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Refer to Docket 32Civ15-146

Supreme Court #27751

Service List

Agendas:
May 26, 2015, Agenda of Commission Meeting
March 2, 2015, Revised Agenda of Commission Meeting
September 16, 2014, Agenda of Commission Meeting
June 24, 2014, Agenda of Commission Meeting
April 15, 2014, Agenda of Commission Meeting

Minutes:
Minutes of May 26, 2015, Commission Meeting
   Transcript of Commission Meeting May 26, 2015 (EL14-026)
Minutes of March 2, 2015, Commission Meeting
   Transcript of Commission Meeting March 2, 2015 (EL14-026)
Minutes of September 16, 2014, Commission Meeting
Minutes of June 24, 2014, Commission Meeting
Minutes of April 15, 2014, Commission Meeting

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Hearing:

The hearing shall commence at 9 a.m. CST, with marking of exhibits to begin at
8:30 a.m. CST, on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, and continuing at 8:00 a.m., on January 28 & 29, 2015, in the Matthew Training Center, Foss Building, 523 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota

• Order For and Notice of Hearing
• January 27, 2015
  • Recording AM
    • Confidential Recording 1 (not available to the public)
    • Confidential Recording 2 (not available to the public)
    • Confidential Recording 3 (not available to the public)
    • Confidential Recording 4 (not available to the public)
  • Recording PM
    • Confidential Recording (not available to the public)
  • Sign-In Sheet
  • Transcripts
    • Volume I - Redacted Public Transcript
      • Volume I - Confidential (not available to the public)
• January 28, 2015
  • Recording
    • Confidential Recording 1 (not available to the public)
    • Confidential Recording 2 (not available to the public)
  • Sign-In Sheet
  • Transcripts
    • Volume II - Redacted Public Transcript
      • Volume II - Confidential (not available to the public)
• Exhibits

• Order Assessing Filing Fee
• Order Granting Intervention (Black Hills Industrial lntervenors and Dakota Rural Action)
• Order Conditionally Authorizing and Approving Implementation of Contract with Deviations Rates on an Interim Basis
• Scheduling Order
• Order For and Notice of Hearing
• Post-Hearing Procedural Order
• Final Decision and Order; Notice of Entry
  • Appendix A - Public
  • Appendix A - Confidential (not available to the public)
• Procedural Order on Petition for Reconsideration
• Order for and Notice of Hearing on Petition for Reconsideration
• Order Denying Rehearing and Reconsideration

• 03/31/14 - Volume 1
  • Section 1
    • Letter of Transmittal
    • Notice of Proposed Changes of Rates and Charges
    • Attestation by the Authorized Accounting Representative
  • Section 2
    • Tariff Pages
  • Section 3
    • Comparison of Revenue under Present and Proposed Rates
  • Section 4
    • Summary Explanation of Statements and Schedules
      • Statement A - Balance Sheet
      • Statement B - Income Statement
      • Statement C - Statement of Retained Earnings
      • Statement D - Utility Plant in Service
        • Schedule D-1 - Detailed Plant Accounts
        • Schedule D-2 - Plant Addition and Retirement for Test Period
        • Schedule D-3 - Working Papers Showing Plant Accounts on Average Basis for Test Period
        • Schedule D-4 - Plant Account Working Papers for Previous Years
        • Schedule D-5 - Working Papers on Capitalizing Interest and Other Overheads During Construction
        • Schedule D-6 - Changes in Intangible Plant Working Papers
        • Schedule D-7 - Working Papers on Plant in Service Not Used and Useful
        • Schedule D-8 - Property Records Working Papers
        • Schedule D-9 - Working Papers for Plant Acquired for which Regulatory Approval Has Not Been Obtained
        • Schedule D-10 - Subsequent Property Additions
        • Schedule D-11 - Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station
      • Statement E - Accumulated Depreciation
        • Schedule E-1 - Working Papers on Recorded Changes to Accumulated Depreciation
        • Schedule E-2 - Working Papers on Depreciation and Amortization
        • Schedule E-3 - Working Papers on Allocation of Overall Accounts
      • Statement F - Working Capital
        • Schedule F-1 - Monthly Balances for Materials, Supplies, Fuel Stocks and Prepayments
        • Schedule F-2 - Monthly Balances for Two Years Immediately Preceding Test Year
        • Schedule F-3 - Data Used in Computing Working Capital
        • Schedule F-4 - Materials and Supplies - CPGS
      • Statement G - Rate of Return, Debt Capital, Preferred Stock Capital and Common Stock Capital
        • Schedule G-1 - Stock Dividends, Stock Splits or Changes in Par or Stated Value
        • Schedule G-2 - Common Stock Information
        • Schedule G-3 - Reacquisition of Bonds or Preferred Stock
        • Schedule G-4 - Earnings Per Share for Claimed Rate of Return
      • Statement H - Operation and Maintenance Expenses
        • Schedule H-1 - Adjustments to Operating and Maintenance Expenses
        • Schedule H-2 - Cost of Power and Gas
        • Schedule H-3 - Working Papers for Listed Expense Accounts
        • Schedule H-4 - Working Papers for Interdepartmental Transactions
        • Schedule H-5 - Intercompany Transactions Adjustment
        • Schedule H-6 - Employee Pension and Benefits Adjustments
        • Schedule H-7 - Bad Debt Adjustment
        • Schedule H-8 - Generation Dispatch and Scheduling Cost Detail
        • Schedule H-9 - Energy Cost Adjustment Expense Elimination
        • Schedule H-10 - Neil Simpson Complex Shared Facilities Adjustment
        • Schedule H-11 - Removal of Unallowed Advertising Expense
        • Schedule H-12 - Power Marketing Expense Adjustment
        • Schedule H-13 - Outside Consulting Related to Rate Case
        • Schedule H-14 - Vegetation Management Adjustment
        • Schedule H-15 - CPGS Operations and Maintenance Adjustment
        • Schedule H-16 - Ben French - Severance Expense Adjustment
        • Schedule H-17 - Neil Simpson Complex - Common Steam Allocation
        • Schedule H-18 - Ben French, Osage, and Neil Simpson I O&M Elimination Adjustment
        • Schedule H-19 - Future Track Workforce Development Program
        • Schedule H-20 - 69 kV LIDAR Surveying Project
        • Schedule H-21 - Customer Service Model Adjustment
      • Statement I - Operating Revenues
        • Schedule I-1 - Present and Proposed Revenues and Rates by Rate Class
        • Schedule I-2 - PIPR Rider Revenue Adjustment
      • Statement J - Depreciation Expense
        • Schedule J-1 - Expense Charged Other Than Prescribed Depreciation
        • Schedule J-2 - Amortization of the Decommissioning Regulator Asset
        • Schedule J-3 - Amortization of the Storm Atlas Regulatory Asset and System Inspection Costs
      • Statement K - Income Taxes
        • Schedule K-1 - Working Papers for Federal Income Taxes
          • Schedule K-1 - Working Papers for Federal Income Taxes Confidential (not available to the public)
        • Schedule K-2 - Differences in Book and Tax Depreciation
        • Schedule K-3 - Working Papers of Consolidated Federal Income Tax
          • Schedule K-3 - Working Papers for Consolidated Federal Income Tax Confidential (not available to the public)
        • Schedule K-4 - Working Papers for an Allowance for Current Tax Greater than Tax Calculated at Consolidated Rate
        • Schedule K-5 - Working Papers for Claimed Allowances for State Income Taxes
      • Statement L - Taxes Other than Income
        • Schedule L-1 - Working Papers of Adjusted Taxes
      • Statement M - Overall Cost of Service Schedule
        • M-1 - Other Rate Base Reductions
        • Schedule M-2 - Adjustment to Deferred Taxes
      • Statement N - Allocated Cost of Service by Jurisdiction
        • Schedule N-1 - Allocated Cost of Service as Adjusted
      • Statement O - Allocated Cost of Service by South Dakota Customer Class
        • Schedule O-1 - Derivation of Increased Rates
      • Statement P - Energy Cost Adjustment Factors
      • Statement Q - Description of Utility Operations
      • Statement R - Coal Supply Pricing Methodology
  • Section 5
    • Workpapers - WP-1 - Energy Related Units of Service
    • Workpapers - WP-2 - Plant in Service by Jurisdiction Detail for Distribution
    • Workpapers - WP-3 -Operation and Maintenance Expense by Month
    • Workpapers - WP-4 - Plant in Service Annualization
    • Workpapers - WP-5 - Ben French, Neil Simpson I, Osage General Plan and Accumulated Depreciation
• Volume 2
  • Vance Crocker's Direct Testimony
  • Kyle D. White's Direct Testimony
    • Exhibit KDW-1 - Black Hills Corporation Organizational Chart
    • Exhibit KDW-2 - Black Hills Corporation Subsidiary List
  • Jill S. Tietjen's Direct Testimony
    • Exhibit JST-1 - Jill Tietjen Qualifications
    • Exhibit JST-2 - Black Hills Power 2011 Integrated Resource Plan
  • Mark Lux's Direct Testimony
  • Kent J. Kopetzky's Direct Testimony
  • Michael J. Fredrich's Direct Testimony
    • Exhibit MJF-1 - Diagram of the BHP 230 & 69 kV Transmission System
  • Jennifer Landis' Direct Testimony
    • Exhibit JCL-1 - FutureTrack Workforce Development Program Description
    • Exhibit JCL-2 - BHP FutureTrack Workforce Revenue Requirements
  • Laura E. Patterson's Direct Testimony
  • Jon Thurber's Direct Testimony
  • Christopher J. Kilpatrick's Direct Testimony
    • Exhibit CJK-1 - Fuel and Purchase Power Adjustment Example
    • Exhibit CJK-2 - Fuel and Purchase Power Adjustment Tariff Pages
    • Exhibit CJK-3 - Request for Accounting Order - Winter Storm Atlas
    • Exhibit CJK-4 - Request for Accounting Order - FutureTrack
    • Exhibit CJK-5 - Service Company Service Agreement
    • Exhibit CJK-6 - Utility Holdings Service Agreement
    • Exhibit CJK-7 - Cost Allocation Manual (CAM) - Service Company
    • Exhibit CJK-8 - Cost Allocation Manual (CAM) - Utility Holdings
  • Charles Gray's Direct Testimony
    • Exhibit CRG-1 - Test Year Billing Determinants
      • Exhibit CRG-1 - Test Year Billing Determinants Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit CRG-2 - Weather Normalization Adjustment
    • Exhibit CRG-3 - Industrial Contract Service Accrual Adjustment
      • Exhibit CRG-3 - Industrial Contract Service Accrual Adjustment Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit CRG-4 - Docket EL12-061 Rate Annualization Adjustment
      • Exhibit CRG-4 - Docket EL12-061 Rate Annualization Adjustment Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit CRG-5 - PIPR Rider Revenue Adjustment
    • Exhibit CRG-6 - Pro Forma Billing Determinants on Current Rates
      • Exhibit CRG-6 - Pro Forma Billing Determinants on Current Rates Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit CRG-7 - PIPR & EIA Roll-In Adjustment
      • Exhibit CRG-7 - PIPR & EIA Roll-In Adjustment Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit CRG-8 - Pro Forma Billing Determinants on Proposed Rates
      • Exhibit CRG-8 - Pro Forma Billing Determinants on Proposed Rates Confidential (not available to the public)
  • John J. Spanos' Direct Testimony
    • Exhibit JJS-1 - Qualifications
    • Exhibit JJS-2 - Depreciation Study - Abbreviated
    • Exhibit JJS-2 - Depreciation Study - Full
  • Brian G. Iverson's Direct Testimony
    • Exhibit BGI-1 - Black Hills Power Historical Capital Structure QTD and MTD 2011-2013
  • William E. Avera's Direct Testimony
    • WEA-1 - Qualifications of William E. Avera
    • WEA-2 - ROE Analyses - Adjusted Cost of Equity
    • WEA-3 - Capital Structure
    • WEA-4 - DCF Model - Electric Group
    • WEA-5 - Sustainable Growth Rate - Electric Group
    • WEA-6 - Empirical CAPM - Electric Group
    • WEA-7 - Utility Risk Premium
    • WEA-8 - CAPM - Electric Group
    • WEA-9- Expected Earnings Approach
    • WEA-10 - DCF Model - Non-Utility Group
• 04/11/14 - Black Hills Power's Letter regarding Revised Exhibit A, B, C, D
  • Exhibit A- Revised Tariff Section No. 3, Sheet No. 11, No. 12 and No. 33 in clean and tracked changes to the present tariffs
  • Exhibit B - Revised Section 3, page 1 of 3 in Volume I
  • Exhibit C - Revised pages 39, 40 and 41 of the Direct Testimony of Charles R. Gray
  • Exhibit D - Revised Exhibit CRG-8
    • Exhibit D - Revised Exhibit CRG-8 Confidential (not available to the public)
• 06/06/14 - Petition to Intervene of GCC Dacotah, Inc.; Pete Lien & Sons, Inc.; Rushmore Forest Products, Inc.; Spearfish Forest Products, Inc.; Rapid City Regional Hospital, Inc.; and Wharf Resources (U.S.A.), Inc.
  • Certificate of Service
• 06/06/14 - Petition to Intervene (Dakota Rural Action)
  • Certificate of Service
• 06/18/14 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Objection to the Intervention Petition of Dakota Rural Action
  • Certificate of Service
• 06/18/14 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Response to Intervention Petition of Black Hills Industrial Intervenors
  • Certificate of Service
• 06/20/14 - Notice of Appearance (Caitlin F. Collier)
• 06/20/14 - Dakota Rural Action, Inc.'s Response to Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Objection to Dakota Rural Action, Inc.'s Petition to Intervene and Certificate of Service
• 06/20/14 - Dakota Rural Action's Attachment to Paragraph 4 of Response to Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Objection to Dakota Rural Action, Inc.'s Petition to Intervene Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Certificate of Service
• 06/27/14 - Supplemental Affidavit to Intervenor Dakota Rural Action, Inc.'s Petition to Intervene and Response to Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Objection and Certificate of Service
• 09/03/14 - Notice of Intent to Implement Interim Rates
• 09/03/14 - Certificate of Service
• 09/03/14 - Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement
  • Settlement Agreement between Black Hills Power, Inc. and South Dakota Science and Technology Authority Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit C - Definitions Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit 1 - Third Amendment to Electric Power Service Agreement Between Black Hills Power, Inc. and Science and Technology Authority Confidential (not available to the public) This was replaced by the filing on 9/4/14. Pages 3 and 4 were omitted in the Settlement Agreement Exhibit B
• 09/04/14 - Motion for Approval of Settlement Agreement
  • Settlement Agreement between Black Hills Power, Inc. and South Dakota Science and Technology Authority Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit 1 - Third Amendment to Electric Power Service Agreement Between Black Hills Power, Inc. and Science and Technology Authority Confidential (not available to the public)
      • Exhibit B - New Base Rates Confidential (not available to the public)
      • Exhibit C - Definitions Confidential (not available to the public)
• 09/10/14 - PUC Staff Memorandum regarding Third Amendment to Electric Power Service Agreement between Black Hills Power, Inc. and South Dakota Science and Technology Authority
• 09/12/14 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Responses to Staff's Data Requests
  • Response to Staff's Data Request 9-1 Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Response to Staff's Data Request 9-2 Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Response to Staff's Data Request 9-3 Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Response to Staff's Data Request 9-4 Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Response to Staff's Data Request 9-5 Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Response to Staff's Data Request 9-6 Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Attachment 9-6 Confidential (not available to the public)
• 09/24/14 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Letter regarding Revised Tariff Section No. 3A, Sheet No. 1
  • Tariff Page - Redlined
  • Tariff Page
• 12/09/14 - Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation
  • Settlement Stipulation
    • Exhibit 1 - Tariff Pages
    • Exhibit 2 - Class Allocation of the Rate Increase for the Pro Forma Test Year Ended September 30, 2013
    • Exhibit 3 - Interim Rate Refund Plan
    • Exhibit 4 - Customer Notice
  • Certificate of Service
• 12/30/14 - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Letter regarding Testimony and Exhibits
  • Lane Kollen's Direct Testimony
    • Lane Kollen's Direct Testimony Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit ___(LK-1) - Qualifications and Regulatory Appearances
    • Exhibit ___(LK-2) - BHll Adjustment to Remove Double Count of Spare Parts for CPGS
    • Exhibit ___(LK-3) - PUC Staff's Data Request 6-42 and Response
    • Exhibit ___(LK-4) - BHll Adjustment to Remove NOL Carryforward ADIT from Rate Base
    • Exhibit ___(LK-5) - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s FERC Form No. 1 - Page 234
    • Exhibit ___(LK-6) - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s FERC Form No. 1 - Page 123.13
    • Exhibit ___(LK-7) - BHll Adjustment to Remove Estimated Decommissioning Costs as a Regulatory Asset
    • Exhibit ___(LK-8) - BHll Adjustment to Remove Contingency from Estimated Decommissioning Costs and Amortize Over 10 Year
    • Exhibit ___(LK-9) - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Data Request 26 and Response
    • Exhibit ___(LK-10) - BHll Adjustment to Extend Amortization to 10 Years for Winter Storm Atlas Regulatory Asset and to Include ADIT in Rate Base
    • Exhibit ___(LK-11) - BHll Adjustment to Remove Estimated 69kV Surveying Project as a Regulatory Asset
    • Exhibit ___(LK-12) - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Data Request 20 and Response
    • Exhibit ___(LK-13) - BHll Alternative Adjustment to Extend Amortization of 69kV Surveying Project Costs to 10 Years and to Reduce Rate Base for Related ADIT
    • Exhibit ___(LK-14) - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Data Request 18 and Response
    • Exhibit ___(LK-15) - BHll Adjustment to Extend Amortization Period for Remaining NBV on Retired Plants to 10 Years and to Include ADIT in Rate Base
    • Exhibit ___(LK-16) - BHll Adjustment to Reduce Depreciation Expense by Extending Service Life Span of CPGS and to Include ADIT in Rate Base
    • Exhibit ___(LK-17) - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Data Request 11 and Response
    • Exhibit ___(LK-18) - Black Hills Power's Depreciation Study
    • Exhibit ___(LK-19) - Black Hills Power's Report on Depreciation Accrual Rates
    • Exhibit ___(LK-20) - BHll Adjustment to Depreciation Expense - Production
    • Exhibit ___(LK-21) - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Data Request 5 and Response
    • Exhibit ___(LK-22) - Cost of Capital Summary of BHII Recommendations Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Stephen J. Baron's Direct Testimony
    • Stephen J. Baron's Direct Testimony Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit___(SJB-1) - Qualifications and Regulatory Appearances
    • Exhibit___(SJB-2) - EIA's Article "Levelized Cost and Levelized Avoided Cost of New Generation Resources in the Annual Energy Outlook 2014"
    • Exhibit___(SJB-3) - NARUC's Electric Utility Cost Allocation Manual
    • Exhibit___(SJB-4) - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Data Request 36 and Response
    • Exhibit___(SJB-5) - Corrected Pro Forma Class Cost of Service Study
  • Affidavit of Service
• 01/06/15 - Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Andrew Moratzka
  • Affidavit of Andrew Moratzka for Admission Pro Hac Vice
  • Order Granting Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Andrew Moratzka
  • Certificate of Service
• 01/06/15 - Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Chad T. Marriott
  • Affidavit of Chad T. Marriott for Admission Pro Hac Vice
  • Order Granting Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Chad T. Marriott
  • Certificate of Service
• 01/15/15 - PUC Staff's Letter
  • David E. Peterson's Testimony
  • PUC Staff Memorandum - Public
  • PUC Staff Memorandum Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Revenue Requirement
  • Exhibit___(BAM-1) Schedule 1 - Settlement SD Electric Revenue Requirement
  • Exhibit___(BAM-1) Schedule 2 - Settlement SD Electric Operating Income Statement Summary
  • Exhibit___(BAM-1) Schedule 3 - Settlement SD Electric Operating Income Statement with Known and Measurable Adjustments
  • Exhibit___(BAM-2) Schedule 1 - Settlement SD Electric Rate Base Summary
  • Exhibit___(BAM-2) Schedule 2 - Settlement SD Electric Rate Base with Known and Measurable Adjustments
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 1 - Settlement Wages and Salaries Adjustment - Public
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 1 - Settlement Wages and Salaries Adjustment Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 2 -  Settlement Interest Synchronization Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 3 - Settlement Power Marketing Expense Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 4 - Settlement Depreciation
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 5 - Settlement Post Test Year Non-Revenue Producing Plant Additions
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 6 - Settlement Annualization of Non-Revenue Producing Plant Additions
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 7 - Settlement Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station Plant Addition
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 8 - Settlement CPGS Operations and Maintenance Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 9 - Settlement Decommissioning Regulatory Asset
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 10 - Settlement Storm Atlas Regulatory Asset and System Inspection Costs
  • Exhibit___(BAM-3) Schedule 11 - Settlement Income Tax Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(BLC-1) Schedule 1 - Settlement Cost of Capital - Public
  • Exhibit___(BLC-1) Schedule 1 - Settlement Cost of Capital Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Exhibit___(BLC-1) Schedule 2 - Settlement Weather Normalization Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(DEP-1) Schedule 1 - Settlement Incentive Compensation Expense Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(DEP-1) Schedule 2 - Settlement BHC/BHUH - Intercompany Charges
  • Exhibit___(DEP-1) Schedule 3 - Settlement BHC/BHSC - Intercompany Charges
  • Exhibit___(DEP-1) Schedule 4 - Settlement FutureTrack - Public
  • Exhibit___(DEP-1) Schedule 4 - Settlement FutureTrack Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Exhibit___(EJP-1) Schedule 1 - Settlement Association Dues Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(EJP-1) Schedule 2 - Settlement Rate Case Expense
  • Exhibit___(EJP-1) Schedule 3 - Settlement Advertising Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(EJP-1) Schedule 4 - Settlement Economic Development Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 1 - Settlement Generation Dispatch and Scheduling Cost Detail
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 2 - Settlement Neil Simpson Complex - Common Steam Allocation
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 3 - Settlement Customer Service Model Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 4 - Settlement Cash Working Capital
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 5 - Settlement 69 kV LIDAR Surveying Project
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 6 - Settlement Tax Collections Available
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 7 - Settlement Bad Debt Analysis
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 8 - Settlement Storm Damage Expense
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 9 - Settlement Vegetation Management Expense
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 10 - Settlement Working Capital Updates
  • Exhibit___(PJS-1) Schedule 11 - Settlement Neil Simpson Complex Shared Facilities Adjustment
  • Rate Design
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 1 - Settlement Rate Design by Customer Class - Public
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 1 - Settlement Rate Design by Customer Class Confidential (not available to the public, BHII, & DRA)
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 2-1 - Residential Rate Schedules
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 2-2 - Small General Service Schedules
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 2-3 - Large General Service & Industrial Schedules
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 2-4 - Lighting Service Schedules
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 2-5 - Special Contracts Schedules - Public
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 2-5 - Special Contracts Schedules Confidential (not available to the public, BHII, & DRA)
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 2-5 - Special Contracts Schedules - BHII Copy - Confidential (not available to the public & DRA)
  • Exhibit___(PJS-2) Schedule 3 - Bill Comparison
  • Certificate of Service (All Parties)
  • Certificate of Service (Parties Confidential Material)
  • Certificate of Service (BHP, Staff, & BHII Only)
  • Certificate of Service (BHP & Staff Only)
• 01/15/15 - Black Hills Power's Testimony
  • Kyle D. White's Rebuttal Testimony (Public)
• Kyle D. White's Rebuttal Testimony Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Exhibit - KDWR-1 - Settlement Class Cost of Service Study Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Exhibit - KDWR-2 - Large General Service Contract Bill Comparisons Confidential (not available to the public)
• John J. Spanos' Rebuttal Testimony
  • Exhibit JJSR-1 - Annual Accrual Amounts and Rates by Account
• Jon Thurber's Testimony
  • Exhibit JTR-1 - Wyodak Operations and Maintenance Cost Adjustment
• Christopher J. Kilpatrick's Testimony
• Robert J. Hollibaugh's Testimony
• Certificate of Service
• 01/20/15 - PUC's Staff Exhibit/Witness Document
  • Certificate of Service
• 01/20/15 - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Letter regarding Exhibit/Witness List
  • Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Exhibit List
  • Affidavit of Service
• 01/20/15 - Exhibit List of Black Hills Power, Inc.
  • Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Witness List
• 01/21/15 - Corrected Exhibit List of Black Hills Power, Inc.
• 01/23/15 - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Letter regarding Notice for Hearing and Motion for Briefing
  • Affidavit of Service
  • Notice of Hearing
  • Motion for Briefing of GCC Dacotah, Inc.; Pete Lien & Sons, Inc.; Rushmore Forest Products, Inc.; Spearfish Forest Products, Inc.; Rapid City Regional Hospital, Inc., and Wharf Resources (U.S.A.), Inc.
• 02/10/15 - Amended Settlement Stipulation between Black Hills Power, Inc. and South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Staff
  • Amended Settlement Stipulation - Redlined
  • Certificate of Service
• 02/10/15 - Staff's Memorandum Supporting Amended Settlement Stipulation
  • Exhibit___(BAM-4) Schedule 1 - Amended Settlement SD Electric Revenue Requirement
  • Exhibit___(BAM-4) Schedule 2 - Amended Settlement SD Electric Revenue Operating Income Statement Summary
  • Exhibit___(BAM-4) Schedule 3 - Amended Settlement SD Electric Operating Income Statement With Known and Measurable Adjustments
  • Exhibit___(BAM-5) Schedule 1 - Amended Settlement SD Rate Base Summary
  • Exhibit___(BAM-5) Schedule 2 - Amended SD Electric Rate Base with Known and Measurable Adjustments
  • Exhibit___(BAM-6) Schedule 1 - Amended Settlement Interest Synchronization Adjustment
  • Exhibit___(DEP-2) Schedule 1 - Amended Settlement BHC BHUH Intercompany Charges
  • Exhibit___(PJS-3) Schedule 1 - Amended Settlement Cash Working Capital
  • Exhibit___(PJS-3) Schedule 2 - Amended Settlement Bad Debt Analysis
• 02/13/15 - Transcripts of January 27, 2015, Hearing
  • Volume I - Redacted Public Transcript
    • Volume I - Confidential (not available to the public)
• 02/13/15 - Transcripts of January 28, 2015, Hearing
  • Volume II - Redacted Public Transcript
    • Volume II - Confidential (not available to the public)
• 02/17/15 - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Letter regarding Post-Hearing Brief
  • Affidavit of Service
  • Post-Hearing Brief of the Black Hills Industrial Intervenors - Public
    • Exhibit A - Exhibit 9 - South Dakota Retail Revenue Requirement - Summary BHII Recommendations - Compared to Company's Filing and Proposed Settlement with Staff ($ Millions)
  • Post-Hearing Brief of the Black Hills Industrial Intervenors Confidential (not available to the public)
    • Exhibit A - Exhibit 9 - South Dakota Retail Revenue Requirement - Summary BHII Recommendations - Compared to Company's Filing and Proposed Settlement with Staff ($ Millions) Confidential (not available to the public)
• 02/17/15 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Post-Hearing Brief - Public
  • Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Post-Hearing Brief Confidential (not available to the public)
• 02/17/15 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Post-Hearing Brief
• 02/17/15 - Brief of Intervenor Dakota Rural Action and Certificate of Service
• 02/18/15 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Certificate of Service for Post-Hearing Brief - Confidential Version
• 02/18/15 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Certificate of Service for Post-Hearing Brief - Public Version
• 02/23/15 - Joint Motion for Approval of Amended Settlement Stipulation (between Black Hills Power, Inc. and Staff of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission)
  • Certificate of Service
• 03/05/15 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Letter regarding Customer Notice, Tariff and Interim Rate Refund Plan
  • Customer Notice
  • Tariff Pages
  • Interim Refund Plan
• 03/09/15 - Transcript of Commission Meeting March 2, 2015 (EL14-026)
• 03/27/15 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Letter regarding Informational Report on the Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station Capital Project
  • Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station Capital Project
• 04/01/15 - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Letter regarding Petition for Rehearing and Reconsideration
  • Affidavit of Service
  • Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Petition for Rehearing and Reconsideration
• 04/02/15 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Letter regarding Revised Tariff Pages
  • Revised Tariff Pages
• 04/17/15 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Answer to BHII's Petition for Rehearing and Reconsideration
  • Certificate of Service
• 04/23/15 - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Letter regarding Filing an Amended Petition
  • Affidavit of Service
• 05/11/15 - Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Letter regarding Amended Petition for Rehearing and Reconsideration
  • Black Hills Industrial Intervenors' Amended Petition for Rehearing and Reconsideration
  • Affidavit of Service
• 05/22/15 - Black Hills Power, Inc.'s Answer to BHII's Amended Petition for Rehearing and Reconsideration
• 07/06/15 - Transcript of Commission Meeting May 26, 2015 (EL14-026)
• 07/27/17 - Docket Closed