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SD Public Utilities Commission & Northwestern Energy Agree on Refund

SD Public Utilities Commission & Northwestern Energy Agree on Refund

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The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission and Northwestern Energy reached an agreement on a one-time refund of money the company gained due to the federal tax cuts.

Northwestern Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian Bird says they worked with PUC staff to calculate the payback….

Bird says each electric and gas customer will see a onetime payment in October….

Northwestern has sixty-two thousand electric and forty six thousand gas customers in the state.

Commissioner Gary Hanson says there are two parts to the agreement…

The PUC has been working through similar rebates with the other five investor owned utilities in the state.

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