Black Hills Power Transmission 2019 Adjustments

Annual True-up and Schedule 1 Rate

The annual true-up is a calculation of the actual net revenue requirement costs versus the estimated costs Black Hills Basin Electric charged for the previous year. Schedule 2 will also have a True-up. At the same time Black Hills Basin Electric will calculate the Schedule 1 rate effective August 1st. Below is a summary of protocols and schedules associated with the annual true-up and Schedule 1:

Annual True Up: Black Hills Basin Electric will determine and post the actual transmission costs for the prior year compared to the projected ATRR and do a true up by June 1. Customers will be issued a refund or surcharge including interest.
Schedule 1: Black Hills Basin Electric will determine and post Schedule 1 rates by June 1.
Schedule 2: A true-up will be done on the estimated versus the actual costs.
Notifications: Within ten (10) days of posting Black Hills Basin Electric will provide notice to interested parties by email exploder which can be subscribed to on the Black Hills Basin Electric website.
Open meeting for interested parties: An open meeting will be held each year by July 1st to explain and clarify the annual true-up, and provide interested parties an opportunity to seek information and clarifications about the annual true-up.
Information exchange procedures: Interested parties have until Aug. 1 to serve reasonable information and document requests. The requests are limited to those items identified in Attachment H. Black Hills Basin Electric will respond by Sept. 1.
Challenge procedures: interested parties have until Sept. 15 to notify us, in writing, of any specific informal challenges to the Annual True-Up. Notice may be emailed to Transmission Services. Black Hills Basin Electric will respond to informal challenges by Oct. 15. Interested parties have until April 1 to make a formal challenge with FERC and simultaneously serve Black Hills Basin Electric. Formal challenges must satisfy all requirements set forth in Attachment H.

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