Chris Nelson

Xcel Energy receives permission through 2025 to continue charging South Dakota electric customers a special fee to encourage efficient energy usage. PUC commissioners also approve for the company to continue transmission project cost recovery.

In November, South Dakotans will cast their vote and elect new policymakers at the state and federal levels. One race will determine the state's next public utilities commissioner. We hear the voices of Chris Nelson and Jeffery Barth. Plus, Lori Walsh interviews Craig Johnson. He's the author of the best-selling Longmire book series.

November 8th you will have an opportunity to let your voice be heard for a number of different offices both at the state and federal levels. We bring you the voices of those running for public utilities commissioner.

SDPB political reporter Lee Strubinger spent Tuesday night at South Dakota Republican Party headquarters in Sioux Falls. He shares comments from U.S.…

Two candidates for Public Utilities Commissioner came together for a forum in Sturgis on Saturday, Oct. 29.Incumbent Chris Nelson and challenger Henry Red…

CenturyLink customers will soon receive phone books on demand, rather than receiving them every year without asking, according to a declaratory ruling…

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has to decide if phone books are going the way of the hand-written letter. Phone book publisher Dex is…

Public Utilities Commissioners have approved a permit for an oil pipeline built across eastern South Dakota. The pipeline is more than 1,100 miles long…

The water resource director for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says the Keystone XL pipeline project potentially threatens water supplies for his…

Time set for the Keystone XL hearing in Pierre has been extended. The Public Utilities Commission had set the week of July 27 through Aug. 4, with a clear…