Jerry Heckenliable's going to hate this program. Heartland Consumers Power District is touting its Energy One incentive program to new businesses in Madison and its other customer communities. Basically, if a new company moves in and adds a megawatt or…
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The Energy Information Administration profiles energy production and consumption in each state. Some fast energy facts about South Dakota: South Dakota ranks 39th for energy production. We make 0.3% of America's energy. Minnesota produces twice that share and ranks 34th.…
Spring hasn't felt terribly sunny here in South Dakota, but it has for the solar power industry. The Solar Energy Industries Association notes with pride that every megawatt of new electricity generation capacity built in March comes from solar energy.…
Our April ice storm has Xcel Energy struggling to restore electricity to (as of 07:25 CST this morning) nearly 20,000 customers. The rural electric coops in southeast South Dakota are trying to get power back to another 2,700 customers. Meanwhile,…
The Keystone XL pipeline will drain South Dakota's electricity supply. What can we do to compensate for all the electricity those oil pumping stations will use to prevent our utilities from having to raise our rates to build more coal-fired…
I've been working with a Dakota Rural Action committee to promote small-scale renewable energy. We've held a couple public education events and spread the word about DRA members putting up their own renewable energy systems. But now we've got legislation…
The Madison City Commission is raising electric rates for its customers. With the barest quorum present Monday night, the commission voted 3–0 to reconfigure city electric bills to show a base rate and a separate surcharge. That surcharge goes into…
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released an analysis of how much renewable energy we could produce in each state if we really tried. According to the data, the U.S. could generate over 450,000 terawatt-hours of renewable electricity. Compare that…