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Energy

Dec 16, 2019

Santee Cooper approves 2020 budget, but details are scarce

Details might reveal parts of a confidential plan to keep Santee Cooper under state control, the utility said. That plan is one of several proposals the General Assembly will consider in 2020 in deciding whether to sell Santee Cooper.

Nov 21, 2019

Collaboration to power new solar farm in Orangeburg County

Google, Central Electric Power Cooperative and Berkeley Electric Cooperative are building a 75-megawatt solar farm which is expected to generate 180,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy each year.

Nov 18, 2019

Solar energy center open in Aiken County

The 560-acre Shaw Creek Solar Energy Center has the capacity to generate 74.9 megawatts of electricity and nearly $9 million in tax revenue for Aiken County.

Nov 13, 2019

Santee Cooper approves bond sale

The sale of $163 million in variable rate revenue obligation bonds will be used to refund debt, the utility said. Santee Cooper expects the transaction to result in debt service savings of $40 million during the next 16 years.

Nov 12, 2019

Dominion Energy South Carolina to ask for rate increase next year

The utility's 2018 acquisition of SCANA prevented it from presenting a case for a rate increase until 2020. Dominion's CEO said the company is under-earning in South Carolina.

Nov 1, 2019

Grant funding available to reduce diesel engine emissions

The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grants are intended to help reduce diesel emissions by paying for upgrades or replacement of older diesel engines.

Oct 28, 2019

Dominion Energy acquires solar generating project

When it is completed later this year, the 630-acre Seabrook Solar facility in Beaufort County will be one of the largest solar arrays in South Carolina.

Oct 22, 2019

Santee Cooper pays off $360M in bond debt

The utility had faced $8 billion in debt, with half related to the failed V.C. Summer nuclear project. The payment is part of a business strategy that aims to reduce Santee Cooper's nuclear debt by $925 million in the next 2 years.

Sep 10, 2019

Santee Cooper unveils business strategy

The state-owned utility plans to pay down its nuclear debt while phasing out coal and increasing its solar capacity by 500%. Half of the utility's $8 billion in debt stems from the failed V.C. Summer nuclear reactors.

Sep 9, 2019

Santee Cooper reports breach in former ash pond

The utility said there has been no environmental impact from the breach in Pond 1 at the former Grainger Generating Station in Conway. Santee Cooper began excavating the two ponds at the now-closed station in 2014.

Sep 5, 2019

Power restoration efforts continue into weekend

Thousands of technicians, line workers and damage assessors stand ready to repair power outages as Hurricane Dorian passes across the state. Santee Cooper said 25,000 customers lost power, but that it had been restored to all but 4,500.

Sep 4, 2019

Utilities ready for Hurricane Dorian

Dominion Energy has about 2,000 employees and contract crew members ready to deploy to areas to repair damage caused by Hurricane Dorian. Santee Cooper has 800-plus workers available and has moved to OpCon 2 alert status.