Each electric utility shall file with the commission the electric utility's minimum rates for purchases of electricity generated from renewable resources, as defined by § 49-34A-94, and produced by a small renewable power facility that has a capacity of one hundred kilowatts or less. Except for a public utility's standard avoided cost rates set pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended to January 1, 2010, a rate filed under this section is not subject to commission approval.
S.D. Codified Laws § 49-34A-108
Electric utility to file rates for purchases of electricity produced by small renewable power facilities
Source: SL 2010, ch 224, § 1.
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