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SD PUC Chair Chris Nelson Goes to DC

SD PUC Chair Chris Nelson Goes to DC

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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Chris Nelson is in Washington this week for the winter committee meetings of NARUC or the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

Nelson, is chair of the telecommunications section of the national group……

Nelson says as telecommunications changes, regulators have to scramble to catch up….

Nelson says expanded broadband is critical to South Dakota agriculture…

Nelson says he is finding that large and small states have many similar regulatory issues.

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