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Black Hills Corp. Gas Utility Receives Approval for New Rates in Kansas
RAPID CITY, S.D., July 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH) today announced that its natural gas utility subsidiary in Kansas received approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission of a unanimous settlement agreement for new rates. The new rates will provide recovery of approximately $118 million of system investments since the utility’s last general rate filing in 2021 and inflationary impacts on costs of delivering safe and reliable natural gas service. “This approval w
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