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10-Q - 1ST QUARTER EARNINGS BHC - BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/bhc10q_5-10.htm
EX-32.2 - SECT. 906 CFO CERTIFICATION - BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/ex32_2.htm
EX-31.1 - CEO CERTIFICATION - BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/ex31_1.htm
EX-10.1 - OFFICER STIP AGREEMENT - BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/ex10_1.htm
EX-31.2 - CFO CERTIFICATION - BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/ex31_2.htm

Exhibit 32.1




CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Black Hills Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David R. Emery, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13 (a) or
15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date:  May __, 2010
 
   
   /S/ DAVID R. EMERY
 
 
David R. Emery
 
Chairman, President and
 
Chief Executive Officer