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, the state’s power company. Let’s face it. All the public talk has been about SCE&G now […]
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While we were concentrating on SCE&G’s request to raise electricity rates by 3% and increase the cost to build its 2 nuclear reactors by $846 million, guess who slipped in with their 14.5% overall rate hike request? Duke Energy Progress For all you living and working in the Florence, Sumter and Myrtle Beach areas, according
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Lexington County Chronicle July 7, 2016 By Frank Knapp Jr. In 2002, just two years after we formed, the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce officially intervened in an SCE&G rate hearing to oppose a 14% electric rate hike on small businesses. We were successful in having the Public Service Commission (PSC) reduce the
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Charleston Post and Courier July 6, 2016 By Brian Hicks Columnist One reader writes that electricity rates seem to go up every year, and “I wish someone would help us customers.” And thousands of Charleston-area residents say “Amen.” Next to the state of our roads, people gripe about few things as much as their
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Lexington County Chronicle July 7, 2016 By Jerry Bellune State law guarantees S.C. Electric & Gas a profit each time construction costs rise. S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce President Frank Knapp calls this a “blank check” for SCE&G’s profit. SCE&G asked state regulators last week to raise its rates 3.06% or $4.44 a month
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Charleston Post and Courier June 29, 2016 By David Wren South Carolina Electric & Gas is asking state regulators to approve the largest single rate increase yet under a state law that lets the utility charge customers for construction of two new reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant in Jenkinsville years before they are
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Watch WLTX-TV video Watch WOLO-TV video Watch WIS-TV video Columbia Regional Business Report June 22, 2016 By Melinda Waldrop As the relentless Columbia sun beat down, Frank Knapp Jr. talked about the power of solar. Knapp, the president and CEO of the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce, flipped the switch on a new 36-panel,
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Watch WLTX-TV video The State June 22 2016 By PAUL OSMUNDSON The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce has 36 solar panels on its Gervais Street building. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday officially activated new solar panels on its office building at 1717 Gervais St. The chamber, led by
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Charleston News & Courier June 19, 2016 By David Wren The state legislation allowing South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. to charge customers for two new reactors at its nuclear power plant years before they are completed has been compared to making payments on a new car without knowing the final price and before it
The state Energy Office is developing an energy plan for South Carolina. According to the Energy Office website: This plan provides an evaluation of how SC currently utilizes its available energy resources to promote economic development and to meet the needs of its businesses and residents. It also provides a pathway forward outlining how SC
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