Nathan Woods, Black Hills Power 2013 BKH Analyst Day October 3, 2013
Agenda Welcome Jerome Nichols Director of Investor Relations Introductions David Emery 2:00 2:15 p.m. Chairman, President & CEO Segment Linn Evans President & COO Utilities Presentations Stuart Wevik VP Utility Operations…
Introduction Pueblo Airport Generating Station near Pueblo, Colo. BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 4
Todays Objectives Engage with the leadership team Understand Black Hills value proposition and track record Discuss Black Hills strategy, objectives and operations Black Hills Corporation is a utility-centered energy company…
Todays Presenters David Emery Chairman, President and CEO Sr. Management Segment Vice Presidents Linn Evans Tony Cleberg Stuart Wevik Ivan Vancas Mark Lux John Benton President and EVP and Chief VP Utility VP Operations VP…
Investment Proposition Focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement Earnings growth rate above industry average Value upside from shale gas assets 43 consecutive years of dividend increases Excellent business risk…
Focusing the Business Today, Black Hills is focused on its vertically integrated utilities and oil and gas businesses Beginning 2004, Black Hills was engaged in electric utility, power generation, coal mining, oil and gas,…
Focusing the Business Assets, as adjusted * Op. Inc, as adjusted * 2.4B 3.6B 196 M 246 M 2007 2012 2007 2012 Non-Regulated Utilities Portion of Non-Regulated Integrated into Utilities Utility Customer Count BHC Total…
Black Hills Corporation Overview A growth oriented, vertically integrated energy company with a tradition of exemplary service and a vision to be the energy partner of choice. Based in Rapid City, SD, the company serves 769,000…
Business Environment Changing energy environment offers opportunities and challenges Macro Economic New Regulations and Technological and Market Trends Public Policy Advances Sluggish economic Greenhouse Gas and Energy…
Strategy Framework BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 14
Strategic Objectives Utility-centered energy company well positioned to build upon a track record of successful utility growth Profitable Growth Better Every Day Valued Service Great Workplace Achieve top-tier operational…
Utilities Linn Evans President & COO Utilities Stuart Wevik VP Utility Operations Ivan Vancas VP Operations Services
Utilities Leadership Team Linn Evans President and COO Utilities Stuart Wevik Ivan Vancas Steve Pella Mark Lux VP Utility VP Operations VP Corporate VP & GM Operations Services Affairs Power Delivery BKH Analyst Day…
Overview Electric and Gas Utilities Black Hills Power Cheyenne Nebraska Light Gas Iowa Cheyenne Black Hills Gas Light Power Colorado Gas Kansas Colorado Gas Electric Electric Utilities Natural Gas Utilities Generate,…
Overview Utility Customers and Usage Electric Utilities* Natural Gas Utilities* 205 1,900 570 115 No. Retail Customers in 000s No. Retail Customers in 000s Avg Monthly Usage in KWh 1,850 560 110 200 Avg. Annual Usage in…
Electric Transmission System Rapid City DC TIE (Tie to Eastern Interconnect) WYODAK Black Hills Power Common Use Transmission System STEGALL DAVE JOHNSTON Cheyenne Light WAPA ARCHER Fuel & Power Transmission AULT Map…
Regional Unemployment August 2013 Unemployment Rates by State (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ) Rank State Rate 2 South Dakota 3.8 Unemployment Rate 3 Nebraska 4.2 < 6.0% 5 Wyoming 4.6 6.1% - 8.0% 8 Iowa 4.9 11 Montana…
Recent Accomplishments Strong operational performance Safety Reliability Customer service Plant availability Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station (CPGS) - construction on schedule and on budget BHP base rates and CPGS financing…
Safety Statistics 4.5 Rolling Twelve Month Incident Rates 4.2 4.0 U.S. Utility Industry Average 3.5 3.0 2.9 Incident Rate 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.5 2013 TCIR Target: 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 2013 DART…
Electric Reliability 2012 EEI Reliability Benchmarking Study 350 Total Annual Outage Minutes 300 1st Quartile = 83.96 minutes 250 BHC 2012 SAIDI = 68.6 200 150 BHC Electric Reliability 2012 IEEE Reliability…
Customer Satisfaction JD Power Customer Survey Annual JD Power Results Comparison Residential Gas and Electric 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2011 2012 YTD 2013 Midwest Gas Average BHC-Gas BHC-Electric Midwest…
Electric Generation Performance Asset Optimization Benefits Customer Power Plant Fleet Availability by Fuel Type Natural Gas Turbine Starting Reliability 104% 100% BHC 3 Industry BHC 3 Industry 100% 96% 96% 92% 92% 88%…
Gas Utilities Efficiencies eBill Metrics 16.6% Saturation 40.0% improvement over 2012 AGA Energy Analysis 2011 Performance Benchmarks for Gas Utilities Benchmark BHC Rank Customers per Employee Top Quartile O & M Net of…
Utility Strategy Profitable Growth Leverage vertically integrated generation assets Deploy capital to comply with environmental requirements Invest in transmission and distribution growth and integrity projects Deploy capital to…
Profitable Growth Resource Planning Update Colorado Electric Electric Resource Plan filed April 2013 recommended construction of 40 MW natural gas-fired combustion turbine in 2016 as proposed replacement for W.N. Clark retirement…
Profitable Growth Select Major Utility Projects Estimated Capital Expenditures * Projected Excludes routine capital expenditures for maintenance of assets In-service 2016E (in millions) Date 2013E 2014E 2015E - 2018E Total**…
Profitable Growth Capital Tracker Example BHP Transmission System Estimated Capital Expenditures 2014 2015 Total In-service (in millions) Date Osage-Lange 230 kV Line 27 21 48 Nov 1, 2015 BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 32
Profitable Growth Regulatory Update Black Hills Power General rate case filed in South Dakota in Dec. 2012 asking for 9.94%, or 13.7 million, in increased annual revenue; settlement approved Sept. 17 for 6.40%, or 8.8 million, in…
Profitable Growth Optimizing Regulatory Recovery Cost Recovery Mechanisms Electric Utility Environmental DSM/ Trans- Fuel Cost Trans- Purchased Fixed Cost Financing Jurisdiction Cost Energy mission mission Power Recovery* Cost Rider…
Better Every Day Technology Integration BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 35
Valued Service Industry Leading Generation Fleet Modern fleet provides long term value to customers Average Age of Generation Fleet PacifiCorp 33.9 years old BHC Xcel PSCO 14.3 years 28.4 years old old in Ottertail 2014 34.5…
Valued Service Regional Rates Electricity Rate Comparison 1,000/kWh Residential (cents/kWh) Current Black Hills Colorado Electric CO 14.2 Xcel CO 12.5 Black Hills Power SD 12.6 Xcel - SD 12.1 Northwestern - SD Only 9.3…
Valued Service Emphasis on customer service reduces regulatory risk Deliver high levels of service that customers expect by: Focusing on continuous process improvements to increase customer satisfaction eBill Technology based…
Great Workplace DuPont Sustainable Solutions Safety Survey DuPont Safety Perception Survey Total Recordable Rate 8 6 4 DuPont Utility Average Black Hills 2 Corporation Benchmark Best 0 (all industries) 40 60 80…
Great Workplace Preparing for the Workforce of the Future BHC Utilities Strategic Workforce Planning Initiatives Effectively market Black Hills and energy career opportunities to high school and junior high students Strengthen…
Power Generation and Coal Mining Mark Lux VP & GM Power Delivery
Power Generation Ownership in three power generation facilities Smaller plant approach to incremental growth totaling 309 MW facilitates technology implementation Wygen I - 69 MW of a 90 MW coal-fired Operate generation assets…
Power Generation Strategy Profitable Growth Sell power plant capacity under long-term tolling arrangements to affiliate load serving electric utilities Develop opportunities to sell power plant capacity under long-term tolling…
Profitable Growth Generation Services and Growth Strategy Generation Services for Affiliate Electric Utilities Constructing new 132 MW, 222 million natural gas-fired Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station; estimated in-service October…
Profitable Growth Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station New Generation Helps Meet Growing Demand and New Environmental Regulations Overview: New 132 MW, 222 million generating plant jointly owned by Cheyenne Light and Black Hills Power…
Profitable Growth Asset Optimization Construct Energy Management Site selection Generation dispatch Permitting Power marketing services Procurement NERC compliance Engineering Reserve capacity Construction Spinning reserves…
Better Everyday Plant Construction Expertise On Time and On Budget Operating 1,165 MW of generation (adding 132 MW natural gas-fired generation and planning 30 MW of wind generation in Q4 of 2014) Achieving above industry average…
Better Everyday Plant Construction Expertise Black Hills Electric Generation Projects Managed Power Plant Name Fuel Size Project Cost Utility or IPP In-Service Date Neil Simpson II (WY) Coal 90 MW 119 million Utility 9/1995 Neil…
Valued Service Competitive Advantages Plant Asset Construction Optimization Expertise Creating Value Infrastructure Operations Efficiencies Excellence BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 49
Valued Service Infrastructure Efficiencies Develop multiple generation sites with expansion potential Co-locate facilities owned by multiple parties to increase efficiencies and reduce costs Shared staff, facilities, land and…
Valued Service Environmental Stewardship Tested successfully Neil Simpson II, Wygen I, Wygen II, and Wygen III coal- fired power plants to meet compliance with new Environmental Protection Agency MATS rules effective 2015 Wygen…
Better Every Day Operations Excellence Power Plant Fleet Availability by Fuel Type Natural Gas Turbine Starting Reliability 104% 100% BHC 3 Industry BHC 3 Industry 100% 96% 96% 92% 92% 88% 88% 84% 84% 80% 80% Coal…
Great Workplace Industry Leading Safety Performance Black Hills Major Construction Projects Project Man Hours OSHA Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) Wygen III 900,000 man hours 6 Pueblo Airport 1.2 million man hours BHC Industry 5…
Coal Mining Serve as fuel supply to adjacent mine mouth Current mine plan sequence will reduce electric power generation customers reclamation liability and optimize strip-ratio Includes approximately 46-year supply of low-sulfur…
Coal Mining Strategy Profitable Growth Provide low-cost fuel supply to adjacent mine-mouth electric power plant customers while maintaining sufficient coal reserves to meet life-of-plant needs Maximize sale margins from existing…
Profitable Growth Opportunities PacifiCorp coal sale agreement coal price reopener will adjust in Q3 2014 1.6 to 1.8 million tons estimated annual coal sales Long-term contract price opener in 2014 allows us to retain full location…
Profitable Growth Actual and Forecasted Tons Sold 5,000,000 Ben French Neil Simpson I Operations Ceased Retired 4,000,000 Tons of Coal Sold 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 Potential Wygen I Transfer to CLFP 0…
Profitable Growth Operating Metrics Revenue and Expense per Ton Sold (Units in millions*) (/ton) 25 14 12 20 10 15 8 6 10 4 5 2 0 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (6 months) Coal Tons OB Yards Rev/Ton Exp/Ton *…
Better Every Day Focus on Low Costs and Efficiencies Current mine plan yields lower stripping ratios; key driver in reducing mining costs; plan better aligns stripping ratios with coal contract margins Productivity Enhancements and…
Better Every Day Mine Sequence Stripping Ratios* 2.1 to 1 2.1 to 1 2.1 to 1 1.5 to 1 1.6 to 1 2.2 to 1 2.1 to 1 1.8 to 1 1.5 to 1 1.3 to 1 * The ratio of the volume of overburden required to be removed to the…
Great Workplace Industry Leading Safety Performance Completed four years without a lost-time-accident Completed 17 months without an MSHA reportable incident Completed three years with lower quartile MSHA results compared to…
Oil and Gas John Benton VP & GM Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Exploration & Development Program Note: approximate areas of geologic basins does not reflect BHEP acreage BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 65
Oil and Gas Exploration Development Operated wells in San Juan, Piceance and Powder River Basins Non-operated wells in Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana (Bakken Shale), and in California, Montana, North Dakota,…
Reserve Data and Net Present Value Reserve calculation at Dec. 31, 2012 Average Average Net Oil Net Gas Net Equiv PV10 Price Oil Price Nat Gas (MBO)** (BCF)** (BCFE)** (MM) Per BBL per MCF PDP* 3.9 54.1 77.5 140.7 85.39 2.25…
Oil and Gas Strategy Profitable Growth Prove up the potential upside value of existing oil and gas properties Pursue a disciplined oil exploration, appraisal and development program Capture value of oil and gas assets through…
Profitable Growth Oil & Gas Drilling Program 2012 Program Deferred Mancos Shale drilling program due to low natural gas prices Realized significant value from monetizing Williston Basin oil and gas assets Acquired exploration…
Profitable Growth Mancos Shale Cretaceous Age sediment averaging 1,400 feet of gas-saturated rock Legacy assets 90% of leases held by units or held by production Southern Piceance Basin - control oil and gas leases covering 55,000…
Profitable Growth Mancos Shale Complete and test 2013 Mancos wells by Q1 2014 Drill 12-14 appraisal wells during 2013-2015 Optimize well design lateral lengths, spacing, completion Implement infrastructure improvements…
Profitable Growth Mancos Shale Opportunity Gross Resource Net Resource Net Potential Average Test Wells Potential Potential Basin Acreage Wells * Royalty Completed (BCF)** (BCF)*** San Juan Potential 19,000 120 20% 1 720 576…
Profitable Growth Southern Piceance Basin - Western Colorado BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 73
Profitable Growth Southern Piceance - Mancos Drilling Program 2013-2015 BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 74
Profitable Growth Current Mancos Well Plan 10-3/4 Surface Casing set 1,008' Measured Depth Basic Frac Design: Frac stage every 200 feet of lateral 11,000 bbls or 462,000 gallons of fluid per stage 250,000 lbs proppant (100 &…
Profitable Growth Mancos Well Optimization 0 Depth versus Days Capital Cost through Casing Point 2,000 4,000 2011 6,000 Wells Measured Depth 8,000 10,000 5.64MM 6.78MM 12,000 2013 6.60MM Wells 14,000 3.54MM…
Profitable Growth Southern Piceance Basin - Mancos Production Piceance Basin Type Curve 10,000 10,000' Lateral Type Curve 9.5 BCFE GAS, Mcf/D 5,000' Lateral Type Curve 5.4 BCFE 1,000 100 1 11 21 31 41 51 61…
Profitable Growth San Juan Basin - Mancos Shale 16 miles 45 miles Encana Five Mancos horizontal wells drilled. One reported completion 786 BOPD 838 MCFD Nine additional locations staked BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013…
Profitable Growth San Juan Basin - Mancos Production Production Rates in Mcf/D 10,000 EUR 6.9 BCFE Gas Flow in Mcf/D 1,000 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31…
Profitable Growth Disciplined Oil Exploration Strategy Oil Exploration Target Criteria Known oil producing basin Multiple-zone production potential Thermally mature Normal to over pressured system Resource plays Growth potential…
Better Every Day Currently implementing a continuous improvement project to establish a unified, scalable process for collecting tank gauges (production data) from the field using any type of mobile device Project created by…
Oil and Gas Creating Shareholder Value Execute current Southern Piceance program Disciplined exploration Focus on adding to oil portfolio Invest capital of 5 to 10 million per year Utilize consistent criteria Capture value…
Wygen II and Wygen III power plants at the Gillette Energy Complex in Gillette, Wyo. Financial Strategy Tony Cleberg - Executive Vice President and CFO
Financial Profile NYSE Stock Ticker BKH Utility-Centered Focus Stock Price * 49.04 Assets, as adjusted Outstanding Number Shares 44.5 M 6% Market Capitalization * 2.2 B Net Debt 1.3 B 3.6 B Total Enterprise Value * 3.5 B…
Financial Strategy Achieve top quartile total shareholder returns relative to our peer group for each rolling three-year period Profitable Growth Better Every Day Valued Service Great Workplace Grow utility rate base Deploy…
Utility Regulatory Results Authorized Electric Effective Return on Rate Base Jurisdiction Or Gas Date Equity Capital Structure (in millions) BHP-SD Electric 6/16/2013 Global Settlement Global Settlement 440.2 BHP-WY Electric…
Estimated Utility Rate Base Estimated Rate Base* by Utility Segment 2010 2011 2012 (in millions) Electric Utilities 901 1,007 1,272 Gas Utilities 425 443 450 Total 1,326 1,450 1,722 * Estimated rate base determined at year-end…
Pension Strategy Objective manage pension expense volatility to enhance regulatory recovery; reduce exposure to unfunded pension liability and costs to shareholders Actions taken: Moved from defined benefit to defined contribution…
Pension Funding Comparison* 95% Pension Summary Information 90% Pension Plan Assets 269 million 85% Accumulated Benefit Obligation 327 million 80% Projected Benefit Obligation 363 million 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50%…
Credit Rating Recent Upgrades Moodys raised its senior unsecured credit ratings of Black Hills Corp. to Baa2 from Baa3 and Black Hills Power to Baa1 from Baa2 in Sept. 2013; both upgrades issued with positive ratings outlooks…
Total Cumulative Shareholder Returns* 150% 125% 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% -25% -50% BKH S&P 500 BKH Peers S&P Utilities * Returns through 9-20-13; information from SNL Financial BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 99
Questions Harney Peak , Black Hills, SD BKH Analyst Day Oct. 3, 2013 100
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