Application of Black Hills Power

WILBUR, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In March 2014, Black Hills Power, Inc., (BHP) filed an application for authority to increase electric rates with the South Dakota Public Utility Commission. In June 2014, Black Hills Industrial Intervenors (BHII) 1 filed a motion to intervene, and the Commission granted the motion. The parties then agreed to a settlement stipulation regarding the increase in December 2014, but BHP sought to amend the stipulation in February 2015. BHII resisted the amendment, but the Commission granted the amended settlement stipulation and approved the rate increase. BHII appeals.

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