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EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 CERTIFICATION OF BRIAN B. BIRD PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - NORTHWESTERN CORPexhibit322certification10k.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - NORTHWESTERN CORPexhibit312certification10k.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - NORTHWESTERN CORPexhibit311certification10k.htm
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 AUDITOR CONSENT - NORTHWESTERN CORPexhibit231consent10k2017.htm
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES 10-K 2017 - NORTHWESTERN CORPexhibit21subsidiaries10k20.htm
EX-12.. - EXHIBIT 12.1 EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES 2017 - NORTHWESTERN CORPexhibit121earningstofixedc.htm
10-K - FORM 10-K 2017 - NORTHWESTERN CORPnwe1231201710k.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 Annual Report of NorthWestern Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017, 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: February 13, 2018
 
/s/ ROBERT C. ROWE
 
 
Robert C. Rowe
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer