The bill proposes to grant the Public Utilities Commission the authority to assess actual costs to large new customers for processing specific requests and dockets. It introduces a new section to chapter 49-34A, allowing the commission to charge a filing party for the actual costs incurred in processing a docket related to large new customers, as well as for processing requests for contract approvals for electric service to these customers.

Additionally, the bill mandates that any funds collected from these assessments be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission gross receipts tax fund. This change aims to ensure that the costs associated with processing requests from large new customers are covered and that the financial resources are appropriately allocated within the state's utility funding framework.