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SC Small Business Chamber calls for pause on new data centers that drive up energy demand

Press Release April 15, 2024 Below is a statement by Frank Knapp Jr., president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce regarding the SC Energy Security Act being considered by the SC Legislature.  Also below is other information related to the statement. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————- It is clear that South Carolina will need […]

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SC Small Business Chamber applauds Senate Judiciary Committee amendment to energy bill

Press Release April 9, 2024 Only one anti-consumer provision remains to be removed Below is a statement of Frank Knapp Jr., president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, regarding the SC Senate Judiciary Committee actions today on House Bill 5118, SC Energy Security Act.  The Committee today met and discussed

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COMMENTARY: SC Senate speeding to do the utilities’ bidding

SC Daily Gazette, April 8, 2024 Post and Courier, April 25, 2024 No time to talk with consumer advocates By Frank Knapp Jr. This past February, the South Carolina House had its first public hearing on House Bill 5118, dubbed the SC Energy Security Act, which had been introduced only 12 day earlier. The bill

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ACTION ALERT!!!! CALL/EMAIL STATE SENATORS BEFORE 4/9/24

April 7, 2024 ACTION ALERT!!!! CALL/EMAIL STATE SENATORS BEFORE 4/9/24 STOP ANTI-CONSUMER ENERGY BILL THAT WILL GUARANTEE HIGHER ELECTRIC RATES!   This week the SC Senate Judiciary Committee will meet to debate H.5118, the anti-consumer legislation masquerading as an energy security act. Here is what the bill will do: –The bill would fire the current

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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Refuses to Allow Consumer Groups to Testify

For Immediate Release April 4, 2024 Public Hearing Reserved for Energy Providers Only Below is a statement of Frank Knapp Jr., president, CEO and co-founder of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, regarding Senate Judiciary Subcommittee public hearing today on House Bill 5118, the South Carolina Energy Security Act, which has been passed

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Opinion: Bill is the wrong path for SC to take to energy security

The State April 1, 2024 Opinion: Bill is the wrong path for SC to take to energy security By Frank Knapp Jr. The dire warning from South Carolina’s public utilities is that the state is in peril — a much bigger energy supply is needed soon to service growth in population and industry. Regardless of

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SC House advances controversial energy reform bill; fight anticipated in Senate

Post and Courier March 27, 2024 By Nick Reynolds COLUMBIA — Kicking off debate on a sweeping energy policy reform bill that lawmakers have painted as a solution to the state’s looming energy crisis, Belton Republican Rep. Jay West — one of the bill’s principal architects — talked his colleagues in the state House of Representatives through

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Small businesses are not supporting SC Energy Security Act in the House

For Immediate Release March 27, 2024 Below is a statement of Frank Knapp Jr., president, CEO and co-founder of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, regarding House Bill 5118, the South Carolina Energy Security Act, which is on the SC House calendar. —————————————————————————————————————— Yesterday I read a story about the SC Chamber of

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