On Wednesday, June 16, Small Business for America’s Future and Business Forward will welcome U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm for the second briefing in our Build Back Better series. In this series, we are covering the Biden administration’s policy priorities across a range of topics, including those…
Dominion, Duke abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline plans
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…
Dominion Energy abandons $8 billion gas pipeline
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…
Great news for SC coastal communities and renewable energy
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is dead. Today Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that they are abandoning their nearly 6-year effort to build the $8 billion, 600-mile pipeline that would bring natural gas from West Virginia to the Eastern North Carolina/South Carolina border. Thomas Farrell, Dominion Energy CEO, and Lynn…
Solar, wind and hydro power could soon surpass coal
CNN Business November 26, 2019 By Matt Egan, CNN Business Coal, long the king of America’s electric grid, will soon get toppled by renewable energy. Solar and wind power are growing so rapidly that for the first time ever, the United States will likely get more power in 2021 from…
Environmental & Energy Conference in Georgetown October 25 & 26
The Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce is holding an Environmental & Energy Conference this Friday and Saturday in Georgetown. The event will feature workshops, panel discussions and interactive booths/vendors. “Our natural environment and the sustenance it provides are vital parts of the Gullah Geechee culture,” states Marilyn Hemingway, CEO/President of…
Renewable energy production surpasses coal in US for first time
The Hill June 27, 2019 By Rebecca Beitsch Renewable energy production surpassed coal-fired generation for the first time in the U.S., according to the latest figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Sources like wind and solar energy provided 23 percent of America’s electricity in April, compared to 20…
A Mayor to learn from
Every mayor in this country can learn from my friend Mayor Ed Malloy of Fairfield, Iowa. Not only did he have a vision for reducing the energy consumption of his whole city, he is making it happen. Read the story below. I expect that other mayors will soon have the…
Senator Lindsey Graham–taxes and energy
I met with two of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham’s staffers yesterday to talk about taxes and revenue issues. Some of the conversation was about the Senator’s recent remarks that increased revenue needed to be on the table in negotiations with Senator Democrats regarding the budget and debt. Senator Graham’s…