08.01.19 Public Notice

Public Notice
 
Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Public Service Commission of Wyoming’s (Commission) Rules and Regulations, notice is hereby given of the Application of Black Hills Power, Inc. d/b/a Black Hills Energy (BHE or Company) for authority to implement an Energy Cost Adjustment (ECA) increase, as more fully described below.
BHE is a public utility as defined by Wyo. Stat. § 37-1-101(a)(vi)(C), subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction pursuant to Wyo. Stat. § 37-2-112.
On July 16, 2019, BHE filed an application requesting authorization for an increase of $0.0023 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to its electric rates through its ECA, effective September 1, 2019, pursuant to Commission Rule Chapter 3, Section 26(b), and in accordance with ECA procedures approved in Docket No. 20002-75-ER-09. BHE states the proposed increase is primarily due to an increase in coal related costs, increased purchase power costs, a decrease in reagent costs and an increase in transmission related costs. In addition, total-company Long-Term Wholesale revenue decreased. The ECA is calculated annually based on actual Delivered Energy Costs for the twelve months ending in May as compared to the base year Delivered Energy Costs, and includes an over-or-under recovery through the Balancing Account. The proposed ECA, for all customer classes, is $0.007 per kWh.
The following table depicts the current ECA rate verses the proposed ECA rate for BHE:
 

Rate Component

Current
$/kWh

New
$/kWh

Difference
$/kWh

ECA for all Rate Classes

(0.0016)

0.0007

0.0023

 
 
The proposed increase will affect approximately 2,638 customers, located in northeast Wyoming. BHE states in its Application that approval will result in a 1.80% increase for the average residential customer and a 2.20% increase for the average general service customer. The proposed increase results in a projected dollar-for-dollar increase of approximately $115,904 in the Company’s annual revenues.
This is not a complete description of the Application. Interested persons may inspect the Application at any BHE Wyoming business office, or at the Commission’s offices in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during regular business hours.  
Anyone desiring to file a public comment, statement, intervention petition, protest or request for a public hearing in this matter must so file with the Commission in writing on or before August 22, 2019. Any intervention request filed with the Commission shall set forth the grounds of the proposed intervention or request for hearing as well as the position and the interest of the petitioner in this proceeding.
If you wish to intervene in this matter or request a public hearing, which you will attend, and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, call the Commission at (307) 777-7427 or write to the Commission, 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002. Communications-impaired persons may contact the Commission through Wyoming Relay at 711. Please mention Docket No. 20002-112-EM-19 (Record No. 15306), in your communications.
 
(Publish July 25 and August 1, 2019)