Black Hills Corporation
Based in SD
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AI Overview
With $2.4M in lobbying spend across 34 quarterly filings, Black Hills Corporation is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 16 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
$2.4M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
3
Lobbyists Deployed
16
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
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| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $1.6M |
| 2019 | $190K |
| 2020 | $80K |
| 2021 | $40K |
| 2022 | $110K |
| 2023 | $220K |
| 2024 | $40K |
| 2025 | $150K |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Budget/Appropriations, Environment, Energy, Taxation, Homeland Security and 11 more
- •H.R.1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, (Division D - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018; Division G - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Re
- •H.R.4476, PURPA Modernization Act of 2017;
- •Clean Power Plan and greenhouse gas regulation generally;
- •Natural gas supply generally;
- •Methane emissions generally;
- •Pipeline safety generally
- •H.R. 1, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
- •Cybersecurity issues generally.
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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