Statehouse Report August 10, 2018 By Frank Knapp, special to Statehouse Report It’s good news for consumers that a federal judge last week ruled the state Public Service Commission (PSC) can temporarily reduce utility rates by 15 percent by S.C. Electric & Gas Company ratepayers following the failed construction of…
Dominion Energy doubles down on effort to fool the SCE&G consumer
PRESS RELEASE Date: August 9, 2018 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Dominion Energy doubles down on effort to fool the SCE&G consumer Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—Dominion Energy’s January 12, 2018, petition to merge with SCANA details how it will…
Temporary relief from SCE&G light bills lightening wallets is met with skepticism
WIS-TV WMBF-TV August 7, 2018 Watch Video By Ashleigh Holland COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – If lighting your home is lightening your wallet, here’s some relief. Temporarily, SCE&G rates are lowered by 15 percent, beginning Tuesday, August 7. The rate is expected to be in place through the end of the…
Dominion Energy’s Ad Campaign Clouds PSC Decision On SCE&G Rate Rollback
PRESS RELEASE Date: August 7, 2018 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Dominion’s Bad Deal and Undue Influence on PSC Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Dominion Energy’s Ad Campaign Clouds PSC Decision On SCE&G Rate Rollback Thousands of ratepayers will not get the…
Dominion Energy’s Ad Campaign Clouds PSC Decision On SCE&G Rate Rollback. Thousands of ratepayers will not get the promised Dominion check
PRESS RELEASE Date: August 7, 2018 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Dominion’s Bad Deal and Undue Influence on PSC Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) and the Coastal Conservation League (CCL) today sounded…
Opinion: Don’t let Dominion’s ‘generous’ offer influence ruling on SCE&G rates
The State August 1, 2018 Online August 7, 2018 Print Edition By Frank Knapp Jr. Dominion Energy has flooded TV and radio with ads. The apparent intent is to convince the public that its offer to acquire SCANA/SCE&G is the best deal for ratepayers to resolve the financial crisis of…
Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan Is Roiling Coastal Elections
The Atlantic August 5, 2018 The Trump administration’s proposal to allow offshore oil and gas drilling has met significant opposition from Republican candidates up and down the Eastern Seaboard. By Madeleine Carlisle Carteret County sits in a region of North Carolina known as the Crystal Coast. It’s celebrated for its…
BRIEFS: Busy week on the nuclear front, more
Statehouse Report August 3, 2018 Staff reports It’s been a busy week for all thing nuclear that are related to the multi-billion-dollar demise of the V.C. Summer nuclear plants in Fairfield County. And on Tuesday, attorneys working for organizations supporting ratepayers filed a motion to let customers find out if…
Listen to my tax reform interview on conservative Ohio radio station.
Yesterday morning I did a radio interview with Scott Sloane on 700WLW in Cincinnati. The station is the flagship for the Cincinnati Reds as well as news and talk. We discussed the tax reform bill passed this past December and how small businesses were treated. You can listen to the approximately…
Editorial: Dominion Energy buyout might not be best deal for SCE&G customersBottom of Form
Charleston Post and Courier August 2, 2018 SCANA shareholders acted in their own best interest Tuesday when they overwhelmingly approved a buyout from Dominion Energy. It would be unreasonable to expect otherwise. But it remains far from clear that the Dominion deal – which would be South Carolina’s largest-ever corporate…