Black Hills (BKH) 10-Q 2009 Q3 Quarterly report

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 September 30, 2009 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:  November 9, 2009
	/S/ DAVID R. EMERY
	David R. Emery
	Chairman, President and
	Chief Executive Officer