Black
Hills Corporation Names Emery Chairman of the Board
For Information Contact:
Mark T. Thies, Executive
Vice President; Dale
T. Jahr, Director, Investor Relations
RAPID CITY, SD—April 28, 2005—At
a meeting held April 26, 2005, the Board of Directors of
Black Hills Corporation (NYSE: BKH) elected David R. Emery
Chairman of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Emery
replaces Daniel P. Landguth, who was Chairman since 1991,
and who will retire from the Board of Directors effective
at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 25, 2005.
David R. Emery is a 15-year veteran of the Company, and
serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. He has
served in that capacity and as a Director since January
2004. Mr. Emery has a distinguished career of leadership
and achievement. Prior to his current role, he led the retail
services division of the Company, including oversight of
electric utility and broadband communications operations.
From 1997 to 2003, he was responsible for the Company’s
fuel resources operations, which included coal mining and
oil and natural gas exploration and production. Mr. Emery
holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering
and a master’s degree in business administration.
Black Hills Corporation is a diversified energy and communications
company. Black Hills Energy, the wholesale energy unit,
generates electricity, produces natural gas, oil and coal,
and markets energy. Our retail businesses are Black Hills
Power, an electric utility serving western South Dakota,
northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana; Cheyenne
Light, Fuel & Power, an electric and gas distribution
company serving the Cheyenne, Wyoming vicinity; and Black
Hills FiberCom, a broadband communications company, which
is under a definitive agreement to be sold on or before
June 30, 2005. More information is available at our Internet
web site: www.blackhillscorp.com.
