11/10/2021

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 21-0250 DA 21-0250 _________________ CED WHEATLAND WIND, LLC, Petitioner and Appellant, v. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION, MONTANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION and NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION d/b/a NORTHWESTERN ENERGY, Respondents and Appellees. ___________________________________________ CED TETON COUNTY WIND, LLC, and CED PONDERA WIND, LLC, ORDER Petitioners and Appellants, v. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION, MONTANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION and NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION d/b/a NORTHWESTERN ENERGY, Respondent and Appellees, and THE MONTANA CONSUMER COUNSEL, Respondent-Intervenor and Appellee. _________________

Pursuant to the Internal Operating Rules of this Court, this cause is classified for submission on briefs to a five-justice panel of this Court.

The Clerk is directed to provide a copy hereof to all counsel of record and to the Honorable Mike Menahan, District Judge.

For the Court, Electronically signed by: Mike McGrath Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court November 10 2021