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Black Hills Corp/SD – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 11/5/19, at 1:22pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1130464-19-43   ·   File #:  1-31303

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/05/19  Black Hills Corp/SD               10-Q        9/30/19  104:14M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.06M 
 6: EX-95       Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML     36K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
65: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     81K 
33: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    138K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
47: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     69K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
98: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     41K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
67: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    156K 
35: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
49: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    135K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
96: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Equity         HTML    119K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
69: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Equity         HTML     31K 
                (unaudited) Condensed Consolidated Statements of                 
                Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
91: R10         Management's Statement                              HTML     46K 
61: R11         Revenue                                             HTML    218K 
25: R12         Business Segment Information                        HTML    198K 
39: R13         Accounts Receivable                                 HTML     68K 
92: R14         Regulatory Accounting                               HTML     74K 
62: R15         Materials, Supplies and Fuel                        HTML     37K 
26: R16         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     61K 
41: R17         Notes Payable, Current Maturities and Debt          HTML     53K 
93: R18         Equity                                              HTML     31K 
59: R19         Risk Management Activities                          HTML    140K 
20: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    115K 
56: R21         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     38K 
89: R22         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                   HTML    105K 
81: R23         Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information    HTML     39K 
21: R24         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     95K 
57: R25         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     39K 
90: R26         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     31K 
82: R27         Income Taxes                                        HTML     35K 
19: R28         Accrued Liabilities                                 HTML     38K 
58: R29         Leases                                              HTML    234K 
38: R30         Investments                                         HTML     39K 
23: R31         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     29K 
64: R32         Management's Statement (Policies)                   HTML    242K 
95: R33         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    215K 
37: R34         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    198K 
22: R35         Accounts Receivable (Tables)                        HTML     65K 
63: R36         Regulatory Accounting (Tables)                      HTML     64K 
94: R37         Materials, Supplies and Fuel (Tables)               HTML     39K 
36: R38         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     64K 
24: R39         Notes Payable, Current Maturities and Debt          HTML     40K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R40         Risk Management Activities (Tables)                 HTML    134K 
16: R41         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    111K 
77: R42         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     37K 
84: R43         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)          HTML    106K 
54: R44         Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information    HTML     39K 
                (Tables)                                                         
15: R45         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     96K 
76: R46         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     36K 
83: R47         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     38K 
53: R48         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    136K 
17: R49         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     37K 
32: R50         Management's Statement (Details)                    HTML     42K 
46: R51         Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                 HTML    124K 
97: R52         Business Segment Information: Intercompany PPA      HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R53         Business Segment Information: Information Relating  HTML    136K 
                to Segment Statement of Income (Details)                         
34: R54         Business Segment Information: Segment and           HTML     47K 
                Corporate Assets (Details)                                       
48: R55         Accounts Receivable (Details)                       HTML     53K 
99: R56         Regulatory Accounting (Details)                     HTML     80K 
68: R57         Regulatory Accounting: Rate Review (Details)        HTML     76K 
31: R58         Materials, Supplies and Fuel (Details)              HTML     37K 
50: R59         Earnings Per Share: Earnings Per Share              HTML     46K 
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
86: R60         Earnings Per Share: Anti-dilutive shares (Details)  HTML     36K 
79: R61         Notes Payable, Current Maturities and Debt:         HTML     64K 
                Schedule of Short-term Debt and Narrative                        
                (Details)                                                        
12: R62         Notes Payable, Current Maturities and Debt: Debt    HTML     30K 
                Covenants (Details)                                              
51: R63         Notes Payable, Current Maturities and Debt:         HTML     34K 
                Long-Term Debt (Details)                                         
87: R64         Notes Payable, Current Maturities and Debt:         HTML     44K 
                Subsequent Event - Debt Offering (Details)                       
80: R65         Equity: At-the-Market Equity Offering Program       HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
14: R66         Risk Management Activities: Utilities (Details)     HTML     51K 
52: R67         Risk Management Activities: Cash Flow Hedges        HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R68         Risk Management Activities: Derivatives Not         HTML     42K 
                Designated as Hedge Instruments (Details)                        
78: R69         Fair Value Measurements: Schedule of Fair Values    HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R70         Fair Value Measurements: Balance Sheet Location     HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
104: R71         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     36K  
45: R72         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):                  HTML     69K 
                Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other                        
                Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                            
30: R73         Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): Accumulated      HTML     60K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                             
70: R74         Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information    HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
101: R75         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     71K  
42: R76         Commitments and Contingencies: Future Purchase      HTML     34K 
                Agreement - Related Party (Details)                              
27: R77         Commitments and Contingencies: Platte River Power   HTML     50K 
                Authority PPA's (Details)                                        
75: R78         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     44K 
100: R79         Accrued Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     44K  
72: R80         Lessee (Details)                                    HTML     31K 
103: R81         Lessee - Lease Costs (Details)                      HTML     37K  
44: R82         Lessee - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information     HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
29: R83         Lessee - Supplemental Cash Flow Information         HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R84         Lessee - Weighted Average Information (Details)     HTML     36K 
102: R85         Lessee - Future Minimum Payments (Details)          HTML    108K  
43: R86         Lessor (Details)                                    HTML     36K 
28: R87         Lessor - Future Minimum Payments (Details)          HTML     42K 
74: R88         Investments (Details)                               HTML     43K 
60: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    190K 
18: XML         XBRL Instance -- bkh10qq32019_htm                    XML   4.79M 
40: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    111K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- bkh-20190930_cal                XML    342K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- bkh-20190930_def                 XML    794K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- bkh-20190930_lab                      XML   1.99M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- bkh-20190930_pre               XML   1.22M 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- bkh-20190930                          XSD    209K 
13: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              438±   659K 
85: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001130464-19-000043-xbrl      Zip    382K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — bkh-20190930_pre

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