Aiken Standard April 26, 2017 By Michael Smith A House subcommittee agreed to advance a bill Tuesday aimed at limiting cost overruns at nuclear and coal plants in South Carolina by more strictly regulating how and when utilities can seek rate increases. The House Utilities Subcommittee voted 5-1 on H. 4022, a bill that revises […]
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Email these legislators before tomorrow morning Yesterday a House subcommittee voted to pass H.4022 onto the full Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee. That committee will meet tomorrow morning at 9 to take action on H.4022. H.4022 would change the law that has allowed SCE&G to make a profit on $2.5 billion in cost overruns in
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The Greenville News April 21, 2017 The search for oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North and South Carolina could be months, rather than years, away. That would put the first wells in the Atlantic in as little as three years, and major oil drilling infrastructure a decade or so
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Morning Consult April 14, 2017 OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Frank Knapp On April 6 Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told the National Ocean Industries Association that an executive order was forthcoming that would start the process of rewriting the five-year plan for the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The next day an op-ed in Morning Consult by
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The Roanoke Times March 17, 2017 In “Trump should tap off-shore energy” (March 12 commentary), David Ramadan writes from his perch in Northern Virginia to offer up Virginia’s coastal homes and businesses to offshore drilling — but he does not speak for us. If one thing was clear following the recent debate over opening the Southeast
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COLUMBIA, SC- The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) recently elected its board of directors and officers. BAPAC is leading the business opposition to drilling and seismic testing for oil and gas off the Atlantic Coast. All BAPAC Board member are founding members of BAPAC which was first informally organized last September in
Cape May County Herald.com March 15, 2017 COLUMBIA, SC – The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) recently elected its board of directors and officers with a New Jersey business leader as the chair. BAPAC is leading the business opposition to drilling and seismic testing for oil and gas off the Atlantic Coast.
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Lexington County Chronicle March 9, 2017 By Jerry Bellune S.C. Electric & Gas’s nuclear building costs have reached $13.878 billion. That’s up $2.465 billion in eight years from the original $11.413 billion estimate for two new nuclear reactors in Fairfield County. The Cayce-based company says power from the two will save customers $4 billion over
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Charleston Post and Courier February 24, 2017 The numbers speak for themselves. Tourists spent more than $20 billion in South Carolina in 2015, setting a record high for the state. That number tops the previous year by nearly a billion dollars. In 2014, tourism supported one of every 10 jobs in South Carolina. It generated
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Charleston Post and Courier February 21, 2017 By Bo Petersen A little more than a month after seismic blast testing for oil and natural gas was stopped offshore of South Carolina, exploration companies are gearing up for a new try. Conservation groups are gearing up to fight again. This time, the battle will focus on
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