarter	108
2	ScheduleComparativeBalanceSheetAbstract Comparative Balance Sheet	110
3	ScheduleStatementOfIncomeAbstract Statement of Income for the Quarter	114
4	ScheduleRetainedEarningsAbstract Statement of Retained Earnings for the Quarter	118
5	ScheduleStatementOfCashFlowsAbstract Statement of Cash Flows	120
6	ScheduleNotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract Notes to Financial Statements	122
7	ScheduleStatementOfAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeAndHedgingActivitiesAbstract Statement of Accum Comp Income, Comp Income, and Hedging Activities	122a
8	ScheduleSummaryOfUtilityPlantAndAccumulatedProvisionsForDepreciationAmortizationAndDepletionAbstract Summary of Utility Plant & Accumulated Provisions for Dep, Amort & Dep	200
9	ScheduleElectricPlantInServiceAndAccumulatedProvisionForDepreciationByFunctionAbstract Electric Plant In Service and Accum Provision For Depr by Function	208
10	ScheduleTransmissionServiceAndGenerationInterconnectionStudyCostsAbstract Transmission Service and Generation Interconnection Study Costs	231
11	ScheduleOtherRegulatoryAssetsAbstract Other Regulatory Assets	232
12	ScheduleOtherRegulatoryLiabilitiesAbstract Other Regulatory Liabilities	278
13	ScheduleElectricOperatingRevenuesAbstract Elec Operating Revenues (Individual Schedule Lines 300-301)	300
14	ScheduleRegionalTransmissionServiceRevenuesAbstract Regional Transmission Service Revenues (Account 457.1)	302	Not Applicable
15	ScheduleElectricProductionOtherPowerTransmissionRegionalExpensesAbstract Electric Prod, Other Power Supply Exp, Trans and Distrib Exp	324
16	ScheduleElectricCustomerAccountServiceSalesAdministrativeAndGeneralExpensesAbstract Electric Customer Accts, Service, Sales, Admin and General Expenses	325
17	ScheduleTransmissionOfElectricityForOthersAbstract Transmission of Electricity for Others	328
18	ScheduleTransmissionOfElectricityByIsoOrRtoAbstract Transmission of Electricity by ISO/RTOs	331	Not Applicable
19	ScheduleTransmissionOfElectricityByOthersAbstract Transmission of Electricity by Others	332
20	ScheduleDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationsAbstract Deprec, Depl and Amort of Elec Plant (403,403.1,404,and 405) (except Amortization of Acquisition Adjustments)	338
21	ScheduleAmountsIncludedInIsoOrRtoSettlementAbstract Amounts Included in ISO/RTO Settlement Statements	397
22	ScheduleMonthlyPeaksAndOutputAbstract Monthly Peak Loads and Energy Output	399
23	ScheduleMonthlyTransmissionSystemPeakLoadAbstract Monthly Transmission System Peak Load	400	Not Applicable
24	ScheduleMonthlyIsoOrRtoTransmissionSystemPeakLoadAbstract Monthly ISO/RTO Transmission System Peak Load	400a

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

IMPORTANT CHANGES DURING THE QUARTER/YEAR
Give particulars (details) concerning the matters indicated below. Make the statements explicit and precise, and number them in accordance with the inquiries. Each inquiry should be answered. Enter "none," "not applicable," or "NA" where applicable. If information which answers an inquiry is given elsewhere in the report, make a reference to the schedule in which it appears. Changes in and important additions to franchise rights: Describe the actual consideration given therefore and state from whom the franchise rights were acquired. If acquired without the payment of consideration, state that fact. Acquisition of ownership in other companies by reorganization, merger, or consolidation with other companies: Give names of companies involved, particulars concerning the transactions, name of the Commission authorizing the transaction, and reference to Commission authorization. Purchase or sale of an operating unit or system: Give a brief description of the property, and of the transactions relating thereto, and reference to Commission authorization, if any was required. Give date journal entries called for by the Uniform System of Accounts were submitted to the Commission. Important leaseholds (other than leaseholds for natural gas lands) that have been acquired or given, assigned or surrendered: Give effective dates, lengths of terms, names of parties, rents, and other condition. State name of Commission authorizing lease and give reference to such authorization. Important extension or reduction of transmission or distribution system: State territory added or relinquished and date operations began or ceased and give reference to Commission authorization, if any was required. State also the approximate number of customers added or lost and approximate annual revenues of each class of service. Each natural gas company must also state major new continuing sources of gas made available to it from purchases, development, purchase contract or otherwise, giving location and approximate total gas volumes available, period of contracts, and other parties to any such arrangements, etc. Obligations incurred as a result of issuance of securities or assumption of liabilities or guarantees including issuance of short-term debt and commercial paper having a maturity of one year or less. Give reference to FERC or State Commission authorization, as appropriate, and the amount of obligation or guarantee. Changes in articles of incorporation or amendments to charter: Explain the nature and purpose of such changes or amendments. State the estimated annual effect and nature of any important wage scale changes during the year. State briefly the status of any materially important legal proceedings pending at the end of the year, and the results of any such proceedings culminated during the year. Describe briefly any materially important transactions of the respondent not disclosed elsewhere in this report in which an officer, director, security holder reported on Pages 104 or 105 of the Annual Report Form No. 1, voting trustee, associated company or known associate of any of these persons was a party or in which any such person had a material interest. (Reserved.) If the important changes during the year relating to the respondent company appearing in the annual report to stockholders are applicable in every respect and furnish the data required by Instructions 1 to 11 above, such notes may be included on this page. Describe fully any changes in officers, directors, major security holders and voting powers of the respondent that may have occurred during the reporting period. In the event that the respondent participates in a cash management program(s) and its proprietary capital ratio is less than 30 percent please describe the significant events or transactions causing the proprietary capital ratio to be less than 30 percent, and the extent to which the respondent has amounts loaned or money advanced to its parent, subsidiary, or affiliated companies through a cash management program(s). Additionally, please describe plans, if any to regain at least a 30 percent proprietary ratio.

None
On June 1, 2022, we filed a legal corporate restructuring application (Restructuring Plan) with the state commissions in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. We received all necessary regulatory approvals to effectuate this Restructuring Plan. On January 1, 2024, we completed the second and final phase of the holding company reorganization. NorthWestern Corporation contributed the assets and liabilities of its South Dakota and Nebraska regulated utilities to NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation, and then distributed its equity interest in NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation and certain other subsidiaries to NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., resulting in NorthWestern Corporation owning and operating the Montana regulated utility and NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation owning and operating the Nebraska and South Dakota utilities, each as a direct subsidiary of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
None
None
None
See Note 3 "Financing Activities." Debt Issuance: Approval by the SDPUC docket GE-002, approval by the NPUC Application NG-121.
None
None
See Note 6 "Commitments and Contingencies."
None
None
As noted in Item 2, NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation received its assets and liabilities from NorthWestern Corporation on January 1, 2024. As such, this is the first FERC Form 1/3-Q filed by NorthWestern Public Service Corporation. The Officers (including titles) and Directors of NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation are as follows: – Brian Bird, President and Chief Executive Officer; – Crystal Lail, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer; – Shannon Heim, Vice Presidnet, General Counsel and Federal Government Affairs; – Michael Cashell, Vice President, Transmission; – Cyndee Fang, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs; – John Hines, Vice President, Supply; – Bleau Lafave, Vice President, Asset Management & Business Development; – Jason Merkel, Vice President, Distribution; – Bobbi Schroeppel, Vice President, Customer Care, Communications, and Human Resources; and – Jeanne Vold, Vice President, Technology. On September 3, 2024, Cyndee Fang, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, left the Company.
None

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET (ASSETS AND OTHER DEBITS)
Line No.	Title of Account (a)	Ref. Page No. (b)	Current Year End of Quarter/Year Balance (c)	Prior Year End Balance 12/31 (d)
1	UtilityPlantAbstract UTILITY PLANT
2	UtilityPlant Utility Plant (101-106, 114)	200	1,505,542,425
3	ConstructionWorkInProgress Construction Work in Progress (107)	200	37,144,558
4	UtilityPlantAndConstructionWorkInProgress TOTAL Utility Plant (Enter Total of lines 2 and 3)		1,542,686,984
5	AccumulatedProvisionForDepreciationAmortizationAndDepletionOfPlantUtility (Less) Accum. Prov. for Depr. Amort. Depl. (108, 110, 111, 115)	200	558,717,022
6	UtilityPlantNet Net Utility Plant (Enter Total of line 4 less 5)		983,969,962
7	NuclearFuelInProcessOfRefinementConversionEnrichmentAndFabrication Nuclear Fuel in Process of Ref., Conv., Enrich., and Fab. (120.1)	202
8	NuclearFuelMaterialsAndAssembliesStockAccountMajorOnly Nuclear Fuel Materials and Assemblies-Stock Account (120.2)
9	NuclearFuelAssembliesInReactorMajorOnly Nuclear Fuel Assemblies in Reactor (120.3)
10	SpentNuclearFuelMajorOnly Spent Nuclear Fuel (120.4)
11	NuclearFuelUnderCapitalLeases Nuclear Fuel Under Capital Leases (120.6)
12	AccumulatedProvisionForAmortizationOfNuclearFuelAssemblies (Less) Accum. Prov. for Amort. of Nucl. Fuel Assemblies (120.5)	202
13	NuclearFuelNet Net Nuclear Fuel (Enter Total of lines 7-11 less 12)
14	UtilityPlantAndNuclearFuelNet Net Utility Plant (Enter Total of lines 6 and 13)		983,969,963
15	OtherElectricPlantAdjustments Utility Plant Adjustments (116)		93,779,293
16	GasStoredUndergroundNoncurrent Gas Stored Underground - Noncurrent (117)
17	OtherPropertyAndInvestmentsAbstract OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
18	NonutilityProperty Nonutility Property (121)
19	AccumulatedProvisionForDepreciationAndAmortizationOfNonutilityProperty (Less) Accum. Prov. for Depr. and Amort. (122)
20	InvestmentInAssociatedCompanies Investments in Associated Companies (123)
21	InvestmentInSubsidiaryCompanies Investment in Subsidiary Companies (123.1)	224
23	NoncurrentPortionOfAllowances Noncurrent Portion of Allowances	228
24	OtherInvestments Other Investments (124)		21,000
25	SinkingFunds Sinking Funds (125)
26	DepreciationFund Depreciation Fund (126)
27	AmortizationFundFederal Amortization Fund - Federal (127)
28	OtherSpecialFunds Other Special Funds (128)
29	SpecialFunds Special Funds (Non Major Only) (129)
30	DerivativeInstrumentAssetsLongTerm Long-Term Portion of Derivative Assets (175)
31	DerivativeInstrumentAssetsHedgesLongTerm Long-Term Portion of Derivative Assets - Hedges (176)
32	OtherPropertyAndInvestments TOTAL Other Property and Investments (Lines 18-21 and 23-31)		21,000
33	CurrentAndAccruedAssetsAbstract CURRENT AND ACCRUED ASSETS
34	CashAndWorkingFunds Cash and Working Funds (Non-major Only) (130)
35	Cash Cash (131)		490,266	1
36	SpecialDeposits Special Deposits (132-134)		8,428,896
37	WorkingFunds Working Fund (135)		5,250
38	TemporaryCashInvestments Temporary Cash Investments (136)
39	NotesReceivable Notes Receivable (141)
40	CustomerAccountsReceivable Customer Accounts Receivable (142)		12,333,173
41	OtherAccountsReceivable Other Accounts Receivable (143)		877,398
42	AccumulatedProvisionForUncollectibleAccountsCredit (Less) Accum. Prov. for Uncollectible Acct.-Credit (144)		249,187
43	NotesReceivableFromAssociatedCompanies Notes Receivable from Associated Companies (145)
44	AccountsReceivableFromAssociatedCompanies Accounts Receivable from Assoc. Companies (146)		11,868
45	FuelStock Fuel Stock (151)	227	6,352,784
46	FuelStockExpensesUndistributed Fuel Stock Expenses Undistributed (152)	227
47	Residuals Residuals (Elec) and Extracted Products (153)	227
48	PlantMaterialsAndOperatingSupplies Plant Materials and Operating Supplies (154)	227	22,904,873
49	Merchandise Merchandise (155)	227
50	OtherMaterialsAndSupplies Other Materials and Supplies (156)	227
51	NuclearMaterialsHeldForSale Nuclear Materials Held for Sale (157)	202/227
52	AllowanceInventoryAndWithheld Allowances (158.1 and 158.2)	228
53	NoncurrentPortionOfAllowances (Less) Noncurrent Portion of Allowances	228
54	StoresExpenseUndistributed Stores Expense Undistributed (163)	227	54,042
55	GasStoredCurrent Gas Stored Underground - Current (164.1)		2,761,597
56	LiquefiedNaturalGasStoredAndHeldForProcessing Liquefied Natural Gas Stored and Held for Processing (164.2-164.3)
57	Prepayments Prepayments (165)		11,604,152
58	AdvancesForGas Advances for Gas (166-167)
59	InterestAndDividendsReceivable Interest and Dividends Receivable (171)
60	RentsReceivable Rents Receivable (172)		6,162
61	AccruedUtilityRevenues Accrued Utility Revenues (173)		11,094,744
62	MiscellaneousCurrentAndAccruedAssets Miscellaneous Current and Accrued Assets (174)		1,553
63	DerivativeInstrumentAssets Derivative Instrument Assets (175)
64	DerivativeInstrumentAssetsLongTerm (Less) Long-Term Portion of Derivative Instrument Assets (175)
65	DerivativeInstrumentAssetsHedges Derivative Instrument Assets - Hedges (176)
66	DerivativeInstrumentAssetsHedgesLongTerm (Less) Long-Term Portion of Derivative Instrument Assets - Hedges (176)
67	CurrentAndAccruedAssets Total Current and Accrued Assets (Lines 34 through 66)		76,677,571
68	DeferredDebitsAbstract DEFERRED DEBITS
69	UnamortizedDebtExpense Unamortized Debt Expenses (181)		1,577,737
70	ExtraordinaryPropertyLosses Extraordinary Property Losses (182.1)	230a
71	UnrecoveredPlantAndRegulatoryStudyCosts Unrecovered Plant and Regulatory Study Costs (182.2)	230b
72	OtherRegulatoryAssets Other Regulatory Assets (182.3)	232	97,024,192
73	PreliminarySurveyAndInvestigationCharges Prelim. Survey and Investigation Charges (Electric) (183)		450,497
74	PreliminaryNaturalGasSurveyAndInvestigationChargesAndOtherPreliminarySurveyAndInvestigationCharges Preliminary Natural Gas Survey and Investigation Charges 183.1)
75	OtherPreliminarySurveyAndInvestigationCharges Other Preliminary Survey and Investigation Charges (183.2)
76	ClearingAccounts Clearing Accounts (184)		249,332
77	TemporaryFacilities Temporary Facilities (185)
78	MiscellaneousDeferredDebits Miscellaneous Deferred Debits (186)	233	10,615,015
79	DeferredLossesFromDispositionOfUtilityPlant Def. Losses from Disposition of Utility Plt. (187)
80	ResearchDevelopmentAndDemonstrationExpenditures Research, Devel. and Demonstration Expend. (188)	352
81	UnamortizedLossOnReacquiredDebt Unamortized Loss on Reaquired Debt (189)		967,051
82	AccumulatedDeferredIncomeTaxes Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes (190)	234	106,724,439
83	UnrecoveredPurchasedGasCosts Unrecovered Purchased Gas Costs (191)		8,546,315
84	DeferredDebits Total Deferred Debits (lines 69 through 83)		225,655,914
85	AssetsAndOtherDebits TOTAL ASSETS (lines 14-16, 32, 67, and 84)		1,380,103,741	1

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET (LIABILITIES AND OTHER CREDITS)
Line No.	Title of Account (a)	Ref. Page No. (b)	Current Year End of Quarter/Year Balance (c)	Prior Year End Balance 12/31 (d)
1	ProprietaryCapitalAbstract PROPRIETARY CAPITAL
2	CommonStockIssued Common Stock Issued (201)	250	1	1
3	PreferredStockIssued Preferred Stock Issued (204)	250
4	CapitalStockSubscribed Capital Stock Subscribed (202, 205)
5	StockLiabilityForConversion Stock Liability for Conversion (203, 206)
6	PremiumOnCapitalStock Premium on Capital Stock (207)
7	OtherPaidInCapital Other Paid-In Capital (208-211)	253	581,090,320
8	InstallmentsReceivedOnCapitalStock Installments Received on Capital Stock (212)	252
9	DiscountOnCapitalStock (Less) Discount on Capital Stock (213)	254
10	CapitalStockExpense (Less) Capital Stock Expense (214)	254b
11	RetainedEarnings Retained Earnings (215, 215.1, 216)	118	10,237,473
12	UnappropriatedUndistributedSubsidiaryEarnings Unappropriated Undistributed Subsidiary Earnings (216.1)	118
13	ReacquiredCapitalStock (Less) Reacquired Capital Stock (217)	250
14	NoncorporateProprietorship Noncorporate Proprietorship (Non-major only) (218)
15	AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncome Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (219)	122(a)(b)	325,403
16	ProprietaryCapital Total Proprietary Capital (lines 2 through 15)		591,653,197
17	LongTermDebtAbstract LONG-TERM DEBT
18	Bonds Bonds (221)	256	520,000,000
19	ReacquiredBonds (Less) Reacquired Bonds (222)	256
20	AdvancesFromAssociatedCompanies Advances from Associated Companies (223)	256
21	OtherLongTermDebt Other Long-Term Debt (224)	256	25,000,000
22	UnamortizedPremiumOnLongTermDebt Unamortized Premium on Long-Term Debt (225)
23	UnamortizedDiscountOnLongTermDebtDebit (Less) Unamortized Discount on Long-Term Debt-Debit (226)
24	LongTermDebt Total Long-Term Debt (lines 18 through 23)		545,000,000
25	OtherNoncurrentLiabilitiesAbstract OTHER NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
26	ObligationsUnderCapitalLeaseNoncurrent Obligations Under Capital Leases - Noncurrent (227)		84,276
27	AccumulatedProvisionForPropertyInsurance Accumulated Provision for Property Insurance (228.1)
28	AccumulatedProvisionForInjuriesAndDamages Accumulated Provision for Injuries and Damages (228.2)		559,972
29	AccumulatedProvisionForPensionsAndBenefits Accumulated Provision for Pensions and Benefits (228.3)		3,420,646
30	AccumulatedMiscellaneousOperatingProvisions Accumulated Miscellaneous Operating Provisions (228.4)		13,359,645
31	AccumulatedProvisionForRateRefunds Accumulated Provision for Rate Refunds (229)
32	LongTermPortionOfDerivativeInstrumentLiabilities Long-Term Portion of Derivative Instrument Liabilities
33	LongTermPortionOfDerivativeInstrumentLiabilitiesHedges Long-Term Portion of Derivative Instrument Liabilities - Hedges
34	AssetRetirementObligations Asset Retirement Obligations (230)		6,847,981
35	OtherNoncurrentLiabilities Total Other Noncurrent Liabilities (lines 26 through 34)		24,272,520
36	CurrentAndAccruedLiabilitiesAbstract CURRENT AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
37	NotesPayable Notes Payable (231)
38	AccountsPayable Accounts Payable (232)		22,010,502
39	NotesPayableToAssociatedCompanies Notes Payable to Associated Companies (233)
40	AccountsPayableToAssociatedCompanies Accounts Payable to Associated Companies (234)		1,067,189
41	CustomerDeposits Customer Deposits (235)		930,988
42	TaxesAccrued Taxes Accrued (236)	262	7,281,553
43	InterestAccrued Interest Accrued (237)		4,492,311
44	DividendsDeclared Dividends Declared (238)
45	MaturedLongTermDebt Matured Long-Term Debt (239)
46	MaturedInterest Matured Interest (240)
47	TaxCollectionsPayable Tax Collections Payable (241)		991,162
48	MiscellaneousCurrentAndAccruedLiabilities Miscellaneous Current and Accrued Liabilities (242)		12,285,402
49	ObligationsUnderCapitalLeasesCurrent Obligations Under Capital Leases-Current (243)		111,703
50	DerivativesInstrumentLiabilities Derivative Instrument Liabilities (244)
51	LongTermPortionOfDerivativeInstrumentLiabilities (Less) Long-Term Portion of Derivative Instrument Liabilities
52	DerivativeInstrumentLiabilitiesHedges Derivative Instrument Liabilities - Hedges (245)
53	LongTermPortionOfDerivativeInstrumentLiabilitiesHedges (Less) Long-Term Portion of Derivative Instrument Liabilities-Hedges
54	CurrentAndAccruedLiabilities Total Current and Accrued Liabilities (lines 37 through 53)		49,170,810
55	DeferredCreditsAbstract DEFERRED CREDITS
56	CustomerAdvancesForConstruction Customer Advances for Construction (252)
57	AccumulatedDeferredInvestmentTaxCredits Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credits (255)	266
58	DeferredGainsFromDispositionOfUtilityPlant Deferred Gains from Disposition of Utility Plant (256)
59	OtherDeferredCredits Other Deferred Credits (253)	269	9,021,880
60	OtherRegulatoryLiabilities Other Regulatory Liabilities (254)	278	30,814,325
61	UnamortizedGainOnReacquiredDebt Unamortized Gain on Reacquired Debt (257)
62	AccumulatedDeferredIncomeTaxesAcceleratedAmortizationProperty Accum. Deferred Income Taxes-Accel. Amort.(281)	272
63	AccumulatedDeferredIncomeTaxesOtherProperty Accum. Deferred Income Taxes-Other Property (282)		114,070,935
64	AccumulatedDeferredIncomeTaxesOther Accum. Deferred Income Taxes-Other (283)		16,100,074
65	DeferredCredits Total Deferred Credits (lines 56 through 64)		170,007,214
66	LiabilitiesAndOtherCredits TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER EQUITY (lines 16, 24, 35, 54 and 65)		1,380,103,741	1

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

STATEMENT OF INCOME
Quarterly Report in column (c) the current year to date balance. Column (c) equals the total of adding the data in column (g) plus the data in column (i) plus the data in column (k). Report in column (d) similar data for the previous year. This information is reported in the annual filing only. Enter in column (e) the balance for the reporting quarter and in column (f) the balance for the same three month period for the prior year. Report in column (g) the quarter to date amounts for electric utility function; in column (i) the quarter to date amounts for gas utility, and in column (k) the quarter to date amounts for other utility function for the current year quarter. Report in column (h) the quarter to date amounts for electric utility function; in column (j) the quarter to date amounts for gas utility, and in column (l) the quarter to date amounts for other utility function for the prior year quarter. If additional columns are needed, place them in a footnote. Annual or Quarterly if applicable Do not report fourth quarter data in columns (e) and (f) Report amounts for accounts 412 and 413, Revenues and Expenses from Utility Plant Leased to Others, in another utility column in a similar manner to a utility department. Spread the amount(s) over Lines 2 thru 26 as appropriate. Include these amounts in columns (c) and (d) totals. Report amounts in account 414, Other Utility Operating Income, in the same manner as accounts 412 and 413 above. Use page 122 for important notes regarding the statement of income for any account thereof. Give concise explanations concerning unsettled rate proceedings where a contingency exists such that refunds of a material amount may need to be made to the utility's customers or which may result in material refund to the utility with respect to power or gas purchases. State for each year effected the gross revenues or costs to which the contingency relates and the tax effects together with an explanation of the major factors which affect the rights of the utility to retain such revenues or recover amounts paid with respect to power or gas purchases. Give concise explanations concerning significant amounts of any refunds made or received during the year resulting from settlement of any rate proceeding affecting revenues received or costs incurred for power or gas purchases, and a summary of the adjustments made to balance sheet, income, and expense accounts. If any notes appearing in the report to stockholders are applicable to the Statement of Income, such notes may be included at page 122. Enter on page 122 a concise explanation of only those changes in accounting methods made during the year which had an effect on net income, including the basis of allocations and apportionments from those used in the preceding year. Also, give the appropriate dollar effect of such changes. Explain in a footnote if the previous year's/quarter's figures are different from that reported in prior reports. If the columns are insufficient for reporting additional utility departments, supply the appropriate account titles report the information in a footnote to this schedule.
Line No.	Title of Account (a)	(Ref.) Page No. (b)	Total Current Year to Date Balance for Quarter/Year (c)	Total Prior Year to Date Balance for Quarter/Year (d)	Current 3 Months Ended - Quarterly Only - No 4th Quarter (e)	Prior 3 Months Ended - Quarterly Only - No 4th Quarter (f)	Electric Utility Current Year to Date (in dollars) (g)	Electric Utility Previous Year to Date (in dollars) (h)	Gas Utiity Current Year to Date (in dollars) (i)	Gas Utility Previous Year to Date (in dollars) (j)	Other Utility Current Year to Date (in dollars) (k)	Other Utility Previous Year to Date (in dollars) (l)
1	UtilityOperatingIncomeAbstract UTILITY OPERATING INCOME
2	OperatingRevenues Operating Revenues (400)	300	212,664,352		59,298,657		146,847,818		65,816,534
3	OperatingExpensesAbstract Operating Expenses
4	OperationExpense Operation Expenses (401)	320	125,400,028		29,439,769		70,192,473		55,207,555
5	MaintenanceExpense Maintenance Expenses (402)	320	8,180,459		3,086,194		6,931,488		1,248,971
6	DepreciationExpense Depreciation Expense (403)	336	35,323,573		11,885,241		30,010,884		5,312,689
7	DepreciationExpenseForAssetRetirementCosts Depreciation Expense for Asset Retirement Costs (403.1)	336
8	AmortizationAndDepletionOfUtilityPlant Amort. & Depl. of Utility Plant (404-405)	336	1,009,189		340,150		876,223		132,966
9	AmortizationOfElectricPlantAcquisitionAdjustments Amort. of Utility Plant Acq. Adj. (406)	336	695,997		231,999		695,997		0
10	AmortizationOfPropertyLossesUnrecoveredPlantAndRegulatoryStudyCosts Amort. Property Losses, Unrecov Plant and Regulatory Study Costs (407)
11	AmortizationOfConversionExpenses Amort. of Conversion Expenses (407.2)
12	RegulatoryDebits Regulatory Debits (407.3)		3,155,230		380,748		807,164		2,348,066
13	RegulatoryCredits (Less) Regulatory Credits (407.4)		2,280,257		419,016		1,325,549		954,708
14	TaxesOtherThanIncomeTaxesUtilityOperatingIncome Taxes Other Than Income Taxes (408.1)	262	6,482,412		2,151,451		4,678,932		1,803,480
15	IncomeTaxesOperatingIncome Income Taxes - Federal (409.1)	262	744,650		627,382		701,565		43,085
16	IncomeTaxesUtilityOperatingIncomeOther Income Taxes - Other (409.1)	262
17	ProvisionsForDeferredIncomeTaxesUtilityOperatingIncome Provision for Deferred Income Taxes (410.1)	234, 272	39,650,912		33,595,930		29,453,220		10,197,692
18	ProvisionForDeferredIncomeTaxesCreditOperatingIncome (Less) Provision for Deferred Income Taxes-Cr. (411.1)	234, 272	45,950,966		38,221,403		31,528,832		14,422,134
19	InvestmentTaxCreditAdjustments Investment Tax Credit Adj. - Net (411.4)	266
20	GainsFromDispositionOfPlant (Less) Gains from Disp. of Utility Plant (411.6)
21	LossesFromDispositionOfServiceCompanyPlant Losses from Disp. of Utility Plant (411.7)
22	GainsFromDispositionOfAllowances (Less) Gains from Disposition of Allowances (411.8)
23	LossesFromDispositionOfAllowances Losses from Disposition of Allowances (411.9)
24	AccretionExpense Accretion Expense (411.10)
25	UtilityOperatingExpenses TOTAL Utility Operating Expenses (Enter Total of lines 4 thru 24)		170,921,927		41,843,681		110,090,435		60,831,492		0	0
27	NetUtilityOperatingIncome Net Util Oper Inc (Enter Tot line 2 less 25)		41,742,425		17,454,976		36,757,383		4,985,042		0	0
28	OtherIncomeAndDeductionsAbstract Other Income and Deductions
29	OtherIncomeAbstract Other Income
30	NonutilityOperatingIncomeAbstract Nonutilty Operating Income
31	RevenuesFromMerchandisingJobbingAndContractWork Revenues From Merchandising, Jobbing and Contract Work (415)
32	CostsAndExpensesOfMerchandisingJobbingAndContractWork (Less) Costs and Exp. of Merchandising, Job. & Contract Work (416)
33	RevenuesFromNonutilityOperations Revenues From Nonutility Operations (417)		660		515
34	ExpensesOfNonutilityOperations (Less) Expenses of Nonutility Operations (417.1)
35	NonoperatingRentalIncome Nonoperating Rental Income (418)
36	EquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaryCompanies Equity in Earnings of Subsidiary Companies (418.1)	119
37	InterestAndDividendIncome Interest and Dividend Income (419)		569,920		253,788
38	AllowanceForOtherFundsUsedDuringConstruction Allowance for Other Funds Used During Construction (419.1)		755,900		310,578
39	MiscellaneousNonoperatingIncome Miscellaneous Nonoperating Income (421)		270,781		290,029
40	GainOnDispositionOfProperty Gain on Disposition of Property (421.1)
41	OtherIncome TOTAL Other Income (Enter Total of lines 31 thru 40)		1,597,261		854,910
42	OtherIncomeDeductionsAbstract Other Income Deductions
43	LossOnDispositionOfProperty Loss on Disposition of Property (421.2)
44	MiscellaneousAmortization Miscellaneous Amortization (425)
45	Donations Donations (426.1)		326,540		120,898
46	LifeInsurance Life Insurance (426.2)
47	Penalties Penalties (426.3)
48	ExpendituresForCertainCivicPoliticalAndRelatedActivities Exp. for Certain Civic, Political & Related Activities (426.4)		152,741		28,670
49	OtherDeductions Other Deductions (426.5)		272,884		295,655
50	OtherIncomeDeductions TOTAL Other Income Deductions (Total of lines 43 thru 49)		752,165		445,223
51	TaxesApplicableToOtherIncomeAndDeductionsAbstract Taxes Applic. to Other Income and Deductions
52	TaxesOtherThanIncomeTaxesOtherIncomeAndDeductions Taxes Other Than Income Taxes (408.2)	262
53	IncomeTaxesFederal Income Taxes-Federal (409.2)	262	344,255		189,379
54	IncomeTaxesOther Income Taxes-Other (409.2)	262
55	ProvisionForDeferredIncomeTaxesOtherIncomeAndDeductions Provision for Deferred Inc. Taxes (410.2)	234, 272
56	ProvisionForDeferredIncomeTaxesCreditOtherIncomeAndDeductions (Less) Provision for Deferred Income Taxes-Cr. (411.2)	234, 272
57	InvestmentTaxCreditAdjustmentsNonutilityOperations Investment Tax Credit Adj.-Net (411.5)
58	InvestmentTaxCredits (Less) Investment Tax Credits (420)
59	TaxesOnOtherIncomeAndDeductions TOTAL Taxes on Other Income and Deductions (Total of lines 52-58)		344,255		189,379
60	NetOtherIncomeAndDeductions Net Other Income and Deductions (Total of lines 41, 50, 59)		500,841		220,308
61	InterestChargesAbstract Interest Charges
62	InterestOnLongTermDebt Interest on Long-Term Debt (427)		17,673,727		5,857,650
63	AmortizationOfDebtDiscountAndExpense Amort. of Debt Disc. and Expense (428)		232,392		82,564
64	AmortizationOfLossOnReacquiredDebt Amortization of Loss on Reaquired Debt (428.1)		521,177		173,726
65	AmortizationOfPremiumOnDebtCredit (Less) Amort. of Premium on Debt-Credit (429)
66	AmortizationOfGainOnReacquiredDebtCredit (Less) Amortization of Gain on Reaquired Debt-Credit (429.1)
67	InterestOnDebtToAssociatedCompanies Interest on Debt to Assoc. Companies (430)
68	OtherInterestExpense Other Interest Expense (431)		202,800		60,829
69	AllowanceForBorrowedFundsUsedDuringConstructionCredit (Less) Allowance for Borrowed Funds Used During Construction-Cr. (432)		370,404		152,185
70	NetInterestCharges Net Interest Charges (Total of lines 62 thru 69)		18,259,692		6,022,584
71	IncomeBeforeExtraordinaryItems Income Before Extraordinary Items (Total of lines 27, 60 and 70)		23,983,574		11,652,700
72	ExtraordinaryItemsAbstract Extraordinary Items
73	ExtraordinaryIncome Extraordinary Income (434)
74	ExtraordinaryDeductions (Less) Extraordinary Deductions (435)
75	NetExtraordinaryItems Net Extraordinary Items (Total of line 73 less line 74)
76	IncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItems Income Taxes-Federal and Other (409.3)	262
77	ExtraordinaryItemsAfterTaxes Extraordinary Items After Taxes (line 75 less line 76)
78	NetIncomeLoss Net Income (Total of line 71 and 77)		23,983,574		11,652,700

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS
Do not report Lines 49-53 on the quarterly report. Report all changes in appropriated retained earnings, unappropriated retained earnings, and unappropriated undistributed subsidiary earnings for the year. Each credit and debit during the year should be identified as to the retained earnings account in which recorded (Accounts 433, 436-439 inclusive). Show the contra primary account affected in column (b). State the purpose and amount for each reservation or appropriation of retained earnings. List first Account 439, Adjustments to Retained Earnings, reflecting adjustments to the opening balance of retained earnings. Follow by credit, then debit items, in that order. Show dividends for each class and series of capital stock. Show separately the State and Federal income tax effect of items shown for Account 439, Adjustments to Retained Earnings. Explain in a footnote the basis for determining the amount reserved or appropriated. If such reservation or appropriation is to be recurrent, state the number and annual amounts to be reserved or appropriated as well as the totals eventually to be accumulated. If any notes appearing in the report to stockholders are applicable to this statement, attach them at page 122.
Line No.	Item (a)	Contra Primary Account Affected (b)	Current Quarter/Year Year to Date Balance (c)	Previous Quarter/Year Year to Date Balance (d)
	UnappropriatedRetainedEarningsAbstract UNAPPROPRIATED RETAINED EARNINGS (Account 216)
1	UnappropriatedRetainedEarnings Balance-Beginning of Period		0	0
2	ChangesAbstract Changes
3	AdjustmentsToRetainedEarningsAbstract Adjustments to Retained Earnings (Account 439)
4	AdjustmentsToRetainedEarningsCreditAbstract Adjustments to Retained Earnings Credit
9	AdjustmentsToRetainedEarningsCredit TOTAL Credits to Retained Earnings (Acct. 439)
10	AdjustmentsToRetainedEarningsDebitAbstract Adjustments to Retained Earnings Debit
15	AdjustmentsToRetainedEarningsDebit TOTAL Debits to Retained Earnings (Acct. 439)
16	BalanceTransferredFromIncome Balance Transferred from Income (Account 433 less Account 418.1)		23,983,574
17	AppropriationsOfRetainedEarningsAbstract Appropriations of Retained Earnings (Acct. 436)
22	AppropriationsOfRetainedEarnings TOTAL Appropriations of Retained Earnings (Acct. 436)
23	DividendsDeclaredPreferredStockAbstract Dividends Declared-Preferred Stock (Account 437)
29	DividendsDeclaredPreferredStock TOTAL Dividends Declared-Preferred Stock (Acct. 437)
30	DividendsDeclaredCommonStockAbstract Dividends Declared-Common Stock (Account 438)
36	DividendsDeclaredCommonStock TOTAL Dividends Declared-Common Stock (Acct. 438)		13,746,101
37	TransfersFromUnappropriatedUndistributedSubsidiaryEarnings Transfers from Acct 216.1, Unapprop. Undistrib. Subsidiary Earnings
38	UnappropriatedRetainedEarnings Balance - End of Period (Total 1,9,15,16,22,29,36,37)		10,237,473
39	AppropriatedRetainedEarningsAbstract APPROPRIATED RETAINED EARNINGS (Account 215)
45	AppropriatedRetainedEarnings TOTAL Appropriated Retained Earnings (Account 215)
	AppropriatedRetainedEarningsAmortizationReserveFederalAbstract APPROP. RETAINED EARNINGS - AMORT. Reserve, Federal (Account 215.1)
46	AppropriatedRetainedEarningsAmortizationReserveFederal TOTAL Approp. Retained Earnings-Amort. Reserve, Federal (Acct. 215.1)
47	AppropriatedRetainedEarningsIncludingReserveAmortization TOTAL Approp. Retained Earnings (Acct. 215, 215.1) (Total 45,46)
48	RetainedEarnings TOTAL Retained Earnings (Acct. 215, 215.1, 216) (Total 38, 47) (216.1)		10,237,473
	UnappropriatedUndistributedSubsidiaryEarningsAbstract UNAPPROPRIATED UNDISTRIBUTED SUBSIDIARY EARNINGS (Account Report only on an Annual Basis, no Quarterly)
49	UnappropriatedUndistributedSubsidiaryEarnings Balance-Beginning of Year (Debit or Credit)
50	EquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaryCompanies Equity in Earnings for Year (Credit) (Account 418.1)
51	DividendsReceived (Less) Dividends Received (Debit)
52	ChangesUnappropriatedUndistributedSubsidiaryEarningsCredits TOTAL other Changes in unappropriated undistributed subsidiary earnings for the year
53	UnappropriatedUndistributedSubsidiaryEarnings Balance-End of Year (Total lines 49 thru 52)

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Codes to be used:(a) Net Proceeds or Payments;(b)Bonds, debentures and other long-term debt; (c) Include commercial paper; and (d) Identify separately such items as investments, fixed assets, intangibles, etc. Information about noncash investing and financing activities must be provided in the Notes to the Financial statements. Also provide a reconciliation between "Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period" with related amounts on the Balance Sheet. Operating Activities - Other: Include gains and losses pertaining to operating activities only. Gains and losses pertaining to investing and financing activities should be reported in those activities. Show in the Notes to the Financials the amounts of interest paid (net of amount capitalized) and income taxes paid. Investing Activities: Include at Other (line 31) net cash outflow to acquire other companies. Provide a reconciliation of assets acquired with liabilities assumed in the Notes to the Financial Statements. Do not include on this statement the dollar amount of leases capitalized per the USofA General Instruction 20; instead provide a reconciliation of the dollar amount of leases capitalized with the plant cost.
Line No.	Description (See Instructions No.1 for explanation of codes) (a)	Current Year to Date Quarter/Year (b)	Previous Year to Date Quarter/Year (c)
1	NetCashFlowFromOperatingActivitiesAbstract Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities
2	NetIncomeLoss Net Income (Line 78(c) on page 117)	23,983,574
3	NoncashChargesCreditsToIncomeAbstract Noncash Charges (Credits) to Income:
4	DepreciationAndDepletion Depreciation and Depletion	35,323,573
5	NoncashAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromOperatingActivities Amortization of (Specify) (footnote details)
5.1	NoncashAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromOperatingActivitiesDescription Amortization of	1,705,186
5.2	NoncashAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromOperatingActivitiesDescription Other Non-cash charges to net income-net	(a) 1,572,251
8	DeferredIncomeTaxesNet Deferred Income Taxes (Net)	6,300,054
9	InvestmentTaxCreditAdjustmentsNet Investment Tax Credit Adjustment (Net)
10	NetIncreaseDecreaseInReceivablesOperatingActivities Net (Increase) Decrease in Receivables	12,818,219
11	NetIncreaseDecreaseInInventoryOperatingActivities Net (Increase) Decrease in Inventory	356,473
12	NetIncreaseDecreaseInAllowancesInventoryOperatingActivities Net (Increase) Decrease in Allowances Inventory
13	NetIncreaseDecreaseInPayablesAndAccruedExpensesOperatingActivities Net Increase (Decrease) in Payables and Accrued Expenses	13,402,027
14	NetIncreaseDecreaseInOtherRegulatoryAssetsOperatingActivities Net (Increase) Decrease in Other Regulatory Assets	1,196,802
15	NetIncreaseDecreaseInOtherRegulatoryLiabilitiesOperatingActivities Net Increase (Decrease) in Other Regulatory Liabilities	4,746,349
16	AllowanceForOtherFundsUsedDuringConstructionOperatingActivities (Less) Allowance for Other Funds Used During Construction	755,900
17	UndistributedEarningsFromSubsidiaryCompaniesOperatingActivities (Less) Undistributed Earnings from Subsidiary Companies
18	OtherAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromOperatingActivities Other (provide details in footnote):
18.1	OtherAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromOperatingActivitiesDescription Other	(b) 1,577,642
22	NetCashFlowFromOperatingActivities Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities (Total of Lines 2 thru 21)	52,616,444
24	CashFlowsFromInvestmentActivitiesAbstract Cash Flows from Investment Activities:
25	ConstructionAndAcquisitionOfPlantIncludingLandAbstract Construction and Acquisition of Plant (including land):
26	GrossAdditionsToUtilityPlantLessNuclearFuelInvestingActivities Gross Additions to Utility Plant (less nuclear fuel)	40,683,801
27	GrossAdditionsToNuclearFuelInvestingActivities Gross Additions to Nuclear Fuel
28	GrossAdditionsToCommonUtilityPlantInvestingActivities Gross Additions to Common Utility Plant	1,012,811
29	GrossAdditionsToNonutilityPlantInvestingActivities Gross Additions to Nonutility Plant
30	AllowanceForOtherFundsUsedDuringConstructionInvestingActivities (Less) Allowance for Other Funds Used During Construction	755,900
31	OtherConstructionAndAcquisitionOfPlantInvestmentActivities Other (provide details in footnote):
34	CashOutflowsForPlant Cash Outflows for Plant (Total of lines 26 thru 33)	40,940,712
36	AcquisitionOfOtherNoncurrentAssets Acquisition of Other Noncurrent Assets (d)
37	ProceedsFromDisposalOfNoncurrentAssets Proceeds from Disposal of Noncurrent Assets (d)
39	InvestmentsInAndAdvancesToAssociatedAndSubsidiaryCompanies Investments in and Advances to Assoc. and Subsidiary Companies
40	ContributionsAndAdvancesFromAssociatedAndSubsidiaryCompanies Contributions and Advances from Assoc. and Subsidiary Companies
41	DispositionOfInvestmentsInAndAdvancesToAssociatedAndSubsidiaryCompaniesAbstract Disposition of Investments in (and Advances to)
42	DispositionOfInvestmentsInAndAdvancesToAssociatedAndSubsidiaryCompanies Disposition of Investments in (and Advances to) Associated and Subsidiary Companies
44	PurchaseOfInvestmentSecurities Purchase of Investment Securities (a)
45	ProceedsFromSalesOfInvestmentSecurities Proceeds from Sales of Investment Securities (a)
46	LoansMadeOrPurchased Loans Made or Purchased
47	CollectionsOnLoans Collections on Loans
49	NetIncreaseDecreaseInReceivablesInvestingActivities Net (Increase) Decrease in Receivables
50	NetIncreaseDecreaseInInventoryInvestingActivities Net (Increase) Decrease in Inventory
51	NetIncreaseDecreaseInAllowancesHeldForSpeculationInvestingActivities Net (Increase) Decrease in Allowances Held for Speculation
52	NetIncreaseDecreaseInPayablesAndAccruedExpensesInvestingActivities Net Increase (Decrease) in Payables and Accrued Expenses
53	OtherAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromInvestmentActivities Other (provide details in footnote):
57	CashFlowsProvidedFromUsedInInvestmentActivities Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities (Total of lines 34 thru 55)	40,940,712
59	CashFlowsFromFinancingActivitiesAbstract Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
60	ProceedsFromIssuanceAbstract Proceeds from Issuance of:
61	ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebtFinancingActivities Long-Term Debt (b)	40,000,000
62	ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockFinancingActivities Preferred Stock
63	ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockFinancingActivities Common Stock		1
64	OtherAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromFinancingActivities Other (provide details in footnote):
66	NetIncreaseInShortTermDebt Net Increase in Short-Term Debt (c)
67	OtherAdjustmentsByOutsideSourcesToCashFlowsFromFinancingActivities Other (provide details in footnote):
70	CashProvidedByOutsideSources Cash Provided by Outside Sources (Total 61 thru 69)	40,000,000	1
72	PaymentsForRetirementAbstract Payments for Retirement of:
73	PaymentsForRetirementOfLongTermDebtFinancingActivities Long-term Debt (b)
74	PaymentsForRetirementOfPreferredStockFinancingActivities Preferred Stock
75	PaymentsForRetirementOfCommonStockFinancingActivities Common Stock
76	OtherRetirementsOfBalancesImpactingCashFlowsFromFinancingActivities Other (provide details in footnote):
76.1	DescriptionOfOtherRetirementsImpactingCashFlowsFromFinancingActivities Debt Financing Costs	258,384
76.2	DescriptionOfOtherRetirementsImpactingCashFlowsFromFinancingActivities Line of Credit (Repayments) Borrowings, Net	29,000,000
76.3	DescriptionOfOtherRetirementsImpactingCashFlowsFromFinancingActivities Distribution of Cash from NorthWestern Corporation	(c) 253,165
78	NetDecreaseInShortTermDebt Net Decrease in Short-Term Debt (c)
80	DividendsOnPreferredStock Dividends on Preferred Stock
81	DividendsOnCommonStock Dividends on Common Stock	13,746,102
83	CashFlowsProvidedFromUsedInFinancingActivities Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities (Total of lines 70 thru 81)	2,751,321	1
85	NetIncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalentsAbstract Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents
86	NetIncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents (Total of line 22, 57 and 83)	8,924,411	1
88	CashAndCashEquivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period	(d) 1	0
90	CashAndCashEquivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period	8,924,412	1

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

FOOTNOTE DATA

(a) Concept: NoncashAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromOperatingActivities

	9/30/2024	9/30/2023
Other Noncash Charges to Income, Net:
Amortization of debt issue costs, discount, and deferred hedge gain	681,194	-
Other noncash losses (gains)	109	-
Stock based compensation costs	890,948	-
	1,572,251	-

(b) Concept: OtherAdjustmentsToCashFlowsFromOperatingActivities

	9/30/2024	9/30/2023
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net:
Net change - other current assets	(1,096,238)	-
Net change - accrued utility revenues	9,920,963	-
Net change - deferred debits	(9,082,985)	-
Net change - deferred credits	2,187,291	-
Net change - noncurrent liabilities	(351,389)	-
	1,577,642	-

On January 1, 2024, NorthWestern Corporation contributed this amount of cash to NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation. On this same day, NorthWestern Corporation contributed the South Dakota and Nebraska non-cash utility assets and liabilities to NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation. See the "Holding Company Reorganization" disclosure within Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Basis of Consolidation within the Notes to the Financial Statements for further information.

(d) Concept: CashAndCashEquivalents

	9/30/2024	12/31/2023	9/30/2023	12/31/2022
Cash (131)	490,266	1	1	-
Working Funds (135)	5,250	-	-	-
Other Special Deposits (134)	8,428,896	-	-	-
Total	8,924,412	1	1	-

Name of Respondent:

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation

This report is:

(1)

☑ An Original

(2)

☐ A Resubmission

Date of Report:

09/30/2024

Year/Period of Report

End of:

2024

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Use the space below for important notes regarding the Balance Sheet, Statement of Income for the year, Statement of Retained Earnings for the year, and Statement of Cash Flows, or any account thereof. Classify the notes according to each basic statement, providing a subheading for each statement except where a note is applicable to more than one statement.
Furnish particulars (details) as to any significant contingent assets or liabilities existing at end of year, including a brief explanation of any action initiated by the Internal Revenue Service involving possible assessment of additional income taxes of material amount, or of a claim for refund of income taxes of a material amount initiated by the utility. Give also a brief explanation of any dividends in arrears on cumulative preferred stock.
For Account 116, Utility Plant Adjustments, explain the origin of such amount, debits and credits during the year, and plan of disposition contemplated, giving references to Commission orders or other authorizations respecting classification of amounts as plant adjustments and requirements as to disposition thereof.
Where Accounts 189, Unamortized Loss on Reacquired Debt, and 257, Unamortized Gain on Reacquired Debt, are not used, give an explanation, providing the rate treatment given these items. See General Instruction 17 of the Uniform System of Accounts.
Give a concise explanation of any retained earnings restrictions and state the amount of retained earnings affected by such restrictions.
If the notes to financial statements relating to the respondent company appearing in the annual report to the stockholders are applicable and furnish the data required by instructions above and on pages 114-121, such notes may be included herein.
For the 3Q disclosures, respondent must provide in the notes sufficient disclosures so as to make the interim information not misleading. Disclosures which would substantially duplicate the disclosures contained in the most recent FERC Annual Report may be omitted.
For the 3Q disclosures, the disclosures shall be provided where events subsequent to the end of the most recent year have occurred which have a material effect on the respondent. Respondent must include in the notes significant changes since the most recently completed year in such items as: accounting principles and practices; estimates inherent in the preparation of the financial statements; status of long-term contracts; capitalization including significant new borrowings or modifications of existing financing agreements; and changes resulting from business combinations or dispositions. However were material contingencies exist, the disclosure of such matters shall be provided even though a significant change since year end may not have occurred.
Finally, if the notes to the financial statements relating to the respondent appearing in the annual report to the stockholders are applicable and furnish the data required by the above instructions, such notes may be included herein.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

(1) Nature of Operations and Basis of Consolidation

NorthWestern Energy Public Service Corporation (NWE Public Service), doing business as NorthWestern Energy, provides electricity and/or natural gas to approximately 157,700 customers in South Dakota and Nebraska. We have generated and distributed electricity in South Dakota and distributed natural gas in South Dakota and Nebraska since 1923.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as set forth in its applicable Uniform System of Accounts requires us to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The unaudited Financial Statements reflect all adjustments (which unless otherwise noted are normal and recurring in nature) that are, in our opinion, necessary to fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The actual results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for a full year or for other interim periods. Events occurring subsequent to September 30, 2024 have been evaluated as to their potential impact to the Financial Statements through the date of issuance.

The Financial Statements included herein have been prepared by NWE Public Service, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the FERC as set forth in its applicable Uniform System of Accounts. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with the accounting requirements of the FERC as set forth in its applicable Uniform System of Accounts and published accounting releases have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations; however, we believe that the condensed disclosures provided are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. We recommend that these Financial Statements be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related footnotes included in the Annual FERC Form 1 Report for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Financial Statement Presentation

The financial statements are presented on the basis of the accounting requirements of the FERC as set forth in its applicable Uniform System of Accounts and published accounting releases, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). This report differs from GAAP due to FERC requiring the presentation of subsidiaries on the equity method of accounting, which differs from Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810, Consolidation. ASC 810 requires that all majority-owned subsidiaries be consolidated (see Note 4). The other significant differences consist of the following:

• Earnings per share and footnotes for revenue from contracts with customers, and segment and related information, are not presented;

• Removal and decommissioning costs of generation, transmission and distribution assets are reflected in the Balance Sheets as a component of accumulated depreciation of $91.6 million as of September 30, 2024, in accordance with regulatory treatment as compared to regulatory liabilities for GAAP purposes;

• Goodwill is reflected in the Balance Sheets as a utility plant adjustments of $93.8 million as of September 30, 2024, in accordance with regulatory treatment, as compared to goodwill for GAAP purposes;

• Operating lease right of use assets are classified in the Balance Sheets as capital leases in accordance with regulatory treatment, as compared to non-current assets for GAAP purposes;

• Operating lease liabilities are reflected as current and long term obligations under capital leases in the Balance Sheets, as compared to accrued expenses and long term liabilities for GAAP purposes;

• Unamortized debt expense is classified in the Balance Sheets as deferred debits in accordance with regulatory treatment, as compared to long-term debt for GAAP purposes;

• Current and long-term debt is classified in the Balance Sheets as all long-term debt in accordance with regulatory treatment, while current and long-term debt are presented separately for GAAP reporting;

• The current portion of the provision for injuries and damages and the expected insurance proceeds receivable related to the provision for injuries and damages are reported as a current liability for GAAP purposes, as compared to a non-current liability for FERC purposes;

• Accumulated deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified in the Balance Sheets as gross non-current deferred debits and credits, respectively, while GAAP presentation reflects a net non-current deferred tax liability;

• Stranded tax effects associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) in accordance with regulatory treatment, while included in retained earnings for GAAP purposes;

• Uncertain tax positions related to temporary differences are classified in the Balance Sheets within the deferred tax accounts in accordance with regulatory treatment, as compared to other noncurrent liabilities for GAAP purposes. In addition, interest related to uncertain tax positions is recognized in interest expense in accordance with regulatory treatment, as compared to income tax expense for GAAP purposes;

• Net periodic benefit costs and net periodic postretirement benefit costs are reflected in operating expense for FERC purposes, as compared to the GAAP presentation, which reflects the current service costs component of the net periodic benefit costs in operating expenses and the other components outside of income from operations. In addition, only the service cost component of net periodic benefit cost is eligible for capitalization for GAAP purposes, as compared to the total net periodic benefit costs for FERC purposes;

• Regulatory assets and liabilities are reflected in the Balance Sheets as non-current items, while current and non-current amounts are presented separately for GAAP;

• Unbilled revenue is reflected in the Balance Sheets as Accrued utility revenue in accordance with regulatory treatment, as compared to Accounts receivable, net for GAAP purposes;

• Implementation costs associated with cloud computing arrangements are reflected as Miscellaneous Intangible Plant in accordance with regulatory treatment, as compared to Other current assets for GAAP purposes. Additionally, these cash outflows are presented within investing activities cash outflows in the Statement of Cash Flows in accordance with regulatory treatment, as compared to operating activities cash outflows for GAAP purposes; and

• GAAP revenue differs from FERC revenue primarily due to the equity method of accounting as discussed above, netting of electric purchases and sales for resale in revenue for the GAAP presentation as compared to a gross presentation for FERC purposes (with the exception of those transactions in a regional transmission organization (RTO)), the netting of RTO transmission transactions for the GAAP presentation as compared to a gross presentation for FERC purposes, and the classification of regulatory amortizations in revenue for GAAP purposes as compared to expense for FERC purposes.

The following table reconciles GAAP revenues to FERC revenues by segment for the three months ended 2023 and 2022 (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
	Total	Electric	Natural Gas

GAAP Revenues	$ 60.7	$ 51.4	$ 9.3
Grossing revenues / power purchases	1.8	1.8	—
Regulatory amortizations	(3.2)	(1.0)	(2.2)
Other	—	—	—
FERC Revenues	$ 59.3	$ 52.2	$ 7.1

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
	Total	Electric	Natural Gas

GAAP Revenues	$ 212.4	$ 142.7	$ 69.7
Grossing revenues / power purchases	5.2	5.2	—
Regulatory amortizations	(5.0)	(1.1)	(3.9)
Other	0.1	0.1	—
FERC Revenues	$ 212.7	$ 146.9	$ 65.8

Holding Company Reorganization

NWE Public Service was incorporated on May 30, 2023, as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of NorthWestern Corporation (NW Corp) in preparation of a holding company reorganziation. On October 2, 2023, NW Corp and NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. completed a merger transaction pursuant to which NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. became the holding company parent of NW Corp. On January 1, 2024, NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. completed the second and final phase of the holding company reorganization. NW Corp contributed the assets and liabilities of its South Dakota and Nebraska regulated utilities to NWE Public Service, and then distributed its equity interest in NWE Public Service and certain other subsidiaries to NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., resulting in NW Corp owning and operating the Montana regulated utility and NWE Public Service owning and operating the Nebraska and South Dakota utilities, each as a direct subsidiary of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. As NWE Public Service did not have any utility operations before January 1, 2024, these Financial Statements do not include comparative prior year results.

The below table represents the net assets that NW Corp contributed to NWE Public Service on January 1, 2024:

		January 1,
		2024
ASSETS
Net Utility Plant		$ 979,240,425
Utility Plant Adjustment - Goodwill (116)		93,779,293
Other Property and Investments		21,000
Current and Accrued Assets		79,841,412
Deferred Debits		206,538,939
Total assets		1,359,421,069


LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt		534,000,000
Other Noncurrent Liabilities		24,674,975
Current and Accrued Liabilities		54,245,980
Deferred Credits		165,975,340
Total liabilities		778,896,295

Net Assets		580,524,774

Goodwill

We completed our annual utility plant adjustment impairment test as of April 1, 2024, and no impairment was identified. We calculate the fair value of our reporting units by considering various factors, including valuation studies based primarily on a discounted cash flow analysis, with published industry valuations and market data as supporting information. Key assumptions in the determination of fair value include the use of an appropriate discount rate and estimated future cash flows. In estimating cash flows, we incorporate expected long-term growth rates in our service territory, regulatory stability, and commodity prices (where appropriate), as well as other factors that affect our revenue, expense and capital expenditure projections.

(2) Regulatory Matters

South Dakota Natural Gas Rate Review

In June 2024, we filed a natural gas rate review (2023 test year) with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. The filing requests a base rate annual revenue increase of $6.0 million. Our request is based on a return on equity of 10.70 percent, a capital structure including 53.13 percent equity, and rate base of $95.6 million. If a final order is not received by December 21, 2024, interim base rates may go into effect.

Nebraska Natural Gas Rate Review

In June 2024, we filed a natural gas rate review (2023 test year) with the Nebraska Public Service Commission (NPSC). The filing requests a base rate annual revenue increase of $3.6 million. Our request is based on a return on equity of 10.70 percent, a capital structure including 53.13 percent equity, and rate base of $47.4 million. Interim rates, which increased base natural gas rates $2.3 million, were implemented on October 1, 2024. Interim rates will remain in effect on a refundable basis until the NPSC issues a final order.

(3) Income Taxes

We compute income tax expense for each quarter based on the estimated annual effective tax rate for the year, adjusted for certain discrete items. Our effective tax rate typically differs from the federal statutory tax rate due to the regulatory impact of flowing through the federal and state tax benefit of repairs deductions, state tax benefit of accelerated tax depreciation deductions (including bonus depreciation when applicable) and production tax credits. The regulatory accounting treatment of these deductions requires immediate income recognition for temporary tax differences of this type, which is referred to as the flow-through method. When the flow-through method of accounting for temporary differences is reflected in regulated revenues, we record deferred income taxes and establish related regulatory assets and liabilities.

The following table summarizes the differences between our effective tax rate and the federal statutory rate (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2024
Income before income taxes	$ 6,589

Income tax calculated at federal statutory rate	1,384	21.0 %

Permanent or flow-through adjustments:
State income tax, net of federal provisions	119	1.8
Production tax credits	(3,356)	(50.9)
Gas repairs safe harbor method change	(2,628)




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