EXHIBIT 99.1
MEMORANDUM
To: Energy West, Incorporated
Directors and Executive Officers
From: John Allen
Re: Notice of Blackout Period
Date: November 17, 2004
The Energy West, Incorporated Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") will
be changing its recordkeeper from Davidson Trust Company to Amvescap Retirement,
effective December 1, 2004. The change is being made as part of our effort to
streamline employee benefits across the Company. The transition from Davidson to
Amvescap Retirement will require that a blackout period be imposed on Plan
participants' ability to direct or diversify investments in their Plan accounts
or obtain a loan or distribution, from November 17, 2004 through the week of
December 20, 2004 (the "Blackout Period"). The Plan holds shares of Energy West,
Incorporated common stock, par value $.15 per share.
As a director or executive officer of Energy West, Incorporated (the
"Company"), you are subject to the restriction imposed by Section 306(a) of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which prohibit certain transactions involving
Company securities during the Blackout Period. During the Blackout Period you
are not permitted to, directly or indirectly, purchase, sell or otherwise
acquire or transfer any equity securities of the Company.
The blackout Period will commence on November 17, 2004, and end during
the week of December 20, 2004. During the week of December 20, 2004, you may
obtain, without charge, information as to whether the Blackout Period has ended
by contacting Melany Villeneuve at (406) 791-7500.
If you have any questions regarding this notice or whether a
transaction involving Energy West stock is prohibited during the Blackout
Period, please contact me at (406)791-7503, or at Energy West, Incorporated,
P.O. Box 2229, Great Falls, MT 59403.
