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Black Hills Power, Inc.
Black Hills Power, Inc. served 67,608 residential customers in South Dakota in 2025 (15.2% of the state's residential customers), the 2nd largest of 21 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority WACM.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Black Hills Power, Inc.'s average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 700 kWh
- At 15.12¢/kWh
- $106
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 15.12¢ sits.
Black Hills Power, Inc. averaged 15.12¢ per kWh against a South Dakota residential average of 13.38¢: 13% above the state figure. Among the 6 investor owned utilities in South Dakota with bundled residential sales, it ranks 6th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Black Hills Power, Inc. home used 777 kWh a month at 13.37¢ and paid $104. In 2025 it used 700 kWh at 15.12¢ and paid $106: the price per kWh is up 13.1%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 13.37 | 15.12 |
| Use, kWh a month | 777 | 700 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 103.97 | 105.88 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 67,608 | 568,047 | 15.12 |
| Commercial | 15,287 | 779,433 | 13.99 |
| Industrial | 5 | 179,306 | 10.44 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 37.2% of the electricity Black Hills Power, Inc. sold in South Dakota in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
226 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 226installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 1.5 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 3.3installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
6 counties.
ButteCusterFall RiverLawrenceMeadePennington
Counties in South Dakota where Black Hills Power, Inc. reported serving customers in 2025 (6 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 19545
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 15.12 | ¢/kWh |
| South Dakota average price | 13.38 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 13.0 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 13.1 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 700 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 105.88 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 67,608 | accounts |
| Share of SD residential customers | 15.2 | % |
| Size rank in SD | 2 of 21 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 6 of 6 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.
South Dakota: state average, five-year steps and every provider