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volunteers cleaning up trail
Employees from our Fountain, Colorado, operations center recently spent a long day volunteering at the Fountain Creek Nature Center. The Nature Center is part of the greater Fountain Creek Regional Park and offers a variety of outdoor experiences and information on aquatic macroinvertebrates, birds…
techs picking up trees
On May 8, teams at Black Hills Energy service centers in Rapid City, Custer and Sturgis – all in South Dakota – helped give away trees through the Energy Saving Trees program. In partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, Black Hills Energy distributed 200 trees to families and organizations…
tie blanket making
South Dakota ambassadors and Horizon Point employees took time over their lunch hour to make tie blankets for the Children's Home Society. They made 10 twin-sized blankets. The Children's Home Society gives a new blanket to each child on their residential campus, in their therapeutic foster care…
golf tournament
On May 12, the Harrison, Arkansas, division set up shop on the 14th hole of Big Creek Country Club. Employees ensured that 120 golfers safely enjoyed the golf ball cannon (an air-powered cannon that launches a golf ball 300 yards). The volunteers also passed out some company swag. This event…

Black Hills Energy News

gas meters with tech
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – May 18, 2023 – Black Hills Wyoming Gas, doing business as Black Hills Energy, filed a rate review application with the Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC) seeking an increase in base rates of $19.3 million to recover the necessary capital infrastructure and operational costs…
electrical outlet
PUEBLO, CO – May 15, 2023 – May is National Electric Safety Month and Black Hills Energy is reminding customers how to stay safe around electric equipment, appliances, and power lines. With these reminders, the company aims to reduce electrical incidents across Southern Colorado.  “…
technician on electric pole
Rapid City, SD – May. 12, 2023 – May is National Electric Safety Month and Black Hills Energy is reminding customers how to stay safe around electric equipment, appliances, and power lines. With these reminders, the company aims to reduce electrical related emergencies throughout South Dakota. “…
Volunteer of the Year award
[Rapid City, SD] — May 5, 2023 — A community is woven together by the strengths and gifts that its residents share with each other to make their hometowns a great place. Much of that great work is done by unsung heroes who volunteer countless hours to help those in need or roll up their sleeves to…