SC utility CEO scores a huge payday, including $39M in cash, via a former employer's IPO
Santee Cooper CEO Jimmy Staton is being paid $39 million and controls 2.26 million shares in a business that just went public ...
Santee Cooper OKs $550M VC Summer settlement that will include a 2nd electric rate hike this year
SC-owned utility Santee Cooper aims to collect $550 million starting in July for unplanned expenses it incurred during a five ...
Power restored after morning outage, Santee Cooper says
Power was restored Thursday morning after more than 27,000 customers were without service in the Myrtle Beach area after a ...
Opinion
Why South Carolina should be excited about reviving the V.C. Summer nuclear plant | Opinion
South Carolina state Sen. Tom Davis shares four reasons why a long-dormant proposal to build two nuclear reactors is “far more likely” to succeed today.
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If SC utilities can’t provide enough energy, big companies want OK to look elsewhere
Henry McMaster’s office has said. Two major energy construction projects are being discussed for South Carolina: One is the proposed Santee Cooper-Dominion natural gas plant in Colleton County ...
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Halted Nuclear Plant Project Could Restart in South Carolina
To meet the growing demand from data centers, the state is looking to give nuclear energy another try. Will it be ...
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New rates and fees for SC electric customers. Will your Myrtle Beach energy bills go up?
Santee Cooper residential customers’ electric bills could increase by an average of $11 a month under new rate structures, according to the public power utility. The new structures were approved in ...
SC House approves energy bill that limits environmental oversight of new power plants
The complex bill, which advances efforts to build a large natural gas plant in Colleton County, passed the House 94-11 on ...