| NorthWestern Energy announced that the Montana Public Service Commission, or MPSC, recently determined that the Company's general rate case filing on Oct. 16, 2009, did not meet the MPSC's applicable minimum filing requirements, primarily related to allocated cost of service and rate design. In its rate case filing, NorthWestern proposed a revenue requirement increase of approximately $1.96M for its natural gas utility and approximately $15.5M for its electric utility. :theflyonthewall.com |