<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: center; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000001 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000003 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000004 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C2 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000005 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 108%; } span.se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000006 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:10:15"><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000000">20:10:15</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0"><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0">GENERAL GAS AND ELECTRIC RULES</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000002"><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000003">Section</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000002"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:10:15:01"><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000004">20:10:15:01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000003">        Scope and application.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000002"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:10:15:02"><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000004">20:10:15:02</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000003">        Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000002"><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0">Declaratory Ruling:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000003"> The Public Utilities Commission filed a declaratory ruling with the Legislative Research Council in the matter of Clay-Union Electric, Inc. s petition for a declaratory ruling. The question before the commission was whether streetlights constructed by the State of South Dakota within the electric service territory of Clay-Union Electric Corporation, which, after construction, was to be owned by the City of Vermillion, were public service facilities pursuant to SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/49-34A-57"><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C2">49-34A-57</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000003">.  The commission declared that the language of SDCL 49-34A-57 was clear, certain, and unambiguous, and that the streetlights were public service facilities. Declaratory Ruling EL 21-022, dated August 26, 2021, and available at </span><a href="https://puc.sd.gov/commission/dockets/electric/2021/EL21-022/EL21-022decruling.pdf"><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C2">https://puc.sd.gov/commission/dockets/electric/2021/EL21-022/EL21-022decruling.pdf</span></a><span class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264C0-000003">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000006"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264P0-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se315055e-2282-40fb-aacb-5dbce86b9264000001"> </span></p></div></body></html>