Black Hills Corporation

Black Hills Corporation, through its subsidiaries, functions as an electric and gas utility provider in the United States, consisting of two sections - Electric Utilities and Gas Utilities. This segment provides electricity to over 218,000 utility users located in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming. It also manages 1,481.5 megawatts of energy production and 8,892 miles of power transmission and distribution lines. This segment of Gas Utilities provides natural gas to close to 1.1 million customers located in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming. It owns and operates a network of 4,732 miles of pipelines for transporting gas within state boundaries, together with 41,644 miles of mains and service lines for distributing the gas, 6 storage sites, 50,000 horsepower of compression equipment, and 515 miles of gathering lines. The organization also erects and preserves gas facilities for gas delivery clients; and offers domestic appliance repair services, as well as electric system construction solutions to extensive industrial customers. Furthermore, it generates electric power from wind, natural gas, and coal-fired generating plants; and coal from its coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming. The business was established in 1941 and has its main headquarters located in Rapid City, South Dakota.