South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Approves Release Of Road And Infrastructure Bond For Hand County Wind Farm Project

South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Approves Release Of Road And Infrastructure Bond For Hand County Wind Farm Project

PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has approved the release of a road and public infrastructure bond put in place for construction of the Sweetland Wind Farm in Hand County, southeast of Miller. Molly Smith, representing Sweetland says they filed a motion with the P-U-C in December to release the bond…

Commissioner Chris Nelson wanted to find documentation from Hand County that the roads were in fact fully restored…

Nelson and Commission chair Kristie Fiegen say they appreciate the way Sweetland worked with Hand County and the impacted townships in the project area…

The Sweetland Wind Farm covers nearly 21-thousand acres in Hand County with an installed nameplate capacity of 200 megawatts of generation.