Date Filed: 09/30/09 ♦ Intervention Date: 11/20/09 ♦ Closed Docket: 09/10/10 ♦
Docket Reopened: 03/08/11 ♦ Docket Reclosed: 06/02/11
Weekly Filing:
Weekly Filings 09/24/09 to 09/30/09
Agendas:
June 10, 2010, Agenda to Ad Hoc Commission Meeting
June 1, 2010, Agenda to Commission Meeting
May 27, 2010, Agenda to Ad Hoc Commission Meeting
March 9, 2010, Agenda to Commission Meeting
January 19, 2010, Addendum to Commission Meeting
January 5, 2010, Agenda to Commission Meeting
November 24, 2009, Agenda to Commission Meeting
October 20, 2009, Agenda to Commission Meeting
Minutes:
Minutes of June 15, 2010, Commission Meeting
Minutes of June 10, 2010, Ad Hoc Commission Meeting
Transcript of June 10, 2010, Commission Meeting (EL09-018)
Minutes of June 1, 2010, Commission Meeting
Transcript of June 1, 2010, Commission Meeting (EL09-018)
Minutes of May 27, 2010, Ad Hoc Commission Meeting
Minutes of March 9, 2010, Commission Meeting
Transcript of Proceeding, March 9, 2010
Minutes of January 19, 2010, Commission Meeting
Minutes of January 5, 2010, Commission Meeting
Minutes of November 24, 2009, Commission Meeting
Minutes of October 20, 2009, Commission Meeting
Orders:
- ORDER OF ASSESSMENT OF FILING FEE AND SUSPENSION OF IMPOSITION OF TARIFF
- ORDER GRANTING INTERVENTION
- ORDER FOR AND NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE AND HEARING
- ORDER OF ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL FILING FEE
- ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE OF PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE AND HEARING
- ORDER FOR AND NOTICE OF AMENDED PROCEDURAL SCHEULE AND HEARING
- ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT AN INTERIM RATE INCREASE ON APRIL 1, 2010, PURSANT TO SDCL 49-34A-17
- PROCEDURAL ORDER REGARDING PRE-HEARING MATTERS
- ORDER APPROVING JOINT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT STIPULATION
- FINAL DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT STIPULATION AND APPROVING RATES AND TARIFFS; NOTICE OF ENTRY
- APPENDIX A Confidential (not available to the public)
- Sign In Sheet (Not Available to the Public)
- Recording of Public Input Meeting
- PUC Rate Increase Request Handout
- PUC Presentation
- BHP Presentation
Black Hills Power Rate Case Primer by PUC
Black Hills Rate Case FAQ, updated July 7, 2010
PUC to host informational meetings about Black Hills Power rate case process
- March 29, 2010, at 7 p.m. (MDT) at the Journey Museum, Rapid City, S.D.
- April 14, 2010, at 2 to 4 p.m. ( MDT) at the Colonial House Restaurant, Rapid City, S.D.
- April 23, 2010, 10 a.m. to noon, (MDT) at the Dunn Brothers Coffee shop, Rapid City, S.D.
Open Docket Closed Docket
- 09/30/09 - Letter and Notice of Proposed Changes of Rates and Charges
- Section 2
- Tariffs, Legislative (Redlined) Sections: 1, 3, 3a, 3b and 3c
- Tariffs, Non-legislative Sections: 1, 3, 3a, 3b and 3c
- Section 3 Comparison of Revenue under Present and Proposed Rates
- Section 4
- Section A (Balance Sheets)
- Section B (Income Statement)
- Section C (Retained Earning Statement)
- Section D (Cost of Plant)
- Section E (Accumulated Depreciation)
- Section F (Working Capital)
- Section G (Rate of Return)
- Section H (Operation and Maintenance Expense)
- Section I (Operating Revenues)
- Section J (Depreciation Expense)
- Section K (Income Taxes)
- Section K-1 Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- Section K-3 Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- Section L (Other Taxes)
- Section M (Overall Cost of Service)
- Section N (Allocated Cost of Service)
- Section O (Comparison of Cost of Service)
- Section P (Fuel Cost Adjustment Factor)
- Section Q (Description of Utility Operations)
- Section R (Purchases from Affiliated Companies)
- Section 5 (Work Papers)
- Direct Testimony of Stuart A. Wevik
- Direct Testimony of Richard C. Loomis
- Direct Testimony of Thomas M. Ohlmacher
- Direct Testimony of Jill S. Tietjen
- Direct Testimony of Jacqueline A. Sargent
- Direct Testimony of Mark Lux
- Direct Testimony of Christopher J. Kilpatrick
- Direct Testimony of William E. Avera
- Direct Testimony of Anthony S. Cleberg
- Direct Testimony of Larry W. Loos
- Direct Testimony of Michael J. McFadden
- Direct Testimony of Kyle D. White
- 11/05/09 - Petition to Intervene (Dakota Panel South Dakota, GCC Dacotah, Inc., Rushmore Forest Products, Inc., Sanford Underground Laboratory and Spearfish Forest Products, Inc.)
- 11/05/09 - Order of Admittance (Charles Schroyer, Robert Lee and Andrew Moratzka)
- 11/19/09 - Residential Consumers' Petition to Intervene as Parties (Lilias Jarding, Bobbie Handley, Carla Kock and the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center)
- 11/20/09 - Petition to Intervene and Notice of Appearance of Rapid City Regional Hospital, Inc.
- 12/01/09 - Motion for Admission of Jana Linderman Pro Hac Vice
- 12/08/09 - Order Admitting Jana Linderman to Practice Pro Hac Vice
- 12/21/09 - Report and Consulting Services Proposal
- 01/05/10 - Chesapeake Regulatory Consultants, Inc. Contract
- 01/14/10 - Amended Proposal for the South Dakota PUC Staff to Evaluate the 2007 Black Hills Integrated Resource Plan
- 01/20/10 -Slater Energy Consultants, Inc. Contract
- 03/01/10 - Request for Authority to Implement an Interim Rate Increase on April 1, 2010 Pursuant to SDCL 49-34A-17
- 03/05/10 - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Comment to Black Hills Power's Request to Implement Interim Rates
- 03/08/10 - Residential Consumers' Response to Black Hills Power's Request to Implement an Interim Rate Increase
- 03/09/10 - Certification Regarding Wygen III
- 03/17/10 - Interim Rate Tariff Sheets
- 04/01/10 - Certification Regarding In-Service Date of Wygen III
- 04/01/10 - Letter from Lee Magnuson
- 04/22/10 - Letter from Lee Magnuson
- 04/29/10 - Letter from Black Hills Power
- 04/29/10 - Direct Testimony of Christopher A. James on behalf of the Residential Consumers Coalition
- 04/29/10 - Direct Testimony of David Schlissel on behalf of the Residential Consumers Coalition
- Direct Testimony of David Schlissel on behalf of the Residential Consumers Coalition Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- Exhibit DAS-1
- Exhibit DAS-2
- Exhibit DAS-3
- Exhibit DAS-4
- Exhibit DAS-5 Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- Exhibit DAS-6 Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- Exhibit DAS-7 Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- 04/29/10 - Direct Testimony of Don Frankenfeld
- 05/14/10 - Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement
- 05/14/10 - Settlement Stipulation
- 05/14/10 - Staff Memorandum
- Staff Memorandum Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- Revenue Requirement
- Revenue Requirement Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- Rate Design
- Rate Design Confidential (Not Available to the Public)
- 05/14/10 - Certificate of Service
- 05/17/10 - Request for Contract Amendment
- 05/19/10 - Brief in Opposition to Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation
- 05/25/10 - Letter from Chairman Johnson
- 05/25/10 - Black Hills Power's Brief in Reply to Opposition to Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation
- 05/26/10 - Letter from Karen E. Cremer, Staff Attorney
- 05/28/10 - Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation
- Confidential Settlement Agreement between Black Hills Power, Inc. and Black Hills Industrial Intervenors (not available to the public)
- 06/01/10 - Second Request for Contract Amendment
- 06/04/10 - Rebuttal Testimony of William E. Avera
- 06/04/10 - Rebuttal Testimony of Doug Buresh
- 06/04/10 - Rebuttal Testimony of Jill S. Tietjen
- 06/04/10 - Rebuttal Testimony of George W. Evans on Behalf of the Commission Staff
- 06/11/10 - Letter from Black Hills Power
- 06/17/10 - Certificate of Service
- 06/17/10 - Staff's Response to Procedural Order Regarding Pre-Hearing Matters
- 06/17/10 - Certificate of Service
- 06/24/10 - Notice of Substitution of Counsel
- 06/28/10 - Black Hills Power, Wygen III Cost Analysis
- 06/28/10 - Prehearing Conference Transcript of June 21, 2010
- 07/20/10 - Revised Tariff Sheets
- 07/26/10 - Revised Tariff Sheets
- 07/27/10 - Revised Tariff Cover Sheet
- 07/28/10 - Revised Tariff Sheets
- 03/08/11 - Black Hills Power's Letter regarding Revised Tariff Sheets
- 06/02/11 - Docket Reclosed