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  SDPB News: Candidates for Public Utilities Commissioner Forum
  By Joshua Haiar • Oct 13, 2020
  SDPB's Stephanie Rissler hosts a live discussion with candidates for the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
  Remi Bald Eagle (Democratic candidate)
  Gary Hanson (Republican incumbent)
  Devin Saxon (Libertarian candidate)
  Dakota Midday: SDPB's Strubinger Covers Republican HQ
  Melissa Hamersma
  SDPB political reporter Lee Strubinger spent Tuesday night at South Dakota Republican Party headquarters in Sioux Falls. He shares comments from U.S. Senator John Thune and U.S. Representative Kristi Noem as he discusses his night covering the GOP.
  Dakota Midday: BH Corp CEO David Emery
  Black Hills Corporation is an energy company based in Rapid City. In February, Black Hills Corp acquired Source Gas in a 1.9 billion dollar deal. The company now serves 1.2 million natural gas and electric utility customers in eight states, including South Dakota.
  SDPB's Charles Michael Ray sat down with Chairman and CEO David Emery to talk about consolidation in the energy industry and the responsibility and challenges for companies like Black Hills Corp regarding renewable sources of energy for customers … and for the climate.
  Lawmakers Consider Wind Farm Tax Incentives
  A bill before state lawmakers intends to increase the development of wind energy in South Dakota with tax breaks for large scale wind farms.
  Those backing changes to the law argue that the tax system set up in 2008 for wind farms is limiting development in South Dakota—and surrounding states are more competitive in the wind energy sector.
  But opponents counter the proposed bill goes too far and hurts taxpayers.
  Midday: PUC And EPA Explain Views On CO2 Reductions
  By Victoria Wicks • Dec 9, 2014
  December first was the deadline for comments on a new Environmental Protection Agency rule designed to cut national carbon dioxide emissions. On that same day, the state Public Utilities Commission met with representatives of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, which delivers electrical power to the country's midsection, from Montana to Indiana and Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The very eastern edge of South Dakota is included in that service area.