Policy
South Dakota once carried the official moniker of “the Sunshine State,” and is one of only three states without net metering policies.
For the Midwest state, where 73 percent of net electricity generation comes from hydropower and wind, solar energy remains a renewables omission. But this exclusion of solar remains not because of a lack of sunshine, just a lack of policy. Without net metering, the sunshine for which South Dakota has emblazoned upon its flag exists only as a reminder of the underutilization of its solar resource.
Read more on our blog and check out this infograph.
