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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION DBA NORTHWESTERN ENERGY FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS ELECTRIC RATES ))))) SETTLEMENT STIPULATION EL14-106

September 23rd, 2015

• Filed
  September 23rd, 2015

It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (“NorthWestern”) and the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Staff (“Staff”) (collectively the “Parties”), that the following Settlement Stipulation (“Stipulation”) may be adopted by the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) in the above- captioned matter. In support of its Application for Authority to Increase Its Electric Rates (“Application”), NorthWestern offers this Stipulation, the Application and all supporting materials filed December 19, 2014, and thereafter, and NorthWestern’s supplemental public response to PUC Staff Data Request 7-6 (attached as Exhibit 2) regarding NorthWestern’s acquisition of the Beethoven wind generation facility (“Beethoven”) from BayWa r.e. Wind, LLC, which is also addressed through this Stipulation. The Parties offer no answering testimony or exhibits, conditioned upon the Commission accepting the following Stipulation without a