NorthWestern Energy Group: Pay

NorthWestern Energy Group paid CEO Brian Bird $5.0M in FY2025 (Dec). No other named executive of that year is on file.

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY20 → $120
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Brian BirdPresident and Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
Crystal LailVice President and Chief Financial Officer
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
3 years
John HinesVice President – Supply / Montana Govt Affairs
FY2023 (Dec)
1 year
Shannon HeimGeneral Counsel and Vice President, Federal Gov't Affairs
FY2023 (Dec)
1 year
Bobbi SchroeppelVice President – Customer Care, Communications and HR
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
3 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 6 peers with pay on file was $5.2M. The CEO of NorthWestern Energy Group was paid $5.0M, 3% below the median.

  1. 1Idacorp
  2. 2Otter Tail
  3. 3ONE Gas
  4. 4NorthWestern Energy Group
  5. 5Mdu Resources Group
  6. 6Avista
  7. 7Mge Energy
  8. 8ALLETE, Inc.Not disclosed
  9. 9Black Hills CorporationNot disclosed
  10. 10Northwest Natural Holding Co.Not disclosed
  11. 11Oge EnergyNot disclosed
  12. 12Portland General Electric CompanyNot disclosed
  13. 13SpireNot disclosed
  14. 14Txnm EnergyNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.