Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, NorthWestern Corporation, a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as the “Company”) is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3 relating to the issuance and sale of an undetermined amount of first mortgage bonds, preferred stock, depositary shares representing preferred stock and common stock; and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned holds the office or offices in the Company set forth opposite his or her name below, respectively.
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Robert C. Rowe, Brian B. Bird, and Timothy P. Olson, and each of them individually, his or her attorney, with full power to act for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign his or her name in the capacity or capacities set forth below to the Form S-3 Registration Statements relating to the issuance and sale of an undetermined amount of first mortgage bonds, preferred stock, depositary shares representing preferred stock and common stock, and to any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statements, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this 15th day of February, 2012.
Signature | Title | Date |
/s/ E. Linn Draper, Jr. | Chairman of the Board | February 15, 2012 |
E. Linn Draper, Jr. | ||
/s/ Robert C. Rowe | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | February 15, 2012 |
Robert C. Rowe | (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ Brian B. Bird | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and | February 15, 2012 |
Brian B. Bird | Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | |
/s/ Kendall G. Kliewer | Vice President and Controller | February 15, 2012 |
Kendall G. Kliewer | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ Stephen P. Adik | Director | February 15, 2012 |
Stephen P. Adik | ||
/s/ Dorothy M. Bradley | Director | February 15, 2012 |
Dorothy M. Bradley | ||
/s/ Dana J. Dykhouse | Director | February 15, 2012 |
Dana J. Dykhouse | ||
/s/ Julia L. Johnson | Director | February 15, 2012 |
Julia L. Johnson | ||
/s/ Philip L. Maslowe | Director | February 15, 2012 |
Philip L. Maslowe | ||
/s/ D. Louis Peoples | Director | February 15, 2012 |
D. Louis Peoples |