South Dakota § 49-41B-3 - Ten-year plan required of utility planning to own or operate energy conversion facilities--Updating of plan--Contents.
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§ 49-41B-3. Ten-year plan required of utility planning to own or operate energy conversion facilities--Updating of plan--Contents.
Every utility which owns or operates or plans within the next ten years to own or operate energy conversion facilities shall develop and submit a ten-year plan to the Public Utilities Commission. The plan shall be updated every second year after its submission. The plan shall contain the following:
(1) A description of the general location, size, and type of energy conversion facilities or transmission facilities of two hundred fifty kilovolts or more to be owned or operated by the utility during the ensuing ten years, as well as those facilities to be removed from service during the planning period;
(2) A description of the efforts by the utility to coordinate the plan with other utilities so as to provide a coordinated regional plan for meeting the utility needs of the region;
(3) A statement of the projected demand for the service rendered by the utility for the ensuing ten years and the underlying assumptions for the projection, with such information being as geographically specific as possible and a description of the manner and extent to which the utility will meet the projected demand; and
(4) Any other relevant information as may be requested by the commission.
Source: SL 1977, ch 390, § 23.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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