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The question before the commission was whether South Dakota law allowed the district to develop and own a renewable energy generation system within a service area in which SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-34A-42"><span class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683cC0-000008">49-34A-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683cC0-000007"> authorized Charles Mix Electric Association, Inc., the exclusive right to provide electric service at retail. The commission declared that the entity with which the district intended to contract to build the generation capacity and provide the electricity was not an electric utility providing retail electric service to the public under SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-34A-1"><span class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683cC0-000008">49-34A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683cC0-000007">(7), and therefore the exclusive right of the association pursuant to SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-34A-42"><span class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683cC0-000008">49-34A-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683cC0-000007"> was not implicated. Declaratory Ruling EL 18-061, dated February 5, 2019, and available at: </span><a href="https://puc.sd.gov/commission/orders/electric/2019/el18-061order.pdf"><span class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683cC2">https://puc.sd.gov/commission/orders/electric/2019/el18-061order.pdf</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683cP0-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa54b69cb-63a9-4e0b-a1eb-ef4c6524683c000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>