
South Dakota
As the latest energy and climate debates continue, Consumer Energy Alliance remains an advocate for distilling the challenges ahead to implement all of the various state and federal renewable energy policy proposals and carbon reduction requirements. We hope communities and policymakers not only work to ensure reliability and economic efficiency, but a cleaner, more diverse energy mix that is able to access large amounts of energy, such as hydropower, without putting downward pressure on the budgets of families and small businesses.
Hydroelectric power provided half of South Dakota’s in-state electricity generation in 2020.

Three of the five largest power plants in South Dakota produce hydroelectricity.

The Oahe Dam on the Missouri River creates Lake Oahe, the fourth-largest man-made reservoir in the United States.

Four of the six major hydroelectric dams along the Missouri River are located in South Dakota.
