Black Hills Corporation
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| Public | |
| Traded as | NYSE: BKH |
| Genre | Energy Company |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Founder | J. B. French |
| Headquarters | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States |
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Key people
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David R. Emery (Chairman, President, CEO) |
| Revenue |  US$1.31B (FY 2010)[1] |
| US$186M (FY 2010)[1] |
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| US$68.7M (FY 2010)[1] |
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| Total assets | US$3.71B (FY 2010)[2] |
| Total equity | US$1.10B (FY 2010)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | Black Hills Power Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Black Hills Energy Wyodak Resource BH Exploration and Production Enserco Energy |
| Website | blackhillscorp.com |
Black Hills Corporation is a Rapid City, South Dakota diversified energy company that is an electric and gas utility in South Dakota and Wyoming and sells power throughout the American West.
It derives its name from its home in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
History
The company traces its roots to 1883 and the organization of the Black Hills Electric Light Company of Deadwood. Merged with the Belt Light and Power Company of Lead in 1905, the company became Consolidated Power and Light Company of South Dakota. Meanwhile, to the south, the Dakota Power Company began serving Rapid City in 1910. Both of these companies were purchased by holding companies in the 1920s. With Roosevelt-era legislation to breakup big national utility holding companies, Black Hills Power & Light Company was formed in 1941 by combining the assets of General Public Utilities, Inc. and Dakota Power Company which provided power for most of western South Dakota.[3]
In 1956, the company completed its acquisition of the Wyodak Coal Company (now Wyodak Resources Development Corporation), from the Homestake Mining Company setting the stage for the company's significant investments in mining, oil and gas.
In July, 2002, Black Hills Corporation announced that a settlement was reached with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) relating to its marketing subsidiary, Enserco Energy, Inc. Based in Golden, Colorado, Enserco engages in natural gas marketing on the wholesale market and on behalf of independent producers.[4] On November 25, 2002, Black Hills Corporation announced that its new independent public accountants, Deloitte & Touche LLP, had completed the audit of Black Hills Corporation's 2001, 2000 and 1999 financial statements that were originally audited by Arthur Andersen LLP.[5]
In 2004, Black Hills acquired Cheyenne Light from Xcel Energy. Cheyenne Light continues to operate as a separate subsidiary. [6]
In 2007, it announced an agreement to buy the natural gas utility in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa and its Colorado electric utility from Aquila, Inc.. Completed in July, 2008, the deal increased the company's customer base from 137,000 to 753,000 and increased its employee base from 916 to 2,000.[7]
Components
The company is the electric utility for 64,200 customers between Rapid City, South Dakota and New Castle, Wyoming as well as southeastern Montana via its Black Hills Power subsidiary.[8]
Its Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Company subsidiary serves another 80,000 in Cheyenne, Wyoming and southeastern Wyoming.
Via its Black Hills Energy component it has 1,000 Megawatts of generating capacity in Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming and California including two plants serving Las Vegas, Nevada.[9]
The company's bigger component is its wholesale energy wing.
The centerpiece of the operation is the Wyodak Mine near Gillette, Wyoming in the Powder River Basin, which is the oldest operating surface mine for coal in the United States.[10] The mine has permitted reserves of 286 million tons.
In addition it claims 169 billion cubic feet (4.8×109 m3) in oil and gas reserves(76% of which is natural gas) principally in New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Black Hills (BKH) annual SEC income statement filing via Wikinvest.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Black Hills (BKH) annual SEC balance sheet filing via Wikinvest.
- ↑ Abrahamson, Eric John. Improving Life With Energy, The First 125 Years of Black Hills Corporation. Vantage Point Historical Services. 2008. ISBN 0-9796389-1-7.
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