Black Hills Corp proposes 35-mile natural gas pipeline to supply central Wyoming

Black Hills Corp. has proposed building a 35-mile natural gas pipeline to supply about 57,000 customers in the company’s Casper Division in central Wyoming and filed for a certificate of public convenience with the Wyoming Public Service Commission in May.

Black Hills Corp.’s natural gas utility Black Hills Gas Distribution, LLC would operate the proposed $54 million Natural Bridge Pipeline. Consisting of 12-inch steel, the pipeline would extend from an interconnection supply point near Douglas, Wyoming, to an existing facility in Casper.

“This pipeline, planned to be in service in late 2019, will connect our customers to new long-term sources of cost-effective natural gas,” Linn Evans, president and chief operating officer of Black Hills Corp, said. “The pipeline will also provide additional capacity to ensure that Black Hills can cost-effectively meet long-term peak day demand for our customers in the Casper and Riverton areas of Wyoming.”

The proposed pipeline project would be an addition to the five-year capital spending plan released with the company’s first quarter 2018 earnings report. Currently, company representatives do not anticipate issuing equity to meet capital spending targets.