March 25, 2025 Re: Amendments for H.3309 and S.446 to protect ratepayers Senate Judiciary Committee, At your committee meeting on Tuesday, March 25th, you will take up H.3309 and S.446, both addressing energy and utilities. The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce is very concerned that both bills contain provisions that harm all consumers in […]
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ACTION ALERT!!!!! BIG electric rate hikes annually are coming! Contact these state Senators ASAP! 3-24-25 Two bills will be voted on this Tuesday (March 25th) at 3PM in a SC Senate Judiciary Committee meeting. These utility-friendly bills would: -make electric rate hike decisions more big-business friendly at the expense of all other consumers. -allow
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SC Daily Gazette March 18, 2025 Commentary: Turning the Public Service Commission into the Utility Service Commission By Frank Knapp Since 2002, the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has intervened in 12 electric rate cases at the SC Public Service Commission. We have had tremendous success over the years in fighting utility rate hikes
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                                                      SC House Public Utilities Subcommittee January 29, 2025 Testimony on House Bill 3309 Frank Knapp President & CEO Since 2002, either I or the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has intervened in utility electric or gas rate hearings before the Public Service Commission. We’ve done this 11 times. So, we have a
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Press Release January 5, 2025 Small businesses applaud President Biden’s expected offshore oil ban Ten-year effort to ban oil exploration and drilling to end in victory Columbia, SC—President Biden is expected to permanently ban offshore oil drilling along the Atlantic and other areas. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce has been leading the
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Press Release December 4, 2024 Santee Cooper Board may ignore its own consultant’s concerns of rate design Groups call on Board to heed warnings and not to approve at December 9th meeting Columbia, SC—In a letter citing strong concerns about Santee Cooper management’s proposed new rate design, two organizations have urged the Santee Cooper Board
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Post and Courier December 7, 2024 SC power utility is urged to pause next week’s rate hike By John McDermott Two groups are urging Santee Cooper to delay a vote on its first electric rate increase in seven years to address what they called “serious flaws” in the new pricing plan. The S.C. Small Business
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December 3, 2024 Mr. Peter M. McCoy, Jr., Chairman Santee Cooper Board of Directors 1 Riverwood Drive Moncks Corner, SCÂ 29461 Re: Santee Cooper 2024 Request for Adjustment to Rate Schedule and Tariffs Dear Chairman McCoy, On behalf of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, we
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WCBD-TV November 25, 2024 Santee Cooper seeking approval for rate increase. How could your electric bill be impacted? by: Sophie Brams MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) — Santee Cooper customers could see a change in their electric bill next spring. The state-owned utility company’s board is expected to vote on Dec. 9 on whether to raise
Press Release Media Advisory November 12, 2024 For more details on this issue, Eddy Moore and Frank Knapp will be available today at noon at this zoom link. The Santee Cooper management refuses to make recommended changes to proposed rate design Proposal unfair to many small businesses and will be ineffective in reducing energy consumption
