Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Santee Cooper leaders defy S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster in fighting efforts to sell utility | Business | postandcourier.com

Santee Cooper leaders defy S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster in fighting efforts to sell utility | Business | postandcourier.com: "McMaster's office released thousands of pages of emails and communications Tuesday that shows the utility's highly paid lobbyists asked lawmakers to openly oppose a sale and pushed Santee Cooper leaders to sweeten deals for customers to make outside offers, like one from Florida's NextEra Energy, less attractive. 

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Monday, March 26, 2018

South Carolina lawmakers won't throw Charleston-area aluminum plant a lifeline | Business | postandcourier.com

South Carolina lawmakers won't throw Charleston-area aluminum plant a lifeline | Business | postandcourier.com: "The public utilities subcommittee of the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry last week voted 4-2 to kill a bill that would have let Century buy all of the electricity for its Berkeley County operation on the open market. Century currently gets 75 percent of its power from an undisclosed provider. It's required to buy the other 25 percent from state-owned Santee Cooper.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

SCE&G has better options to meet energy needs | Editorials | postandcourier.com

SCE&G has better options to meet energy needs | Editorials | postandcourier.com: "Environmental Law Center attorney Blan Holman explained, using a golf analogy. “When you are close to the green … and you just spent $500 on a uranium-coated TaylorMade 1-driver (that broke — see V.C. Summer), then it’s not time to buy a new fracked gas-coated 3-wood. It’s time to use your sand wedge and your putter. Solar is the wedge; efficiency is the putter.”

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Friday, March 9, 2018

Governor taps ex-prosecutor to lead South Carolina utility | WACH

Governor taps ex-prosecutor to lead South Carolina utility | WACH: "Gov. Henry McMaster announced Wednesday he has picked former state Attorney General Charlie Condon to fulfill the rest of former chairman Leighton Lord's term, which expires in May.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Gov. McMaster thinks Santee Cooper is trying to block sale | The State

Gov. McMaster thinks Santee Cooper is trying to block sale | The State: "The Richland Republican on Tuesday demanded that the Moncks Corner-based power company cough up all of its contracts and emails with its lobbyists, as well as any official emails or texts sent by the lobbyists themselves, over the past 14 months.

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S 955

By concurrent resolution, the General Assembly has extended filing for PSC Seats 2, 4 and 6 until Noon on March 26, 2018

Monday, March 5, 2018

PSC Launches SCUtilityConsumer.com

Check out the 's newly launched Utility Consumer Education website @

Carolina Water Service rate hike hearing comes to Lake Wylie | The Herald

Carolina Water Service rate hike hearing comes to Lake Wylie | The Herald: "Gilroy, along with operations and regulatory affairs manager Michael Cartin, financial planning and analysis manager Robert Hunter and outside utility consultant Dylan D’Ascendis, offered up a combined 116 pages of testimony. Detailing work done and work expected in York County, along with other reasoning for the cost increases.

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