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Power company’s solar plan could hurt small organic farm. Columbia farmer worried.

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The State March 21, 2021 By Sammy Fretwell Since opening 12 years ago at an old industrial site in Columbia, the City Roots organic farm has developed a loyal following among people who want to buy locally grown produce or attend community dinners hosted by the small operation’s owners. Today, with the farm’s popularity continuing […]

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Viewpoint: The truth about rooftop solar revealed at PSC hearing

By / Climate / Energy, Environment, Press, Small Business /

Charleston Regional Business Journal, March 8, 2021 Columbia Regional Business Report, March 17, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr., Contributing Writer A recent opinion editorial by Mr. Kellar Kissam warned 740,000 Dominion Energy South Carolina customers that they were unfairly subsidizing about 11,000 residents and small businesses that have rooftop solar installations. Kissam, president of electric

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SC PSC wraps up hearing on new solar net metering tariff

By / Climate / Energy, Environment, Small Business, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

The recent 7-day SC Public Service Commission hearing on Dominion Energy’s proposed new solar net metering tariff ended March 3rd. In Act 62 the SC legislature instructed the PSC to develop a new tariff by May 31st. All the daily sessions are online. SC Small Business Chamber president Frank Knapp intervened as an individual in

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Opinion: We’re one step closer to selling Santee Cooper

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The Berkeley Independent January 29, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr. South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce The South Carolina House of Representatives has passed House Bill 3194, re-establishing a process for a potential sale of Santee Cooper while also outlining significant reforms to the state-owned utility. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce

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Biden keeps word on offshore oil drilling

By / Climate / Energy, Environment, Small Business, Small Business Advocacy Blog /

Blog by Frank Knapp, Jr., President & CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce January 23, 2021 President Joe Biden has taken quick action on climate change including his commitment to ban all new oil drilling on public lands and waters on his first day in office. The South Carolina Small Business

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New Strategic Alliance Will Significantly Boost Efforts to Remake & Revitalize the American Economy

By / Economy, Environment, Small Business Advocacy Blog, Sustainability /

(Frank Knapp, President/CEO of the SC Small Business Chamber, serves on the Board for ASBC) American Sustainable Business Council Social Venture Circle FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chrystie Heimert 802.338.2556 cheimert@asbcouncil.org WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2020—The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), the nation’s foremost business advocate for an environmentally safe and equitable economy announced today a

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Opinion: Here’s what President Trump must do to show Floridians he wants to protect coasts

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Florida Today September 11, 2020 Frank Knapp Jr., Guest columnist This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order for a 10-year moratorium on offshore oil exploration and drilling along all of Florida’s coasts and those of Georgia and South Carolina, starting in July 2022. Mr. Trump has spent nearly four years as president insisting

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Dominion, Duke abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline plans

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USA Today July 6, 2020 By Steve Kiggins The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been scrapped after years of legal challenges and construction delays. The project’s developers, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, announced the pipeline’s cancellation in a joint statement on Sunday, citing “increasing legal uncertainty” — less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court approved

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Dominion Energy abandons $8 billion gas pipeline

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Lexington County Chronicle July 6, 2020 Project said to be major reason Dominion was willing to buy SCANA, SCE&G By Jerry Bellune Dominion Energy and Duke Energy have canceled their costly, long-delayed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The pipeline to bring natural gas from West Virginia to the NC-SC coast was a major reason Dominion was believed to be willing

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Feds ordered to produce additional seismic documents

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Charleston Regional Business Journal January 8, 2020 Feds ordered to produce additional seismic documents Staff Report A U.S. district judge has ordered the federal government to produce all documents related to its decision to allow seismic blasting tests off the coast of South Carolina, a legal victory for municipalities and environmental groups who are suing

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