8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 14, 2002

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-692	46-0172280
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

125 South Dakota Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	57104
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (605) 978-2908

 Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

                On August 14, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, Merle D. Lewis, and Principal Financial Officer, Kipp D. Orme, of Northwestern Corporation submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.

                A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1 and 99.2).

Signature

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION
		/s/ Kurt D. Whitesel
	By:	Kurt D. Whitesel Vice President and Controller
Date: August 14, 2002

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit (99.1): Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated August 14, 2002

Exhibit (99.2): Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 14, 2002

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of

Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and

Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Merle D. Lewis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, state and attest that:

(1)To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports ofNorthWesternCorporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

•No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

•No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the audit committee of NorthWestern Corporation.

(3)In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

•Report on Form 10-K of NorthWestern Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2001;

•all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of NorthWestern Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

•any amendments to any of the foregoing.

	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August, 2002.
Merle D. Lewis	/s/ Karen L. Smook
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer	Karen L Smook
August 14, 2002
/s/ Merle D. Lewis
	Notary Public
	My Commission Expires:  7/12/05

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of

 Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and

Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Kipp D. Orme, Vice President — Finance and Chief Financial Officer, state and attest that:

(1)To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports ofNorthWesternCorporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

•No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

•No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the audit committee of NorthWestern Corporation.

(3)In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

•Report on Form 10-K of NorthWestern Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2001 ;

•all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of NorthWestern Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

•any amendments to any of the foregoing.

	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14thday of August, 2002.
Kipp D. Orme
Vice President — Finance & Chief Financial Officer	/s/ Karen L. Smook
	Karen L. Smook
August 14, 2002
/s/ Kipp D. Orme
	Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: 7/12/05