GRIMES, Iowa — Nov. 22, 2021 — As winter heating season begins, Black Hills Energy is urging customers to plan now for the impacts of higher natural gas prices. Just as commodity prices are rising globally on many items ranging from the bacon in our breakfast to the cotton in our clothes, the same…
Firefighters in Decorah, Iowa, along with mutual aid departments in Calmer, Fort Atkinson, Mabel, Ossian, Ridgeway, Waukon and West Union, recently participated in a natural gas safety training put on by Black Hills Energy.
“Natural gas is such a safe fuel, it’s highly unlikely that firefighters…
When the local school district closed the elementary school in Boxholm, Iowa, the playground equipment there was dismantled and discarded. The community was left without a playground that had previously been used by children before, during and after school.
The Boxholm City Council decided to turn…
Grimes, Iowa – Nov. 9, 2021 – Black Hills Energy announced a settlement with the Office of Consumer Advocate has been reached in the utility’s rate review request to recover safety, reliability and system integrity investments for natural gas service for its approximately 161,000 customers in 133…
A park playground in Ogden, Iowa will be getting some upgrades thanks to support from Black Hills Energy.
Originally built in 1995, the park play area is geared to children ages 5 to 12. The park is used by Ogden residents as well as families from neighboring communities, many of which are served…
Black Hills Energy celebrated the company’s fifth renewable natural gas facility with an Oct. 14 event at the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency.
The facility will collect the methane gas, known as biogas, that is emitted from the landfill waste. The biogas will then be purified into…
Oct. 12, 2021
⚠️ 9:00 A.M. Nearly all of the approximately 133 homes and businesses that lost service in Dubuque due a vehicle hitting a Black Hills Energy meter set Monday morning have been restored, with less than 15 customers remaining.
All affected customers have been…
GRIMES, Iowa — Oct. 6, 2021 — This October marks the 30th year of celebrating Energy Awareness Month. As temperatures across Iowa begin to cool, it can mean increased energy use at home, so Black Hills Energy is encouraging customers to consider weatherization projects and behavioral changes that…