UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM U5A - AMENDED

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION

 

Filed Under Section 5(A) of the

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935

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BLACK HILLS CORPORATION

625 Ninth Street

Rapid City, SD 57701

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The Notification of Registration filed in this proceeding on December 29, 2004, is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

1.

Exact Name of Registrant:

 

Black Hills Corporation

 

2.

Address and Principal Business Office:

 

625 Ninth Street

Rapid City, SD 57709

 

3.

Name and Address of Officer to Whom Notices and Communications Should be Addressed:

 

David R. Emery

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Black Hills Corporation

625 Ninth Street

Rapid City, SD 57701

 

with copies to:

 

Steven J. Helmers

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Black Hills Corporation

625 Ninth Street

Rapid City, SD 57701

 

 

 

4.

Required Information Regarding the Registrant and Each Subsidiary Company Thereof (Indented to Reflect Parent-Subsidiary Relationships):

 

 

Name of Company

 

Organization

State of

Organization

 

Type of Business

Black Hills Corporation

C

SD

Holding Company

Black Hills Power, Inc.

C

SD

Electric Utility

Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company

C

WY

Electric and Gas Utility

Black Hills Service Company, LLC

LLC

SD

Service Company Subsidiary

Black Hills Energy, Inc.

C

SD

Intermediate Non-Utility Holding Company

Enserco Energy, Inc.

C

SD

Energy-Related Company

Varifuel, LLC

LLC

SD

Inactive

Black Hills Midstream, LLC

LLC

SD

Intermediate Non-Utility Holding Company

Black Hills Exploration and Production, Inc.

C

WY

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Gas Holdings Corp.

C

CO

Intermediate Non-Utility Holding Company

Black Hills Cabresto Pipeline, LLC

LLC

DE

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Gas Resources, Inc.

C

CO

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Generation, Inc.

C

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Holding Company

Harbor Cogeneration Company, LLC

LLC

DE

Exempt Wholesale Generator

Black Hills Ontario, LLC

LLC

DE

Qualifying Facility

Black Hills Colorado, LLC

LLC

DE

Exempt Wholesale Generator

Black Hills Valmont Colorado, Inc.

C

DE

Financing Subsidiary

Black Hills Fountain Valley II, LLC

LLC

CO

Real Estate Holding Subsidiary

Black Hills Fountain Valley, LLC

LLC

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

E-Next A Equipment Leasing Company, LLC

LLC

DE

Financing Subsidiary

Fountain Valley Power, LLC

LLC

DE

Exempt Wholesale Generator

Black Hills Pepperell Power Associates, LLC

LLC

DE

Inactive

Black Hills Southwest, LLC

LLC

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

Black Hills Nevada, LLC

LLC

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

Black Hills Nevada Real Estate

Holdings, LLC

LLC

DE

Real Estate Holding Subsidiary

Desert Arc I, LLC

LLC

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Holding Company

Desert Arc II, LLC

LLC

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Holding Company

Las Vegas Cogeneration

Limited Partnership

LP

NV

Qualifying Facility

Sunco, Ltd., a Limited Liability Company

LLC

NV

QF Thermal Host

Las Vegas Cogeneration II, LLC

LLC

DE

Exempt Wholesale Generator

Las Vegas Cogeneration Energy Financing Company, LLC

LLC

DE

Financing Subsidiary

Black Hills Nevada Operations, LLC

LLC

DE

EWG and QF Operating Subsidiary

Black Hills Ivanpah, LLC

LLC

DE

EWG Development Subsidiary

Black Hills Ivanpah GP, LLC

LLC

DE

EWG Development Subsidiary

 

 

 

 

 

 

EIF Investors, Inc.

C

DE

Investment Non-Utility Subsidiary

Black Hills Idaho Operations, LLC

LLC

DE

QF Operating Subsidiary

West Cascade Energy, LLC

LLC

DE

EWG Development Subsidiary

Adirondack Hydro Development Corp.

C

DE

Inactive

Acquisition Partners, LP

LP

NY

Inactive

NHP, LP

LP

NY

Inactive

Black Hills Independent Power Fund, Inc.

C

TX

Inactive

Black Hills Waterville Station, LLC

LLC

SD

EWG Development Subsidiary

Buick Power, LLC

LLC

DE

EWG Development Subsidiary

Wyodak Resources Development Corporation

C

DE

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Wyoming, Inc.

C

WY

Exempt Wholesale Generator

Daksoft, Inc.

C

SD

Information Technology Support

Black Hills Energy Resources, Inc.

C

SD

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Energy Pipeline, LLC

LLC

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

Black Hills Millennium Pipeline, Inc.

C

SD

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

Millennium Pipeline Company, LP

LP

TX

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Energy Terminal, LLC

LLC

SD

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

Black Hills Millennium Terminal, Inc.

C

SD

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

Millennium Terminal Company, LP

LP

TX

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Kilgore Energy Pipeline, LLC

LLC

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

Black Hills Kilgore Pipeline, Inc.

C

DE

Intermediate Non-Utility Subsidiary

Black Hills Kilgore Pipeline Company, LP

LP

TX

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Operating Company, LLC

LLC

DE

Energy-Related Company

Black Hills Fiber Systems, Inc.

C

SD

Intermediate Non-Utility Holding Company

Black Hills FiberCom, LLC

LLC

SD

Exempt Telecommunications Co.

BHFC Publishing, LLC

LLC

DE

Exempt Telecommunications Co.

Black Hills Publishing Montana, LLC

LLC

DE

Exempt Telecommunications Co.

 

C = Corporation

LLC = Limited Liability Company

LP = Limited Partnership

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this Application to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

BLACK HILLS CORPORATION

 

 

/S/

David R. Emery

 

Date: May 27, 2005

By:

_________________________________________

 

Name:

David R. Emery

 

 

Title:

Chairman of the Board, President

 

 

and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

VERIFICATION

 

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

)

 

COUNTY OF PENNINGTON

) ss.

 

The undersigned being duly sworn deposes and says that he has duly executed the attached notification of registration dated May 27, 2005, for and on behalf of Black Hills Corporation; that he is the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of such company; and that all action by stockholders, directors and other bodies necessary to authorize deponent to execute and file such instrument has been taken. Deponent further says that he is familiar with such instrument and the contents thereof, and that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.

 

BLACK HILLS CORPORATION

 

 

/S/

David R. Emery

 

Date: May 27, 2005

By:

_________________________________________

 

Name:

David R. Emery

 

 

Title:

Chairman of the Board, President

 

 

and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

)

 

COUNTY OF PENNINGTON

) ss.

 

Sworn to before me this 27th day of May, 2005.

 

/S/

_________________________

Jayne Riske, Notary Public

My commission expires on August 17, 2007