Current projects

We plan years in advance to make sure we’re ready to provide the energy you need, when you need it. It’s our job to ensure the systems that delivers your energy is safe and reliable. That’s why we’re frequently making strategic investments in both our natural gas and electric systems.

Iowa remediation project

Black Hills Energy is planning to remediate our property associated with the former Citizens Gas & Electric Company manufactured gas plant (MGP) located in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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Kansas natural gas line update

We’re updating natural gas lines throughout Kansas to keep you and your community safe, now and in the future.

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Wolf Creek Storage Field update

We’re proposing to construct two new natural gas storage wells in the Wolf Creek Storage Field in Colorado.

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Pole inspection

We take our commitment to providing safe, reliable service seriously. One of the ways we do so is by regularly inspecting our wood utility poles.

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Natural bridge pipeline, Wyoming

We’re building the Natural Bridge Pipeline, a 35-mile natural gas transmission line, to improve reliability and meet the growing needs of our 57,000 customers in central Wyoming.

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Growing together, Laramie, Wyoming

To meet the growing energy needs of the area, we’re enhancing natural gas service in Laramie. Construction of a new, 4.5-mile natural gas pipeline began June 3 and we expect it to be completed early this fall. The project gives Laramie the additional reliability needed to meet the city’s growth.

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Reliability upgrade, Southern Colorado

To maintain reliable delivery of power and meet current and future demand from customers, the Reliability Upgrade for Southern Colorado will provide reliable power — now and in the future — by upgrading our infrastructure via a transmission line stretching from Pueblo West to Cañon City.

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Auburn bare steel replacement project

In 2024, Black Hills Energy will begin a bare steel natural gas main project. Pipes will be replaced with new polyethylene piping which is more resistant to corrosion and is adaptable to the changing needs of the Auburn, Nebraska, community.

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Natural gas meter replacements, Lincoln, Nebraska

In 2021, Black Hills Energy began a multiyear project to update natural gas service in certain neighborhoods in Lincoln, Nebraska. As technology has advanced, installing meters outside of a structure has become the industry standard.

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