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South Dakota and net metering – what’s next?
With the failure of our net metering proposal at the legislature, it is an understandable question – what is next for net metering in South Dakota? Well, there are a couple answers. And, I am actually...
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Article 5
The Community Energy Development Committee is crowdfunding – and we need your help! We are running a fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo.com. Crowdfunding basically allows us to...
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Water, uranium, and – China?
Day three of the South Dakota Water Management Board’s review of the proposed Dewey-Burdock Project. And day three of rousing citizen intervention to protect our water, hills, and community. If you...
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Dakota Rural Voices Episode 2 – Report from citizen lobbyists, and solar energy!
Hey folks – The second episode of our podcast, Dakota Rural Voices, is up! You can download it in iTunes, just search for “Dakota Rural Voices” and listen on your own time, or listen to it right here...
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PUC avoids “avoided cost”
If you are not into the minutiae of state government or the rather slow process of rule-making, what we’re about to post about might seem unbearably dry. Until, of course, you realize that when the...
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Why our distributed generation bill should have passed
Tuesday, our distributed generation bill went down with the wrong vote. HB 1254, our distributed generation legislation, really should have passed. Based on all the facts and data, it should have...
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The Value of Small-Scale Energy
As I tried to indicate in an earlier post, electricity providers need guidance with respect to local electricity generation. We can at least hope that the PUC will provide a model for such considerations.
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Dakota Rural Voices Episode 4 -Sun Power!
On this week’s episode, we’re interviewing none other than Dennis Williams himself. Who is Dennis, you ask? He’s a veteran and a South Dakota solar power champion. Listen in, and don’t forget to...
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