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February 15, 2021
RAPID CITY, S.D. – As the cold weather persists, the West River Electric Association and Black Hills Energy are asking customers to limit their energy use.
Due to unusually high energy consumption tied to the freeze, they’re asking customers to avoid things like laundry, showering, cooking and washing dishes during peak energy times. That means limiting use of hot water. Peak times are morning and night from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Companies urge conservation to continue until temperatures start to warm back up.
Black Hills Energy says rolling black outs are not a concern for their customers. West River Electric says they are “doing everything in its power to avoid this escalating to that level,” in regards to restricting energy use. Lacreek Electric Association says their customers may experience outages.