The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing next week on proposed changes in utility operations. Commissioner Chris Nelson says they will look at situations where electric meters malfunction…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/11/Chris-Nelson-1103a.mp3|titles=Chris Nelson 1103a]Nelson says there have been cases where thousands of dollars of power costs can suddenly be added to a consumer’s bill. They want to give consumers more time to make those payments. Nelson says they are also working with utilities to figure out how to produce and transmit electricity more efficiently…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/11/Chris-Nelson-1103b.mp3|titles=Chris Nelson 1103b]Nelson says they want to find a way to streamline and share power savings steps…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/11/Chris-Nelson-1103c.mp3|titles=Chris Nelson 1103c]Nelson says the states goal is to get ten percent of the state’s power needs from renewable sources by 2015.
(courtesy WNAX Yankton)