In 2019, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 15, which added solar energy facilities to the Public Utilities Commission’s portfolio, changed public notice and comment requirements…
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I don’t recall Lee Schoenbeck complaining much about pipelines using eminent domain to run Canadian tar sands oil through farmers’ fields. But boy, aim a…
Psst! Kristi! Mike! Keystone XL is long dead. Its defeated Canadian builder, TCEnergy/TransCanada says so: “The Keystone XL pipeline project was terminated in June 2021…
South Dakota was able to fabricate a budget surplus with federal coronavirus stimulus checks and a surge in wind farm construction. South Dakota can’t do much…
South Dakotans need more broadband. LTD Broadband wants to bring South Dakotans more broadband. The Public Utilities Commission had told LTD, we don’t want your…
An eager reader asks for an update on Black Hills Energy’s plan to raise rates on folks who produce their own electricity at home. Some…
The Public Utilities Commission yesterday officially approved the settlement under which Jeremey Frost of Fearless Grain Marketing will pay a $20,000 for illegally purchasing grain…
When I mentioned the trouble grain marketer and the state’s contracted concessioneer Jeremey Frost was having following the law surrounding grain contracts, Frost dropped by…
Black Hills Energy doesn’t want solar power to be South Dakota’s Next Big Thing. They’re asking the Public Utilities Commission to authorize charging homeowners for…
I remember when Bob Mercer didn’t know a hyperlink from a hashtag. Now he’s digging up documents and Facebook connections like the best of bloggers.…