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South Dakota

Electricity Rates

Residential = 7 cents/kwh (National ranking: 33)

Commerical = 7 cents/kwh
(National ranking: 25)

Industrial = 4 cents/kwh(National ranking: 24)

kwh = kilowatt hour
1st ranking = highest rate in catagory

Deregulation

South Dakota's legislature did not consider deregulation in the 2000 session and has no plans to in 2001. The state's Public Utilities Commission does not see deregulation as a pressing need. It cites a 1999 University of South Dakota study sponsored by rural electric cooperatives that indicates rates could rise under deregulation. The PUC regulates rates, territorial boundaries and service policies for investor-owned utilities, but does not control rates charged by cooperative and municipal utilities.

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