NWE: the cash flow

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For the year ending 2025-12-31, NWE had $1,721K increase in cash & cash equivalents over the period. -$130,001K in free cash flow.

Cash Flow	2025-12-31
Net income	181,092
Depreciation and depletion	249,526
Amortization of debt issuance costs, discount and deferred hedge gain	4,416
Stock-based compensation costs	6,985
Equity portion of afudc	9,870
(gain) loss on disposition of assets	82
Impairment, long-lived asset, held-for-use	30,895
Other noncash expense	0
Deferred income taxes	7,118
Accounts receivable	20,483
Inventories	6,187
Other current assets	-632
Accounts payable	-4,351
Accrued expenses	16,406
Regulatory assets	53,746
Regulatory liabilities	6,351
Other noncurrent assets and liabilities	14,247
Cash provided by operating activities	394,455
Property, plant, and equipment additions	524,456
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	35,938
Investment in equity securities	10,238
Payment for (proceeds from) other investing activity	0
Cash used in investing activities	-570,632
Dividends on common stock	161,389
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net	0
Issuance of long-term debt	602,077
Issuances of short-term borrowings	50,000
Payment for debt extinguishment or debt prepayment cost	300,000
Line of credit (repayments) borrowings , net	-9,000
Treasury stock activity	709
Financing costs	4,499
Cash provided by financing activities	177,898
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	1,721
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	29,017
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	30,738

Unit: Thousand (K) dollars (except for numbers of shares and EPS).