(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, any consolidated system or major facility constructed or financed under the authority of this chapter, whether constructed or financed by a district alone or in a joint or cooperative undertaking pursuant to § 14-217-106(5), may, subject to § 14-200-111, be constructed, wholly or partly, at such locations as, in the judgment of the board of commissioners, best serves the owners of real property within the district and the users of the consolidated system, whether within or without the boundaries of the district and whether within or without the municipality or the county within which the district is located.
(b) Anything contained in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing contained herein, including, without limitation, subdivisions (3)-(5) of § 14-217-106 and subsection (a) of this section, shall be construed to authorize any district to acquire or construct any property or facility outside the boundaries of the municipality in which it is located for the operation of an electric system or any portion thereof or to enter into any lease, contract, or agreement concerning any such property or facility except for the production, generation, or bulk transmission of electricity for the use of the district.
(c) No restriction or limitation contained in this section shall be construed to reduce or take away or to restrict any district in the exercise of any power conferred upon the district by any other act or law or any judicial decree heretofore entered.