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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - NORTHWESTERN CORPFinancial_Report.xls
10-Q - FORM 10-Q FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 - NORTHWESTERN CORPnwe3311110q.htm
EX-10.4 - LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN - NORTHWESTERN CORPexhibit104ltip.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - NORTHWESTERN CORPex311certification033111.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - NORTHWESTERN CORPex322certification033111.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - NORTHWESTERN CORPex312certification033111.htm
 

 
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the Quarterly Report of NorthWestern Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert C. Rowe, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: April 27, 2011
 
/s/ ROBERT C. ROWE
 
 
Robert C. Rowe
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer