The State Myrtle Beach Sun News Hilton Head Island Packet Anderson Independent Mail February 16, 2019 By Emma Dumain Mark Sanford was already out of office, settling back into civilian life by unpacking boxes of files and odds and ends from his years in Congress and the S.C. Governor’s Mansion,…
PSC costs ratepayers $31.7M. Regulators side with Dominion on rate cuts
Lexington County Chronicle February 14, 2019 By Jerry Bellune A state regulators’ ruling will cost Dominion Energy ratepayers $31.7 million. The ratepayers will receive $67 million in lower rates from the federal tax cuts which began last year. Had the Public Service Commission followed Office of Regulatory Staff findings, ratepayers…
SC did not expand Medicaid under Obamacare, but cost and enrollment are growing anyway
Charleston Post and Courier February 10, 2019 By Jerrel Floyd South Carolina is one of 14 states that continues to turn down federal money to expand eligibility for the low-income Medicaid program. But an analysis by The Post and Courier found the statewide program has grown substantially in recent years…
Bill to cut $151M in rates
Dominion could lose $227 million in profit on loans Lexington County Chronicle February 7, 2019 By Jerry Bellune State lawmakers can cut ratepayers’ costs $151 million for SCANA’s $9 billion nuclear failure. Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey’s bill will let the state secure $2.3 billion in bonds to pay off…
Partial federal government shutdown ends but political impasse remains
MULTIBRIEFS January 28, 2019 By Seth Sandronsky Last Friday, President Trump signed a bill in effect through Feb. 15 that ends the 35-day partial federal government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. What is likely to or could happen over the next three weeks as border security talks between the…
Judge bars seismic permitting work during shutdown
Charleston Regional Business Journal January 24, 2019 By Liz Segrist A federal judge has barred the government from moving forward with seismic permitting and halted litigation surrounding the permits during the government shutdown. The Trump administration ruled to allow companies to perform seismic air gun surveying to determine whether oil…
Citing son’s influence and Trump’s triumphs, Joe Wilson now opposes offshore drilling
The State January 23, 2019 BY EMMA DUMAIN Washington Rep. Joe Wilson always favored drilling and testing for oil in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of his state of South Carolina. Now the Republican lawmaker supports a moratorium on the practice. He acknowledged Wednesday the influence of his son,…
Once deregulated, utilities will compete for customers
Lexington County Chronicle January 24, 2019 By Jerry Bellune Lexington County residents will save an average $220.28 a year with competitive electric rates. That’s the prediction of Dr. Kathleen Grace, a Wofford College professor and expert on the SCANA-Santee Cooper nuclear fiasco. Grace said the average SC residential electricity bill…
Judge’s Ruling Halts Work on Seismic Permits
Coastal Review Online January 18, 2019 by Staff Report CHARLESTON, S.C. – A federal judge here ruled Friday that work to issue permits for offshore seismic exploration for oil and natural gas cannot continue until the partial federal government shutdown ends. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, in his ruling on…
SC court rules permits can’t go out for seismic testing offshore
Post and Courier January 18, 2019 By Bo Petersen Work can’t go forward on issuing permits for offshore seismic testing until the federal shutdown ends, a federal judge in Charleston ruled Friday. The ruling came in response to a motion filed by several conservation, municipal and business interests opposing the…