Lexington County Chronicle November 24, 2016 By Jerry Bellune S.C. Electric & Gas critics’ want four major changes in a controversial state law. At a public hearing next Tuesday, the Stop the Blank Check Coalition will ask lawmakers to amend the Base Load Review Act to: • Allow SCE&G to recover construction financing costs only […]
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I have never heard as much public outrage in South Carolina as I have heard concerning SCE&G’s rate increases. In particular, the complaints are over the utility company’s rate hikes to pay the financing construction costs for its two nuclear plants being built in Fairfield County. Since 2009 SCE&G has been approved for 9 of these
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The below letter was sent to all the businesses and business organizations that signed a letter to President Obama calling for no seismic testing or offshore drilling along the Atlantic Coast. As a member/supporter of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber, which co-founded the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast, this letter is for
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“President Obama, it’s time to protect our Atlantic Coast from offshore drilling forever.” That was the powerful message delivered to the Administration on Monday by the Business Alliance for Protecting (BAPAC) the Atlantic Coast, which the South Carolina Small Business Chamber co-founded this past September. Billionaire Tom Steyer joined the call for a permanent ban
The Virginia-Pilot November 16, 2016 By Dave Mayfield Facing a new president who has said he favors opening the East Coast to oil and gas exploration, some environmental groups are pressing President Barack Obama to declare the waters off Virginia and other Atlantic states permanently off-limits to drilling before he leaves office in January. “Let’s
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Coastal Review 11/17/2016 by Mark Hibbs MOREHEAD CITY — A group of business leaders representing interests up and down the East Coast, including chambers of commerce, restaurant associations, commercial fishing groups and real estate organizations, are urging President Obama to use a provision of federal law to try and permanently block seismic surveying for oil
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Thanks to all who contacted Sen. Graham about today’s vote in the Senate to bribe South Carolina and other Atlantic Coast states to get their support for offshore drilling. While Senator Graham did vote to move S.3110 forward, the bill failed to get the 60 votes it needed to stay alive. Only 51 Senators voted
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South Carolina local coastal governments, businesses and citizens overwhelmingly oppose drilling off the Atlantic Coast for oil. So the oil companies and their supporters in Congress want to bribe states like South Carolina to agree to allow offshore drilling by giving them a small cut of revenues from any future oil and gas development. Call
Over 12,000 businesses seek protection for local coastal economies Washington, DC—A delegation from the Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (BAPAC) meet today with Administration officials who will decide the future of oil and gas exploration that will effect local economies along the Atlantic seaboard. Over 12,000 businesses and 400,000 commercial fishing families are
Clears way for legislative fix of law that created a blank check for the company On November 9, 2016, the S.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a settlement between SCE&G and intervening parties regarding the utility’s request for additional construction costs to complete the two nuclear plants at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Power Station in
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