Call your U.S. Representative TODAY to urge a vote “no” on the Interior-EPA appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2019 (H.R. 6147). House leadership blocked all our champions’ amendments to block new offshore drilling—not even giving them a chance for a vote. This harmful bill slashes funding for important programs, including…
House amendments blocked from vote. GOP Leadership worried that they might pass.
Numerous amendments to the Department of Interior’s budget that would block funding for offshore oil exploration and drilling in the Atlantic could have received a House vote this week. Instead, yesterday Republican leadership blocked those amendments from even being considered by the whole House. South Carolina Congressmen Mark Sanford, Tom…
Letter: What’s SCE&G whining about now?
Lexington County Chronicle July 12, 2018 By Frank Knapp Jr. The SC Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously voted to comply with the directive of the SC Legislature last week. The PSC approved a 15% electric rate decrease for SCE&G customers retroactive to April 1. Before you get too excited, a…
SC Congressmen urged to vote yes on offshore oil amendments
PRESS RELEASE Date: July 16, 2018 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: SC Congressmen urged to vote yes on offshore oil amendments Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) today sent a strong message to…
ACTON ALERT ON OFFSHORE DRILLING AND EXPLORATION
Support Amendments to Block Funding for Oil Exploration and Drilling in Atlantic South Carolina Congressmen Mark Sanford and Jim Rice are two of several bipartisan co-sponsors of amendments in the U.S. House that would not allow federal funding in 2019 for oil exploration and drilling in the Atlantic and Straits…
Environmental groups, citizens await word about seismic testing
South Strand News July 12, 2018 By Clayton Stairs Opponents of offshore drilling for oil and natural gas in the Atlantic Ocean are hoping that no news is good news when it comes to seismic testing permits issued by the federal government. Meanwhile, citizens are trying to figure out if…
Public Service Commission votes to temporarily roll back SCE&G rates by 15%. Utility whines about extreme political pressure.
Today the SC Public Service Commission unanimously and without debate voted to comply with the directive of the SC Legislature. The PSC approved a 15% electric rate decrease for SCE&G customers retroactive to April 1st of this year. Before you get too excited, this past Friday SCE&G filed suit in a…
KNAPP: GOP move on offshore drilling is money “shakedown”
Statehouse Report June 29, 2018 By Frank Knapp Jr., special to Statehouse Report President Trump has defended his desire to open all the country’s federal offshore waters to drilling for oil by saying that the United State must have energy dominance over all other nations. But a recent Republican proposal…
Deal struck to temporarily cut SCE&G nuclear rates nearly 15 percent
The Post and Courier By Andrew Brown and Thad Moore COLUMBIA — After months of delays, South Carolina lawmakers agreed on a plan Wednesday that would temporarily slash S.C. Electric & Gas customers’ power bills, ending a drawn-out debate over charges for unfinished nuclear reactors and likely throwing the state into…
Hicks column: A telling sign that South Carolina attitudes on offshore drilling have shifted
Charleston Posts and Courier June 24, 2018 By Brian Hicks In at least one way, South Carolina’s climate has changed noticeably. It’s nothing you can detect with thermometers or barometers, wind gauges or rain gauges. But it’s real. The best way to measure it is through politics. During a GOP…