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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Meeting
February 23, 2021, at 1:30 P.M. CST
Room 423, Capitol Building
Pierre, South Dakota

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AGENDA OF AD HOC COMMISSION MEETING

Gas and Electric

1.      GE21-001       In the Matter of Staff’s Request Regarding the February 2021 Cold Weather Event and Its Impact on Utility Fuel Clause Adjustments and Purchased Gas Adjustments (Staff Analysts: Brittany Mehlhaff, Patrick Steffensen, Eric Paulson, Joseph Rezac; Staff Attorneys: Amanda Reiss and Kristen Edwards)

         On February 17, 2021, Commission staff filed a Petition for Temporary Waiver of Fuel Clause Adjustment and Purchased Gas Adjustment Tariff Provisions to Mitigate Rate Impacts. Staff requests the Commission issue an Order authorizing staff to work with South Dakota electric and natural gas investor-owned utilities to make the necessary modifications to the fuel clause adjustment and/or purchased gas adjustment tariffs to mitigate the rate impact associated with the natural gas costs from the February 2021 cold weather event. Staff also requests the Commission provide a temporary waiver of the tariff language that might be contradictory to the modifications implemented regarding this specific weather event.

         TODAY, shall the Commission authorize staff to work with South Dakota electric and natural gas investor owned utilities to make the necessary modifications to the fuel clause adjustment and/or purchased gas adjustment tariffs to mitigate the rate impacts associated with the natural gas costs from the February 2021 cold weather event? AND, shall the Commission provide a temporary waiver of the tariff language that might be contradictory to the remediations taken in this process, applying only to this weather event? OR, how shall the Commission proceed?

Public Comment

Individuals who wish to make public comments to the commission may do so in person during this time. All who offer public comment are requested to sign in at the commission meeting. Time limits for comments may be determined at the discretion of the chairman.

/s/Cindy Kemnitz                                                                     .

Cindy Kemnitz
Finance Manager
puc@state.sd.us
February 18, 2021