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BLACK HILLS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization
BLACK HILLS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC (EIN 46-0111503)
Tax period
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed
2026-04-23
IRS object ID
202641149349300404
Schema version
2024v5.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2026-04-23T12:22:10-04:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2024-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2024-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

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EIN460111503EIN

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Phone6056734461PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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CityCUSTERCityNm
State AbbreviationSDStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP577300792ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonSammi LangendorfPersonNm
Person TitleCFOPersonTitleTxt
Phone6056734461PhoneNum
Signature2026-04-24SignatureDt
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Tax2024TaxYr
Build TS2025-03-06 01:10:19ZBuildTS

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Amended ReturnYes (X)AmendedReturnInd
Principal OfficerWalker WittPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO BOX 792AddressLine1Txt
CityCUSTERCityNm
State AbbreviationSDStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP577300792ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$25,866,273GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For AffiliatesfalseGroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501cYes (X)Organization501cInd
Website Addressbhec.coopWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1940FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateSDLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionBlack Hills Electric cooperative is a non-profit member owned organization whose mission is to provide great electric distribution service at the lowest cost consistent with sound business practices.ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body7VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent7VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee28TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers0TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI$421,300TotalGrossUBIAmt
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PY Other Revenue$6,997PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue$3,503CYOtherRevenueAmt
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PY Grants And Similar Paid$15,835PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid$16,766CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members$1,999,698PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members$2,399,595CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$3,378,522PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
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CY Total Expenses$21,574,581CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses$3,828,487PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses$4,206,891CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY$82,154,386TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY$82,396,288TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY$45,930,003TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY$44,315,625TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY$36,224,383NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY$38,080,663NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
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Grant$16,766GrantAmt
Revenue$24,475,624RevenueAmt
DescProvide electric service to 11,373 service locations in the rural area of the Black Hills and southwest Soth Dakota 24 hours each day of the year.Desc

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Taxable DistributionsfalseTaxableDistributionsInd
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Investment In Joint VenturefalseInvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (16 entries)

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Walker Witt
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Sammi Langendorf
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Bill Brisk
Manger of Operations47.600.00$172,527$0$58,108Yes (X)
Jesse Sorenson
System Coordinator42.600.00$150,631$0$80,336Yes (X)
Michelle Fischer
Dir of Communications-Member Service42.600.00$124,230$0$71,699Yes (X)
Jeff Barnes
IT Specialist41.600.00$123,288$0$71,549Yes (X)
Beau Bradeen
Crew Foreman43.900.00$121,377$0$58,108Yes (X)
Dean Whitney
Crew Foreman43.600.00$119,243$0$66,606Yes (X)
Rory Halverson
Staking Tech41.900.00$108,343$0$66,606Yes (X)
Don Anderson
Board Treasurer3.040.00Yes (X)$6,675$0$0Yes (X)
Alan Bishop
Board Assistant Secretary3.620.00Yes (X)$8,556$0$0Yes (X)
Gary Kluthe
Director3.500.00$7,763$0$20,000Yes (X)
David Lindblom
Board Vice President2.920.00Yes (X)$7,081$0$0Yes (X)
Jim Preston
Board President4.000.00Yes (X)$9,515$0$0Yes (X)
Dennis Quivey
Director3.040.00$6,860$0$0Yes (X)
Thad Wasson
Board Secretary3.850.00Yes (X)$8,630$0$0Yes (X)
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Kainz Powerlines Inc
PO Box 748CUSTERSD57730Line Construction$210,051
Rushmore Engineering
PO Box 2414Rapid CitySD57709Engineering$182,387
SD Rural Electric Association
222 West PleasantPierreSD57501Training & Publishing$160,595
May Construction Inc
PO Box 402MadisonSD57042Line Construction$107,085
Osmose Utilities Services Inc
PO Box 736729dallasTX75373Pole Testing$105,347
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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Gross Rec/Kwh Tax$263,507$0$0$0
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Total$1,697TotalAmt
Program Services$0ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$0ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$21,574,581TotalAmt
Program Services$0ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$0ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt
Program Services$0ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$0ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$450BOYAmt
EOY$450EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,691,513BOYAmt
EOY$4,859,443EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,871,187BOYAmt
EOY$3,147,541EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,320,814BOYAmt
EOY$4,947,080EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$133,691BOYAmt
EOY$210,463EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$95,296,774LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$39,891,548LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$55,625,531BOYAmt
EOY$55,405,226EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$7,997BOYAmt
EOY$8,462EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$500BOYAmt
EOY$500EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$13,430,246BOYAmt
EOY$13,782,122EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$72,457BOYAmt
EOY$35,001EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$82,154,386BOYAmt
EOY$82,396,288EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,622,691BOYAmt
EOY$2,843,837EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,700,000BOYAmt
EOY$2,700,000EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$37,151,392BOYAmt
EOY$34,993,671EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$167,000BOYAmt
EOY$167,000EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,288,920BOYAmt
EOY$3,611,117EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$45,930,003BOYAmt
EOY$44,315,625EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117Yes (X)OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,215,348BOYAmt
EOY$6,567,197EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$30,009,035BOYAmt
EOY$31,513,466EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$36,224,383BOYAmt
EOY$38,080,663EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$82,154,386BOYAmt
EOY$82,396,288EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$4,206,891ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$0NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense$0InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$0PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets-$2,350,611OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewYes (true)AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$1,690,997InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$1,690,997BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$713,543InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$52,651DepreciationAmt
Book Value$52,651BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Leasehold ImprovementsLeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$3,739,270InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$2,886,995DepreciationAmt
Book Value$852,276BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$89,152,964InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$36,343,662DepreciationAmt
Book Value$52,809,302BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$55,405,226TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescRESCO stockDesc
Book Value$500BookValueAmt
Method ValuationCMethodValuationCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities$500TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Invst Program Related Org InvstProgramRelatedOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmtMethod ValuationMethodValuationCd
Investment in Associated Organizations -Patronage Capital$10,689,891C
Investment in Associated Organizations$374,421C
Revenue Deferral Investment$2,700,000C
Economic Development Investment$6,667C
Other Investments$11,143C
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Program Rltd$13,782,122TotalBookValueProgramRltdAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability$0FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
Refundable Aid to Construction$1,565,293
Consumer Deposits$280,553
Electric Prepayments$726,515
Unclaimed Capital Credits$1,038,756
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$3,611,117TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$25,781,472TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$25,781,472RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$25,781,472TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$21,574,581TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$21,574,581ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$21,574,581TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (9 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Walker Witt
CEO$298,847$0$200$0$21,672$0$99,314$0$19,870$0$439,903$0$0$0
Sammi Langendorf
CFO$161,472$0$200$0$12,131$0$55,106$0$30,792$0$259,701$0$0$0
Bill Brisk
Manger of Operations$167,491$0$200$0$4,836$0$36,074$0$22,034$0$230,635$0$0$0
Jesse Sorenson
System Coordinator$143,600$0$200$0$6,830$0$49,787$0$30,550$0$230,967$0$0$0
Michelle Fischer
Dir of Communications-Member Service$121,169$0$200$0$2,861$0$41,534$0$30,165$0$195,929$0$0$0
Jeff Barnes
IT Specialist$119,276$0$200$0$3,812$0$41,385$0$30,165$0$194,838$0$0$0
Beau Bradeen
Crew Foreman$116,341$0$200$0$4,836$0$36,074$0$22,034$0$179,485$0$0$0
Dean Whitney
Crew Foreman$118,155$0$200$0$4,836$0$36,074$0$22,034$0$181,299$0$0$0
Rory Halverson
Staking Tech$107,521$0$200$0$621$0$36,661$0$29,945$0$174,948$0$0$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Item B - Amended Returnmissed decimal point
Part VI, Line 6BHEC is an electric cooperative. Members are the persons that purchase electricity from BHEC. Each member has equal rights and has one vote in the cooperative.
Part VI, Line 7aBHEC is an electric cooperative. Members are the persons that purchase electricity from BHEC. Each member has equal rights and has one vote in the cooperative.
Part VI, Line 7bChanges to the bylaws must be approved by a vote of members. Each member has one vote.
Part VI, Line 12cWhen a potential conflict of interest comes up the general counsel reviews the conflict of interest policy and the board ensures compliance. The policy is reviewed on a yearly basis.
Part VI, Line 15A yearly compensation study is prepared by management and presented to the board. The study includes national regional state and local wage comparisons for each position within the cooperative. It compares internal equity based on benchmarking a common position along with evaluating external competitiveness. The board uses this information to set compensation.
Part VI, Line 19All disclosures of documents required by law are made available to the public. Private corporate documents financial statements and policies may be available to the public or members pursuant to board policy number 111: Member Requests for information. Upon written request the CEO schedules a time for the review of requested articles at the cooperative headquarters. Also an audited financial statement is mailed yearly to all active members of the cooperative as part of the Annual Report.
Part XI, Line 9| Description:, Explanation:, Amount:| Retirement of capital credits, Retirement of capital credits, $-2398904| Unclaimed Capital Credits & Estate Discounts, Retained Capital Credits, $49293| Scholarship paid from Retained Capital Credits, Scholarship, $-1000|

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Black Hills Engineering DevelopmentBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1PO Box 792AddressLine1Txt
CityCusterCityNm
State AbbreviationSDStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP57730ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN460391683EIN
Primary ActivitiesInactivePrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateSDLegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section501(C)(1)ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Direct Controlling NAN/ADirectControllingNACd
Controlled OrganizationfalseControlledOrganizationInd