---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001993004-24-000110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWE"
cik: "0001993004"
company_name: "NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T21:21:31.296585+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NorthWestern Energy appoints David L. Goodin to board, effective Dec. 1, 2024

## Summary
- David L. Goodin elected to NWE board, term starts Dec. 1, 2024, expiring at 2025 annual meeting.
- Goodin brings over 40 years utility experience, most recently as MDU Resources CEO (retired Jan 2024).
- Board temporarily increases to ten members; will revert to nine when Tony Clark resigns Dec. 31, 2024.
- Goodin will serve on two committees (TBD); compensation aligned with other non-employee directors.
- Only CEO Brian Bird is an employee director; all others are independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001993004-24-000110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWE
- cik: 0001993004
- company_name: NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993004/000199300424000110/0001993004-24-000110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993004/000199300424000110/nwe-20241120.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001993004-24-000110
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001993004-24-000110.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001993004-24-000110.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David L. Goodin was elected as Director at NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 20, 2024, the Board of Directors of NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc. d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (Nasdaq: NWE) ( NorthWestern ), elected David L. Goodin to the Board, with a term commencing December 1, 2024, and expiring at the Company's next Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for April 30, 2024, at which time Mr. Goodin is expected to be nominated for approval by the Company's stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993004/000199300424000110/0001993004-24-000110-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.