Charleston City Paper

Natural gas plant cost doubles as nuclear restart moves ahead

While headlines from a recent Santee Cooper board meeting centered on the revival of a long-abandoned nuclear project, South Carolina consumer watchdogs are focused on another development — a planned ...

South Carolina's state utility says private firm set to restart abandoned $9 billion nuclear project

“You have placed South Carolina in the epicenter of the resurgence of nuclear power in the United States,” Santee Cooper CEO Jimmy Staton said. Santee Cooper was the minority partner with what was ...

Will South Carolina lead the nuclear renaissance?

Efforts to complete two partially constructed nuclear reactors in South Carolina took a big step forward in October as the ...

Century Aluminum signs extension with Santee Cooper

Century Aluminum Company has signed an extension of its power agreement with South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee ...

Proposed Colleton County power plant now to cost twice as much as first thought

When Santee Cooper’s board approved moving forward on a new power plant in Colleton County on Friday, the plan carried a ...

Commentary: Dispatchable natural gas is part of SC’s all-of-the-above energy strategy

Dominion Energy SC and Santee Cooper presidents say a Canadys natural gas plant is an environmentally friendly way to provide ...

Here’s what SC landowners should expect from a proposed 71-mile natural gas pipeline

The builder of a 71-mile natural gas pipeline in South Carolina’s Lowcountry so far has 63 of the permission slips it needs ...
The Island Packet

State-owned utility delays meeting because of questions over who its chairman is

Santee Cooper said Friday it is delaying its next board meeting because of questions about who is chairman of the state-owned utility. Gov. Henry McMaster has named an ally, former S.C. Attorney ...