Butte, Mont. - April 30, 2020 - NorthWestern Energy has filed with the Montana Public Service Commission a request to adjust propane supply rates for its Townsend, Montana, propane service. NorthWestern Energy requests approval on an interim basis effective June 1, 2020, pending final Commission approval.

Propane supply costs are adjusted on an annual basis based on the contracted market supply price along with any over or under-collection of the previous year's contract.

If approved, the summer rate, including supply and delivery charges, will decrease from $1.07 cents per gallon (equivalent of $0.94 cents per therm) to $0.82 per gallon (equivalent of $0.75 per therm) and the winter rate will decrease from $1.25 per gallon (equivalent of $1.14 per therm) to $0.99 per gallon (equivalent of $0.91 per therm).

The overall cost adjustments translate into a total bill decrease of $6.95 per month during the summer season for a typical residential customer using 30 therms and a total bill decrease of $21.82 per month during the winter heating season for a typical residential customer using 80 therms. The actual decrease will depend on each customer's usage.

NorthWestern has 593 propane customers in Townsend. NorthWestern does not have propane service in any other Montana community.

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NorthWestern provides electricity and / or natural gas to approximately 734,800 customers in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. We have generated and distributed electricity in South Dakota and distributed natural gas in South Dakota and Nebraska since 1923 and have generated and distributed electricity and distributed natural gas in Montana since 2002. More information on NorthWestern is available on the company's website at www.northwesternenergy.com.

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