On January 23rd at 9AM, the House Rules Committee will have on its agenda House Resolution 3506. This Resolution would give the Speaker of the House absolute authority to unilaterally “initiate or intervene in any action on behalf of the House as an institution or in his official capacity…”. The…
Post and Courier January 20, 2019 BY ALAN WILSON, SC Attorney General I recently received a lot of attention when I joined a lawsuit to block seismic testing off the coast of South Carolina, so I wanted to explain my reasoning. People who support offshore exploration see it as a…
Even without a new budget for the department, the Trump Administration had called employees at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) back to work. Officials said that it was critical for BOEM to continue to process the permits from five seismic testing companies that want to airgun blast the…
Today the Public Service Commission reversed its December 21, 2018, Order and has found that SCE&G executives did act imprudently starting on March 12, 2015. Numerous intervening parties, including myself, filed petitions to the PSC before the end of last year calling the PSC failure to find imprudence by SCE&G…
Post and Courier January 13, 2019 Gov. Henry McMaster and Attorney General Alan Wilson are welcome additions to a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from allowing oil exploration off the South Carolina coast. There is absolutely no place here for a risky industry that could irreparably harm the…
January16, 8-10AM (pastries & coffee) Inn @ USC (1619 Pendleton Street, Columbia, free parking with pass) RSVP to sbchamber@scsbc.org (space is limited) Speakers: Senator Tom Davis – Opening Remarks (Senator Davis represents District 46, Beaufort and Jasper Counties) Jim Clarkson – Georgia Model (President of Resource Supply Management, obtains open…
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION CITY OF BEAUFORT, CITY OF ) CHARLESTON, CITY OF FOLLY BEACH, ) CITY OF ISLE OF PALMS, CITY OF NORTH ) MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA ) SMALL BUSINESS CHAMBER OF ) COMMERCE, TOWN OF BLUFFTON, TOWN…
BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA DOCKET NOS. 2017-207-E, 2017-305-E, AND 2017-370-E IN THE MATTER OF: Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club, ) Complainants/Petitioners, v. South Carolina ) Electric & Gas Company, …
The bipartisan political opposition to the Trump Administration’s efforts to approve exploration for oil off the Atlantic Coast continued yesterday. Ten East Coast governors signed a letter to Wilbur Ross (Secretary of the Dept. of Commerce) and Ryan Zinke (soon-to-be former Secretary of the Dept. of Interior) detailing their opposition.…
In my Friday blog on the Public Service Commission (PSC) ruling that determined how much ratepayers will be required to pay for SCE&G’s failed nuclear project and approved Dominion Energy to purchase SCANA, I was a little hasty in my conclusion that it was The End of the story. After…