A South Dakota summer study committee was once again listening to the debate between municipal and rural electrics over service areas.
Committee Chairman, Senator Alan Solano of Rapid City says this is probably the last meeting that the two sides will be in front of them…

Matt McCaulley, a lawyer representing the municipal electric coalition, says they don’t want a standoff with the rural electrics…

Ed Anderson, general manager of the Rural Electric Association, says the committee should not focus on municipal annexation…

The two sides are asking legislators to find a middle ground between over a 1975 law that set up electric service territories.