Terms as used in this section and §§ 10-35-17 to 10-35-21, inclusive, mean:

(1) “Collector system,” all property used or constructed to interconnect individual wind turbines or solar panels within a renewable facility into a common project, including inverters, step-up transformers, electrical collection equipment, collector substation transformers, and communication systems;

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 10-35-16

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) “Company,” any person, corporation, limited liability company, association, company, partnership, political subdivision, rural electric cooperative, or any group or combination acting as a unit;

(3) “Nameplate capacity,” the number of kilowatts a renewable facility can produce, as assigned to the power units in the renewable facility by the manufacturer and determined by the secretary;

(4) “Renewable facility,” any wind farm or solar facility;

(5) “Solar facility,” all real or personal property used or constructed for the purpose of producing electricity for commercial purposes utilizing solar radiation as an energy source and with a nameplate capacity of at least five thousand kilowatts. The term includes the collector system;

(6) “Transmission line,” an electric transmission line and associated facilities including the collector system, with a design of one hundred fifteen kilovolts or more;

(7) “Wind farm,” all real or personal property used or constructed for the purpose of producing electricity for commercial purposes utilizing the wind as an energy source and with a nameplate capacity of at least five thousand kilowatts. The term includes the collector system.

Source: SL 2008, ch 49, § 1; SL 2016, ch 61, § 1.