<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 49-34A-8.1 - Policy to alleviate financial burden of pricing structure. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2070680Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2070680SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070680CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2070680Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2070680DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070680000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070680SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2070680SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2070680Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-34A-8.1"><span class="s2070680SENU">49-34A-8.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070680SENU">. </span><span class="s2070680CL">Policy to alleviate financial burden of pricing structure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070680Normal-000000"><span class="s2070680DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public Utilities Commission shall after opportunity for hearing and rate design studies develop a policy alleviating the financial burden to electric and gas consumers of the declining block rate structure and any other pricing structure presently used by electric and gas utilities in the State of South Dakota.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070680Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070680000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2070680Normal"><span class="s2070680SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2070680SCL-000002"> SL 1976, ch 296, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html>