By Tim Wilkes, Lexington County Chronicle and Dispatch News SCE&G has filed for a rate increase with the S.C. Public Service Commission, the state agency that approves all utility rates. The rate increases requested are: for small businesses, almost 14 percent; for medium commercial, almost 12 percent; for residential, 7 percent; and for large commercial, […]
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Published in the Lexington County Chronicle and Dispatch News A state business leader wants to know why small businesses should pay more than twice what large industry pays for electricity. Tim Wilkes, chairman of the Small Business Chamber of Commerce Chairman Tim Wilkes said he finds S.C. Electric & Gas’s explanation of its rate hike
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Published in GSABusiness The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has announced its formal opposition to the proposed SCE&G rate increase for small businesses. The rate increase, filed with the Public Service Commission on August 6th, calls for nearly a 14% increase on electricity used by small businesses. “Small businesses are being asked to pay
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State Agency Competition Senators Reese, Knotts, Drummond, Kuhn and Ravenel have introduce Senate Bill 1039, a companion bill to H.4739 introduced last month in the House. These bills would require that any state agency or its foundations obtain permission from the Budget and Control Board in order to produce goods and services to be offered
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By Dave L’Heureux, Staff Writer Business leaders say they will oppose the double-digit electric rate increases SCE&G wants to impose on small- and medium-size firms next year. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. proposes an average 14 percent increase on small companies within its territory. Medium-size businesses, such as supermarkets, would pay an average 12
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The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce will serve on a Health Insurance Policy Advisory Committee and will play a role in the data collection for a $1.1 million grant to the SC Department of Insurance. The formal announcement of this US Department of Health and Human Services grant, which will be used to analyze
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By Kathleen Vereen Dayton, The Sun News Writing a bad check in South Carolina now can cost offenders more than ever, thanks to a new law that lets businesses charge up to $30 for each check that is returned for insufficient funds. The new law, signed June 3 by Gov. Jim Hodges, evens out the
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Published in the Lexington County Chronicle A new state law increases the amount businesses can charge for bad checks. The legislation, backed by the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce, increases charges from $25.00 to $30 for returned checks written for under $100.00 The amount is now the same for checks over $100.00. “This may
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The 2002 legislative session has ended.  We are happy to report that The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce did very well on our legislative agenda.  This e-newsletter gives you the scorecard.  While not every bill we supported was passed, we can say that no initiative we opposed was enacted.  Not a bad record for only our second full
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The 2002 legislative session has ended.  We are happy to report that The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce did very well on our legislative agenda.  This e-newsletter gives you the scorecard.  While not every bill we supported was passed, we can say that no initiative we opposed was enacted.  Not a bad record for only our second full
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