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Black Hills Energy (Cheyenne, Wyoming) interconnection application

Black Hills Energy (Cheyenne, Wyoming) is an investor-owned utility serving 44,072 residential customers in Wyoming (EIA-861, 2025). Applications: PDF + mail (Net Metering Service Under 25 kW packet - application returned to Black Hills Energy office in Cheyenne (2016 packet, search-index text)). Gridpol files Black Hills Energy (Cheyenne, Wyoming) interconnection applications for licensed installers – solar, storage and EV chargers – with single-line diagram and site plan, unlimited for $500 a month.

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Partly researched from official sources. verify on first project: blackhillsenergy.com resets all connections from our fetchers and archive.org is unreachable; only 2016 Wyoming net metering packet and tariff known via search index. Confirm current application form/portal (Colorado portal and $380 fee may not apply to WY), documents, fees, storage, steps to PTO with Black Hills Energy Cheyenne.

Black Hills Energy (Cheyenne, Wyoming) at a glance

Utility

Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power (Black Hills Corp)

Type

Investor-owned utility

EIA utility ID

3461

Residential customers

44,072 (EIA-861, 2025)

Net-metered residential customers

1,451 (EIA-861, 2025)

Service territory

2 counties in Wyoming

How to apply

PDF + mail – Net Metering Service Under 25 kW packet - application returned to Black Hills Energy office in Cheyenne (2016 packet, search-index text) · official link

Who submits

Customer must obtain utility permission to connect in parallel and complete the application with approval before start of construction (2016 packet, search-index text).

Export compensation

NEM – Net Metering Service (Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power, Wyo. P.S.C. Tariff No. 14)
Wyo. Stat. 37-16-101 to -104: renewable systems up to 25 kW sized to offset own use; kWh credits carry forward, annual true-up. Search-index text of the CLFP tariff also mentions a service whose customers 'will not be net-metered as defined by Wyo. Stat. 37-16-101' - confirm which schedule applies.

Documents Black Hills Energy (Cheyenne, Wyoming) asks for

  • Interconnection application formNet metering application: generation type, kW capacity, phase, inverter or rotating-machine details (2016 packet) Gridpol prepares this.
  • UL 1741 / IEEE 1547 certificationInverter qualified to UL 1741 or IEEE 1547 (2016 packet)

Size levels and limits

LevelUp toNote
Net metering cap25 kW

Wyoming net metering statute (W.S. 37-16-101 et seq.) covers systems up to 25 kW.

Sources

Wyoming interconnection rule

Statute verified. Whether the WY PSC has adopted separate interconnection rules/standard forms (and insurance rules) not verified; utility tariffs (e.g., Rocky Mountain Power WY Schedule 135/Rule) not reviewed. Web search budget exhausted in this run.

Commission

Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC)

Interconnection rule

W.S. 37-16-104 (safety and performance requirements for net metering systems); no comprehensive PSC small-generator interconnection rule identified in this pass – Net Metering (W.S. 37-16-101 to 37-16-104) · source

Applies to

Electric utilities: electrical companies (IOUs such as Rocky Mountain Power, Black Hills, Cheyenne Light), irrigation districts and electric cooperatives distributing to retail customers; municipalities are excluded from 'electrical company' (W.S. 37-16-101(a)(iii),(v)).

Application form

Utility-specific (no statewide form found).

Fees

Utility may not charge a customer-generator fees that increase its minimum monthly charge above other customers in the same rate class (W.S. 37-16-102(a)(iii)). Customer bears facility costs and utility-required modifications (37-16-104(d)).

External disconnect

Required by statute: customer-generator provides, at its expense, lockable switching equipment capable of isolating the facility, approved by and accessible to the utility at all times (W.S. 37-16-104(b)).

Export compensation

NEM – W.S. 37-16-101 to 37-16-104
Monthly net metering; excess kWh credited to following month; unused kWh credit at start of each calendar year sold to the utility at its filed avoided cost (37-16-103). Bidirectional meter offered. Must meet NEC, IEEE and UL standards; PSC may adopt additional control/testing requirements by regulation (37-16-104(e)).

Not bound by the rule

Electric cooperatives and irrigation districts are bound by the net metering statute; municipal utilities are excluded and set their own policies.

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