# South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Rule Changes Summary The Public Utilities Commission is streamlining and modernizing its regulations for telecommunications, gas, electric, and grain buyer operations while removing outdated procedural requirements. Key changes include repealing motor carrier rules (20:10:02-04) and the N11 dialing code assignment chapter (20:10:30) that are no longer applicable, and eliminating several outdated procedural requirements for commission hearings and document filing. For telecommunications and utility companies, rules now allow them to post consumer information on websites instead of maintaining physical office displays, and gas and electric utilities must file annual unresolved complaint reports by January 1 rather than monthly summaries. For grain buyers, sales contracts now must include a settlement date, and bonds can only be released 120 days after the license year ends if no claims were filed and the commission verifies all cash purchases were paid. Multi-state utilities applying for rate increases must now provide separate South Dakota-level financial statements alongside company-wide statements to support their filings.
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The proposed changes will lead to clarification of filing and complaint requirements; simplification of ARSD chapter 20:10 through removal of unnecessary or preempted requirements; removal of unnecessary filing burdens for telecommunications companies; updated gas and electric regulations that align with current practices; updated telecommunications rules that more closely reflect telecommunications technology; and to provide pipeline safety staff with necessary information in order to carry out statutory obligations.
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