NorthWestern Corporation (NWE) will raise its quarterly dividend to $0.525 per share. The increased dividend is payable March 31, 2017 to common shareholders of record as of March 15, 2017.

NorthWestern Corporation, doing business as NorthWestern Energy, provides electricity and / or natural gas to customers in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. The company operates in three business segments: electric utility operations; natural gas utility operations; and all other, which primarily consists of unallocated corporate costs. NorthWestern's customer base consists of a mix of residential, commercial, and diversified industrial customers. The company has generated and distributed electricity in South Dakota and distributed natural gas in South Dakota and Nebraska since 1923 and has generated and distributed electricity and distributed natural gas in Montana since 2002.