---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001993004-24-000120"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWE"
cik: "0001993004"
company_name: "NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T01:48:44.291220+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NorthWestern Energy Group establishes 2025 Annual Incentive Plan with executive target incentives

## Summary
- CEO Brian Bird target incentive set at 100% of base salary; CFO Crystal Lail at 75%.
- Performance pool weighted: net income 55%, safety 15%, reliability 15%, customer satisfaction 15%.
- Funding thresholds range from 0% (below threshold) to 200% (maximum) for each metric.
- Payouts to occur in March 2026; eligibility requires active employment through Dec 31, 2025.
- Plan includes fatality forfeiture clause for lost-time incident portion of safety metric.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001993004-24-000120
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWE
- cik: 0001993004
- company_name: NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993004/000199300424000120/0001993004-24-000120-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1993004/000199300424000120/nwe-20241212.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001993004-24-000120
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001993004-24-000120.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001993004-24-000120.txt

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