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Nuclear plant costs just went up $1.1 billion. Now SCE&G wants $286 million more!

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Tell SCE&G Enough Is Enough (Instructions below) In September, the South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) gave its approval to increasing the cost of building two nuclear power plants in Fairfield County by $1.1 billion due to cost overruns and schedule delays. SCE&G owns 55% of these reactors and Santee Cooper owns the other 45%.  […]

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An unbelievable achievement in the fight against offshore drilling

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How hard is it to get 100% agreement or participation on anything? It’s never done.  Never! Well, that remarkable achievement has been accomplished and it not on some non-controversial issue. This week it was announced that Briarcliffe Acres, a small town on the South Carolina coast, has become the 23rd coastal community to oppose offshore

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One CEO’s Quote Sums Up Resilience Of Flood-Drenched South Carolina

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“It’s a sunny day here. It’s the first time I’ve seen sun in many days.” The Huffington Post October 6, 2015 Alexander C. Kaufman Business Editor, The Huffington Post After the storm comes the sun. The chief executive of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday urged workers to return to their jobs

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Columbia’s 79-year flood

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Thanks to all who have checked up on me to see how I have survived the flooding in Columbia. I and my family are fine. Unfortunately many residents and businesses fell victims to the onslaught of rushing water from our rivers, streams and breached earthen dams. South Carolina’s emergency response agencies have performed flawlessly and

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500-Year Floods Coming to New York Every 24 Years, Study Says

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Thanks to climate change and stronger storms, floods wash the streets of Manhattan much more often, study says. Inside Climate News September 28, 2015 By Phil McKenna New York City is vulnerable to rising seas and larger, more powerful storms that result in more frequent and intense flooding and what was once a 500-year flood

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Beaufort-Port Royal sea-level panel offers county airport suggestions

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Hilton Head Island Packet September 29, 2015 BY STEPHEN FASTENAU Beaufort-Port Royal sea level panel offers airport suggestions The Beaufort County Airport and Federal Aviation Administration should consider the effects of climate change and sea level rise in future safety improvements, a local environmental panel wrote in a letter this month to the FAA’s district

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Post and Courier Editorial: Painful rate hikes demand justification

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(Send an email to sbchamber@scsbc.org and join our “SCE&G Enough Is Enough” campaign.) —————————————————————————————————————————— Charleston Post and Courier Editorial September 27, 2015 There was no discussion. The vote was unanimous. And so the state Public Service Commission approved yet another rate hike for South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. customers on Wednesday. The 2.6 percent

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SCE&G’s latest rate hike adds $4 per month to customers’ bills

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The group has formed “SCE&G Enough is Enough” to fight further rate increases, saying the Base Load Review Act “is not holding SCE&G accountable.” Charleston Post and Courier September 24, 2015 By David Wren South Carolina Electric & Gas customers will see a rate increase of about $4 per month beginning in October to help

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“SCE&G Enough Is Enough” Campaign announced. 35% rate increase since January 2008 needs legislative attention

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Today the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce announced an opportunity for small businesses to join an “SCE&G Enough Is Enough” Campaign. SCE&G business or residential customers know that their electrical rates have gone up and up and up—just under 35%—since January of 2008.  The latest 2.6% increase was approved this week. Half of

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