RAPID CITY, SD — JULY 20, 2020 – Black Hills Energy customers are experiencing a power outage in the Renel Heights area of Box Elder. The outage occurred around 2:15 pm impacting about 658 customers. Crews are responding to restore power where the outages occurred. Cause of outage has not yet…
RAPID CITY, S.D. – July 14, 2020 – With the continuance of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Hills Energy understood many of their customers could be facing financial hardships. As a result, the company showed their support by temporarily suspending nonpayment disconnections and late-payment charges…
RAPID CITY, SD — Sunday, July 12, 2020 – Black Hills Energy operation employees, electric utility contractors and tree service companies spent the weekend restoring power for about 821 customers in the Terry Peak, Spearfish Canyon, and Tinton area. Customers experienced power outages from the heavy…
RAPID CITY, S.D. – July 7, 2020 –Black Hills Energy has started construction on a project to rebuild a 55-year old electric transmission line in Rapid City to improve the safety and reliability of the regional electrical grid, the company announced. The 8-mile transmission line rebuild project will…
Citizens across South Dakota lit up the night to honor health care and other workers on the front lines battling the COVID-19 pandemic. During the “Let It Shine” event, people broke through the darkness in big ways and small.
From porch lights and flash lights, to our own Horizon Point beams…
During the COVID-19 outbreak South Dakota employees recognized the need for food security in the Rapid City, South Dakota and the Black Hills areas.
In response to this need South Dakota designated $10,000 each to Feeding SD and Meals on Wheels, and $5,000 to Salvation Army.
“It covered the…
RAPID CITY, S.D. – May 19, 2020 – Black Hills Energy has increased reliability for its customers with a new high voltage, 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission substation called the West Rapid City Substation located at the company’s operations center on Deadwood Avenue in Rapid City. To connect the…
RAPID CITY, SD — May 14, 2020 – Today at 12:55 pm, Black Hills Energy restored power to customers that experienced a power outage in the southeast area of Rapid City. The outage occurred around 10:00 am impacting 1,423 customers.
The cause of the power outage was an electrical fault while…