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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - BLACK HILLS POWER INCFinancial_Report.xls
10-Q - BLACK HILLS POWER INCbhp10qq12012.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - BLACK HILLS POWER INCbhpexhibit312q12012.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - BLACK HILLS POWER INCbhpexhibit311q12012.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - BLACK HILLS POWER INCbhpexhibit322q12012.htm


Exhibit 32.1


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Black Hills Power, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David R. Emery, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or
15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date:
May 10, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ DAVID R. EMERY
 
 
David R. Emery
 
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer