Utility / owner / operatorMTInvestor-owned utilityHow EIA classifies an organization, such as a public utility, cooperative or investor-owned company.Definition ↗

NorthWestern Energy

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Operates 11 plants (446.7 MW); owns 693.8 MW share-weighted; no retail sales reported.

OperatorOwner

2024 inventory

Operated nameplate capacity, operating generatorsFull nameplate MW of operating generators at plants this organization runs, including shares held by other owners.Definition ↗
446.7MW
Source & method

Sum of operating generator nameplate MW at plants where this organization is the reported operator

2024 inventory · reported · derived · valid · final

11 of 11 plants included.

Reported operating capacity; partial plant/unit coverage is marked

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Owned nameplate capacity, operating generatorsOperating generator nameplate MW multiplied by this organization’s ownership share, once per generator. This can include plants another organization operates.Definition ↗
693.8MW
Source & method

Sum over operating generators of nameplate MW x this organization's ownership fraction (reported schedule or EIA-860 schedule-4 default)

2024 inventory · reported · derived · valid · final

11 of 11 plants included.

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Example: an operating 100 MW generator with a 25% ownership share contributes 25 MW to owned capacity. Its operator counts the full 100 MW. Neither quantity establishes who buys its electricity.

Operates

Operating MWFull operating nameplate capacity at plants this organization runs, including shares held by other owners.Definition ↗

Owns

Share-weighted MWAn organization with a reported share of a generator. Owned MW applies that share to operating nameplate capacity; it does not establish who buys the output.Definition ↗

Disclosed supply · Washington fuel mixA supplier’s reported sources of electricity sold to Washington customers, grouped by fuel.Definition ↗

Not a Washington retail supplier in the Fuel Mix Disclosure extracts (CY2014–CY2024 loaded), or not linked by the reviewed claimant crosswalk

Carbon allowances · no-cost allocationAn emissions allowance Washington assigns to an eligible utility without charge. It is not measured emissions.Definition ↗

Not a CETA-obligated electric utility in Ecology's allowance schedule (or not linked by the reviewed crosswalk); only Washington retail utilities subject to the Clean Energy Transformation Act receive no-cost allowances. Checked wa-ecology-cca-allowances 2026-09-18

Money · FERC Form 1The annual financial report large investor-owned utilities file with the federal energy regulator.Definition ↗

2025 · USD nominal
Purchased power, settlements
224,746,139USD
2025

Partial or uncertain coverage: 94 named sellers; 0 adjustment and 2 market-settlement rows and the filing total row excluded

Source & method

FERC Form 1 Schedule 326 total settlement over named sellers (adjustment rows excluded), nominal dollars for the report year

2025 calendar year · reported · derived · suspect · final

93 of 94 native rows included.

94 named sellers; 0 adjustment and 2 market-settlement rows and the filing total row excluded

utility_id_ferc1=315; report_year=2025

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Purchased power, energy
3,245,327MWh
2025
Source & method

FERC Form 1 Schedule 326 purchased MWh over named sellers (purchased_mwh through 2020, purchased other than storage from 2021)

2025 calendar year · reported · derived · valid · final

94 of 94 native rows included.

Sum of reported MWh on named counterparty rows; missing cells are excluded and coverage is explicit

utility_id_ferc1=315; report_year=2025

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Electric operating revenue
1,040,981,011USD
2025
Source & method

FERC Form 1 Schedule 300 sales to ultimate consumers plus sales for resale, nominal dollars

2025 calendar year · reported · direct · valid · final

The form's own electric operating revenues total (Schedule 300), as filed

utility_id_ferc1=315; report_year=2025

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Purchased power by seller Financial relationshipA documented financial relationship between named parties, with an amount where public and its reported or calculated basis.Definition ↗

Schedule 326 settlements for 2025, largest first(top 60 of 94). Seller names as filed; a link means a reviewed match to an organization in this atlas.

Seller (as filed)TypeMWhUSDUSD/MWh
billings generation inc (tier ii qf)long_unit458,357MWh55,650,667USD121.41 USD/MWh
powerex corp. (purchased power supply)short_firm280,562MWh35,924,272USD128.04 USD/MWh
colstrip energy ltd/montana one (non tier ii qf)long_unit277,535MWh17,055,345USD61.45 USD/MWh
invenergy energy marketing llc-electric (purchased power supply)short_firm410,163MWh14,339,260USD34.96 USD/MWh
edf trading north america, llc (purchased power supply)short_firm214,608MWh12,308,113USD57.35 USD/MWh
stillwater wind llc (non tier ii qf)long_unit252,725MWh9,499,768USD37.59 USD/MWh
heartland generation ltd (purchased power supply)short_firm10,877MWh9,436,802USD867.59 USD/MWh
replacement purchases celp/macq (tier ii qf)long_unit152,005MWh7,600,250USD50 USD/MWh
basin creek-electric power plant (purchased power supply)short_firm0MWh7,583,584USDNot reported
apex solar llc (non tier ii solar qf )long_unit166,420MWh6,699,428USD40.26 USD/MWh
montana sun, llc (non tier ii solar qf )long_unit143,108MWh6,076,190USD42.46 USD/MWh
south peak wind (non tier ii qf)long_unit243,061MWh5,496,535USD22.61 USD/MWh
greenfield wind (non tier ii qf)long_unit79,678MWh3,944,668USD49.51 USD/MWh
big timber wind (greycliff) (non tier ii qf)long_unit73,308MWh3,324,517USD45.35 USD/MWh
estimate energy (purchased power supply)other_service0MWh2,915,059USDNot reported
energy keepers, inc. (purchased power supply)short_firm45,844MWh2,639,601USD57.58 USD/MWh
gordon butte wind (non tier ii qf)long_unit37,141MWh2,570,540USD69.21 USD/MWh
fairfield wind (non tier ii qf)long_unit27,688MWh1,929,818USD69.7 USD/MWh
musselshell wind 2 (non tier ii qf)long_unit27,497MWh1,903,056USD69.21 USD/MWh
musselshell wind 1 (non tier ii qf)long_unit23,648MWh1,636,665USD69.21 USD/MWh
Puget Sound Energy filed as “puget sound energy (purchased power supply)”short_firm33,095MWh1,610,245USD48.66 USD/MWh
turnbull hydro, llc (purchased power supply)short_firm18,047MWh1,321,969USD73.25 USD/MWh
Avista filed as “avista corporation (purchased power supply)”short_firm19,870MWh1,230,792USD61.94 USD/MWh
state of montana-dnrc / broadwater dam (non tier ii qf)long_unit28,832MWh1,214,638USD42.13 USD/MWh
Portland General Electric filed as “portland general electric (purchased power supply)”short_firm23,861MWh1,145,070USD47.99 USD/MWh
Bonneville Power Administration filed as “bonneville power administration (purchased power supply)”short_firm12,005MWh646,973USD53.89 USD/MWh
flint creek hydro (non tier ii qf)long_unit8,987MWh641,486USD71.38 USD/MWh
71 ranch (non tier ii qf)long_unit10,746MWh599,276USD55.77 USD/MWh
oversight resources (non tier ii qf)long_unit10,028MWh557,783USD55.62 USD/MWh
da wind (non tier ii qf)long_unit8,547MWh483,727USD56.6 USD/MWh
tenaska power services (purchased power supply)short_firm6,496MWh441,559USD67.97 USD/MWh
transalta energy marketing (us), inc. (purchased power supply)long_unit9,727MWh401,547USD41.28 USD/MWh
great divide solar llc (non tier ii solar qf )long_unit5,781MWh372,415USD64.42 USD/MWh
the energy authority, inc. (purchased power supply)short_firm9,987MWh366,129USD36.66 USD/MWh
green meadow solar (non tier ii solar qf )long_unit5,451MWh349,503USD64.12 USD/MWh
south mills solar 1 (non tier ii solar qf )long_unit4,906MWh313,046USD63.81 USD/MWh
black eagle solar (non tier ii solar qf )long_unit4,823MWh307,170USD63.69 USD/MWh
macquarie energy llc (purchased power supply)short_firm5,978MWh300,505USD50.27 USD/MWh
avangrid power llc (purchased power supply)short_firm9,290MWh297,983USD32.08 USD/MWh
magpie solar llc (non tier ii solar qf )long_unit4,631MWh266,389USD57.52 USD/MWh
kec fighting creek (non tier ii qf)long_unit5,519MWh239,872USD43.46 USD/MWh
Snohomish County PUD filed as “pud no. 1 of snohomish county (purchased power supply)”short_firm3,790MWh229,150USD60.46 USD/MWh
Seattle City Light filed as “seattle city light (purchased power supply)”short_firm4,634MWh226,610USD48.9 USD/MWh
guzman energy, llc (purchased power supply)short_firm3,545MWh225,370USD63.57 USD/MWh
broadview east/two dot (non tier ii qf)long_unit4,188MWh211,685USD50.55 USD/MWh
river bend solar (non tier ii solar qf )long_unit3,069MWh194,687USD63.44 USD/MWh
Eugene Water & Electric Board filed as “eugene water & electric board (purchased power supply)”short_firm6,420MWh193,324USD30.11 USD/MWh
cycle horseshoe bend (non tier ii qf)long_unit4,072MWh191,620USD47.06 USD/MWh
south dry creek (non tier ii qf)long_unit3,968MWh145,732USD36.73 USD/MWh
albertaex l.p. (purchased power supply)short_firm3,621MWh142,395USD39.32 USD/MWh
dynasty power inc. (purchased power supply)short_firm4,344MWh129,572USD29.83 USD/MWh
clatskanie peoples utility district - electric (purchased power supply)short_firm3,530MWh128,369USD36.37 USD/MWh
Idaho Power filed as “idaho power company (purchased power supply)”short_firm3,951MWh112,504USD28.47 USD/MWh
morgan stanley capital group, inc. (purchased power supply)short_firm5,074MWh111,611USD22 USD/MWh
Tacoma Power filed as “tacoma power (purchased power supply)”long_unit2,441MWh102,970USD42.18 USD/MWh
ross creek hydro (tier ii qf)long_unit1,615MWh101,586USD62.9 USD/MWh
altop energy trading llc (purchased power supply)short_firm1,901MWh100,410USD52.82 USD/MWh
rainbow energy marketing corporation (purchased power supply)short_firm1,600MWh89,600USD56 USD/MWh
conocophillips company (purchased power supply)short_firm2,715MWh79,831USD29.4 USD/MWh
pine creek (non tier ii qf)long_unit1,254MWh50,171USD40.01 USD/MWh
Market settlements on the same schedule (2)
  • california independent system operator - eim supply (purchased power supply)SF · market operator, not a bilateral seller
    -11,222,275 USD
  • california independent system operator - eim transmission (purchased power supply)SF · market operator, not a bilateral seller
    144,567 USD

Missing cells stay missing; partial seller sums are marked and have no USD/MWh ratio. FERC Form 1 Schedule 326 rows for the report year; seller names as filed; an organization link exists only through a reviewed crosswalk row; MWh uses purchased_mwh through 2020 and purchased other than storage from 2021. A row counts as a seller when it names a party, whatever its purchase type: FERC's AD code marks an adjusting entry, and an adjusting entry naming a company is still money between that company and the respondent. Rows whose name is a mechanism (deferrals, allowances, the residential exchange) are listed as adjustments; rows naming a market operator are listed as market settlements

Revenue by customer class

ClassUSDMWhUSD/MWhCustomers (avg/month)
residential sales410,579,617USD2,833,866MWh144.88 USD/MWh334,010customers (monthly average)
small or commercial425,785,644USD3,225,871MWh131.99 USD/MWh79,670customers (monthly average)
large or industrial43,376,433USD307,580MWh141.02 USD/MWh80customers (monthly average)
public street and highway lighting16,027,222USD25,155MWh637.14 USD/MWh25,434customers (monthly average)
interdepartmental sales914,785USD6,735MWh135.83 USD/MWh347customers (monthly average)
sales for resale29,691,269USD854,892MWh34.73 USD/MWhNot reported

Schedule 300 class lines as the form computes them (as_computed); usd_per_mwh is revenue over MWh sold for that class; the class lines are not re-summed here; EIA-861 revenue and price for the same utility are on the retail block and can differ (different survey, scope and year)

Operation and maintenance expenses

  • Total electric O&Mas the form computes it
    483,216,326 USD
  • Power productionas the form computes it
    285,288,833 USD
  • of which purchased power (account 555)reported line· account 555
    210,396,480 USD
  • of which fuel, steam generation (501)reported line· account 501
    34,170,982 USD
  • of which fuel, other generation (547)reported line· account 547
    29,943,470 USD
  • Transmissionas the form computes it
    26,531,061 USD
  • Distributionas the form computes it
    40,784,701 USD
  • Customer accountsas the form computes it
    12,047,929 USD
  • Customer service and informationas the form computes it
    2,642,062 USD
  • Salesas the form computes it
    609,692 USD
  • Administrative and general, operationas the form computes it
    100,383,017 USD
  • Administrative and general, maintenanceas the form computes it· account 935
    14,906,916 USD
  • of which transmission by others (565)reported line· account 565
    6,261,346 USD

Schedule 320 electric operation and maintenance: function totals as the form computes them (as_computed) with the purchased power, fuel and wheeling accounts listed beneath as components, never added again

Nominal dollars for the report year as filed; revisions arrive for months after the April deadline; the pinned PUDL release fixes the snapshot FERC respondent 315· XBRL entity C001789; link basis: curated.

Customer programmes

EIA-861 Schedule 6, as filed

Programme results as each utility filed them, by customer class and report year, each in its own unit. Classes are never added into a total, years are never added into a period, and savings are never divided by sales. The one ratio shown, enrolled demand-response customers against the utility's own EIA-861 customer count for the same state, class and year, carries both counts.

Energy efficiency EIA-861 Schedule 6 Part A

No EIA-861 rows in the atlas states.

Demand response EIA-861 Schedule 6 Part B

No EIA-861 rows in the atlas states.

Population: organizations of this release with EIA-861 rows in the core states. A short-form respondent has no figures to file; a long-form respondent without a row may have no programmes or may have a nonutility administrator reporting for it. Years without a row are listed against the table's span, not against the years this utility filed the form.

Sources for this record

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PUDL v2026.9.0, out_eia__yearly_generators

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from U.S. EIA Forms 860/923

Data transformed by PUDL from U.S. EIA forms; selected fields republished; EIA data is public with dated acknowledgment (https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php)

PUDL v2026.9.0, out_eia860__yearly_ownership

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from U.S. EIA Forms 860/923

Data transformed by PUDL from U.S. EIA forms; selected fields republished; EIA data is public with dated acknowledgment (https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php)

PUDL v2026.9.0, out_eia__yearly_utilities

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from U.S. EIA Forms 860/923

Data transformed by PUDL from U.S. EIA forms; selected fields republished; EIA data is public with dated acknowledgment (https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php)

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