South Dakota PUC

Member Detail

South Dakota PUC
Capitol Building, 1st floor
500 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD  57501-5070
Website:  www.puc.sd.gov


Member Highlight

South Dakotans elect their three Public Utilities Commissioners to staggered, six-year terms. A dedicated staff of analysts, attorneys, consumer representatives and other professionals work with the Commissioners to carry out the duties of the PUC. The PUC’s Web site, www.puc.sd.gov, contains a wealth of information including audio Web casts and recordings of meetings and hearings.

The Wind Resource Assessment Network (WRAN) is a network of 11 instrument stations positioned throughout South Dakota. South Dakota has tremendous potential as an exporter of wind-generated electricity. There has recently been a great deal of publicity over a Pacific Northwest National Laboratories study conducted in the early 1990s that ranked the contiguous 48 states in terms of their potential to produce windpower. South Dakota ranked fourth in that study.