BLACK HILLS ENERGY WELCOMES NEW UTILITY SPECIALIST TECHNICIAN TO THE WICHITA TEAM WICHITA, Kan., Jan 9, 2013 - Black Hills Energy recently announced that Jude Schreiner has joined the company in Wichita as a utility specialist technician.

Schreiner will be a member of the team responsible for safe, reliable natural gas service to Black Hill Energy's
34,000 natural gas customers in the Wichita area.
"Schreiner's qualifications and experience will benefit both the company and our customers as we put our energy into providing safe, reliable natural gas service," said Ron Henning, Operations Supervisor for Wichita. "We're pleased to have Jude with us and look forward to working with him."

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ABOUT BLACK HILLS ENERGY

Black Hills/Kansas Gas Utility Company, LLC d/b/a Black Hills Energy serves 110,000 natural gas customers in 57
Kansas communities. Black Hills Energy is a subsidiary of Black Hills Corp., a diversified energy company with a tradition of exemplary service and a vision to be the energy partner of choice. Black Hills Corp. is based in Rapid City, S.D., with corporate offices in Denver and Papillion, Neb. Black Hills Corp. serves 765,000 natural gas and electric utility customers in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, and its non- regulated businesses generate wholesale electricity and produce natural gas, oil and coal. Black Hills' 2,000 employees partner to produce results that are improving life with energy. More information is available at www.blackhillscorp.com.

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