The applicant shall present information related to its selection of the proposed site for the facility, including the following:

1. (1) The general criteria used to select alternative sites, how these criteria were measured and weighed, and reasons for selecting these criteria;
2. (2) An evaluation of alternative sites considered by the applicant for the facility;
3. (3) An evaluation of the proposed plant, wind energy, or transmission site and its advantages over the other alternative sites considered by the applicant, including a discussion of the extent to which reliance upon eminent domain powers could be reduced by use of an alternative site, alternative generation method, or alternative waste handling method.

Source: 5 SDR 1, effective July 25, 1978; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 32 SDR 109, effective December 26, 2005.

General Authority: SDCL 49-41B-35(2).

Law Implemented: SDCL 49-41B-11(6) , 49-41B-21 , 34A-9-7(4).