South Dakota Stimulus Toolkit

In This Toolkit

Web Resources

Select Energy Projects

State’s Utilities

Local Media

RESOURCES

South Dakota Recovery

Department of Energy-South Dakota

South Dakota Energy Smart

South Dakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development

South Dakota Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency

South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority

Wind Powering America-South Dakota

Repowering the Midwest: South Dakota

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: South Dakota

High Plains Wind Energy

Small Wind in South Dakota

South Dakota Bureau of Personnel

LOCAL MEDIA

KCSR

• Johnson: It’s Time to Update the Electric Transmission Grid

Indian Country Today

•  Winds blow hope to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

FarmEnergy.org

• Wind Power Development in South Dakota

Argus Leader

• 15% ethanol blend might boost S.D. jobs
• S. Dakota's wind to play big role in 'renaissance,' conference told

Rapid City Journal

• Bill omits forest waste for cellulosic ethanol

Chicago Tribune

• Transmission for wind power eyed in South Dakota

SELECT ENERGY PROJECTS

South Dakota State Energy Plan

• The South Dakota State Energy Plan is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and implemented by the state’s Energy Management Office.  The long-term objective for the State Energy Plan is to promote energy efficiency and energy cost savings by helping South Dakota’s institutions implement cost-effective energy efficiency improvement measures. 

Contact: michele.farris@state.sd.us

Clean Diesel Grant Program

• The South Dakota Clean Diesel Grant Program was awarded approximately $1.7 million under the ARRA for activities that relate to EPA Clean Diesel Grant Program activities. States can use funds to provide grants or loans for projects to achieve diesel emission reductions that are mandated under Federal, State or local law.

Contact:

Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Air Quality Program

Phone: (605) 773-3151

Fax: (605) 773-4068

E-mail: Barb Regynski

UTILITIES

Regulatory Authority:

South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

Private Companies:

Black Hills Power Inc

MidAmerican Energy Co

MDU Resources Group Inc (operating as Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.)

Northern States Power Co

NorthWestern Energy

Otter Tail Power Co

Xcel Energy

South Dakota does not have ratemaking authority over the following:

Cooperatives:

Sioux Valley SW Electric Coop

Political Subdivisions:

Nebraska Public Power District