2021 Black Hills Energy Rate Case

The Iowa Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA) negotiated a settlement agreement between the Iowa Utilities Board and Black Hills Energy, and invited CEDI to join after reviewing direct testimony CEDI filed in the rate case docket (RPU-2021-0002) at the Iowa Utilities Board.

The Iowa Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA) negotiated a settlement agreement between the Iowa Utilities Board and Black Hills Energy, and invited CEDI to join after reviewing direct testimony CEDI filed in the rate case docket (RPU-2021-0002) at the Iowa Utilities Board.

The Clean Energy Districts of Iowa (CEDI) has agreed to join a settlement agreement regarding a proposal by Black Hills Energy (BHE) to increase natural gas base rates. The agreement achieves the majority of objectives CEDI pursued in its testimony.

“We’re pleased with the settlement agreement” stated Jim Martin-Schramm, who developed the testimony for CEDI. “Some level of increase was inevitable, and any increase will be difficult this winter, on top of the recently added polar vortex fee, and rapidly rising market prices. But keeping the increase down to just over half of the original proposal, and eliminating what we believed were onerous riders and credit card fees, is a major improvement.”


Posted: November 26, 2021


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James Martin-Schramm, Policy Analyst

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