The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) is recognized as the primary organization fighting on behalf of small businesses on all matters regarding electricity/gas rates and related issues, including net metering, that are regulated by the S.C. Public Service Commission. Since 2002, small businesses in South Carolina have saved tens of millions of […]
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Lexington County Chronicle August 3, 2016 SCE&G profits from its own nuclear construction cost overruns By Jerry Bellune S.C. Electric & Gas’s owners report another $10.5 million profit. The report comes as the utility asks state regulators to raise its customers’ rates another $852 million. SCE&G’s owners, Cayce-based SCANA, announced second quarter earnings of $105
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Charleston Regional Business Journal By Melinda Waldrop July 20, 2016 South Carolina continues to make strides in becoming a friendlier state for renewable energy, though some supporters were disappointed when a bill that would have accelerated solar expansion efforts bogged down in the Legislature. The bill, S.626, would have provided reductions in property taxes that
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Florence Morning News Charleston Post and Courier July 19, 2016 By Frank Knapp Jr. Guest column I have some bad news for the customers of South Carolina’s electric co-operatives and Santee Cooper’s retail customers. Some of these fine folks might have felt pretty smug about getting their electricity from co-ops or directly from Santee Cooper,
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What if you were caught cheating the IRS but your defense was that yes you did cheat them but not as much as the auditor said you did? Or, what if stole money from your grandmother but your defense was that you didn’t steal as much as she says that you did? Or, what if
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WIS-TV July 18, 2016 Video By Charles Molineaux COLUMBIA Activists are trying to head off a new round of higher electric bills by pulling together a new campaign to cancel what they call a “blank check” for utilities. The group calls itself the “Stop the Blank Check” coalition. It’s made up of community, business, and
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Columbia Regional Business Report July 18, 2016 By Melinda Waldrop A coalition made up of state business and social service groups announced its opposition today to a request made to state regulators by S.C. Electric & Gas Co. to approve an $852 million increase in the cost of building two nuclear reactors in Fairfield County,
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Charleston Post and Courier July 17, 2016 By David Wren The S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce is stepping up its fight against South Carolina Electric & Gas’ annual rate increases to help pay for new reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Jenkinsville. Frank Knapp, the chamber’s president and CEO, will be among
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Making utilities accountable to the people they serve Press Release From: Coalition to STOP THE BLANK CHECK Date:  July 18, 2016 Contact: Mandy Bidinger, 803-252-5733, amanda@scsbc.org Frank Knapp Jr., South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, 803-252-5733 (o),  803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Lynn Teague, League of Women Voters, (803) 556-9802, teague_l@bellsouth.net Ben Wislinski, Sierra Club, (202) 870-3188,
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I have updated my blog from earlier today to indicate that the Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina has intervened in the Public Service Commission proceeding on SCE&G’s request for $846 million additional construction costs for its nuclear plants. Also approved parties of record (but not mentioned in the blog) are myself and the South Carolina Energy Users. Requesting
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