As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2023
Registration Statement No. 333-257950
Registration Statement No. 333-253047
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-257950
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-253047
ON FORMS S-3
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION
d/b/a
NORTHWESTERN ENERGY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware46-0172280
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3010 W. 69th StreetSioux FallsSouth Dakota
57108
(605) 978-2900
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(Telephone Number)
Shannon M. Heim
Vice President and General Counsel
NorthWestern Corporation
3010 W. 69th Street
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57108
(Name and address of agent for service)
(605) 978-2900
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies to:
Robert Joseph, Esq.
Husch Blackwell LLP
120 S Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312.526.1536
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Deregistration of Securities
NorthWestern Corporation (the “Registrant”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements on Form S-3 listed below (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”) because the Registrant is no longer issuing securities pursuant to the registration statements noted on the cover page of this Post-Effective Amendment and to deregister all securities of the Registrant that had been registered for issuance pursuant to the Prior Registration Statements that remain unsold under such Prior Registration Statements:
1.File Number 333-257950 filed on July 16, 2021.
2.File Number 333-253047 filed on February 12, 2021.
On October 2, 2023, the Registrant implemented a holding company reorganization (the “Merger”) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 2, 2023, by and among the Registrant, NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New NWE”), and NorthWestern Energy Merger Company, a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), which resulted in New NWE owning all of the outstanding capital stock of the Registrant. Pursuant to the Merger, Merger Sub, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of New NWE and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of New NWE.


SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Helena, State of Montana, on October 2, 2023.
NorthWestern Corporation
By:/s/ Shannon M. Heim
Shannon M. Heim
Vice President and General Counsel
Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Prior Registration Statements in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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