Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH) today announced the promotion of Todd Jacobs to vice president of natural gas utilities and the appointment of Wes Ashton to vice president of operations for Black Hills Energy in Arkansas.

Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer and Lt. Governor Mike Foley joined vice president, Jeff Sylvester and officials from Aria Energy, Waste Connections and Constellation to officially cut the ribbon on the latest Renewable Natural Gas project.

Black Hills Energy has experienced several power outages in the Rapid City, South Dakota area affecting about 1,600 customers around 6:15 pm.

Every few minutes an underground utility line is damaged because someone decided to dig without first calling 811.

Imagine getting an offer to pay the same price per gallon of gasoline for a year every time you filled up your tank. No matter how much oil prices changed, you’d pay the same amount for that gallon of gasoline.

Every few minutes an underground utility line is damaged because someone decided to dig without first calling 811. August 11 is National Safe Digging Day, and Black Hills Energy hopes this calendar date will serve as a reminder to make a free call to 811 prior to any digging project to have underground utility lines marked.

Black Hills Energy recommend that you “Call Before You Dig” before starting an outdoor project.

New laws include tougher penalties for violation of safe digging rules.