Dakota Rural Action is proud to present this study of distributed solar energy in the Black Hills Power service area prepared by Crossborder Energy. We believe the results of this study apply across South Dakota. Many utilities in South Dakota … Continued
The deadline to submit comments on the Pactola Mining Withdrawal Plan is less than a week away. Recently the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service released a proposal to protect over 20,000 acres of land surrounding … Continued
Jenny Gulch & Pactola Reservoir Threatened By F3 Gold Project–Comments Due By Oct. 22nd! YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED for public comment on a proposed gold project that strikes at the heart of the Black Hills and endangers the water supply for Rapid City, … Continued
Powertech is trying to move forward with their Dewey-Burdock In Situ Leach (ISL) Uranium Mining Project located in Custer & Fall River Counties. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recently issued a Plan of Operations (POO) for the BLM … Continued
Ask SD Rural Electric Cooperatives for Non-Shut Off Policies By Rick Bell, Black Hills DRA Chapter and Community Energy Development Committee Chairperson Ask our SD electric cooperatives to develop a policy not to disconnect people from service during … Continued
Update 12/10/19: the government portal has RE-OPENED. New Due date for public comment is Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 11:59pm Eastern Time. The post below has been updated to reflect that new deadline. Update 12/9/19: as of the morning of … Continued
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, September 4, 2014 Contact: Steve and Lynn Hammond, Dakota Rural Action members with home solar system: (605)484-4410 Sabrina King, Dakota Rural Action Organizer: (605)939-0527 BLACK HILLS POWER USING RATE INCREASE TO STOP SMALL-SCALE SOLAR Rate design … Continued
Since the start of the Black Hills Chapter campaign to stop uranium mining in the Black Hills, many members have submitted letters to the editor which have been printed across the state. Here is one of the more recent with … Continued
In the last few weeks, Azarga Resources Limited, a Hong Kong investment firm, has neared half ownership of Powertech Uranium. With Azarga’s purchase of shares of Powertech stock from the Belgian firm Synatom, Azarga reached 45.1% ownership of Powertech. Powertech’s offices in Canada and New Mexico will … Continued
Check out what our chapters have been up to for the past couple months… BLACK HILLS CHAPTER The Black Hills Chapter continues to actively oppose Powertech’s proposed uranium mining. Before the second week of the Large Scale Mine permit hearings, … Continued