The Berkeley Independent The Summerville Journal Scene September 30, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. Just over two years ago South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster called Santee Cooper a “rogue agency”. The issues were accountability and transparency. Santee Cooper, a state agency, was refusing to provide information to the Governor. “This…
COMMENTARY: ‘Game’ protects consumer
The Times and Democrat September 22, 2020 By FRANK KNAPP JR. Critics have equated the process of regulated utilities seeking rate hikes from the S.C. Public Service Commission to a game — always asking far more than they need or expect to get. Given the ongoing discussions in our state…
Conversation with Gullah Geechee Chamber on Santee Cooper
Frank Knapp, SCSBCC President/CEO, recently had an online conversation with Marilyn Hemingway, President and CEO of the Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce and member of the SCSBCC Board of Directors. Every Wednesday and Sunday at 4PM, Marilyn hosts “A Gathering Place” on the Gullah Geechee Chamber Facebook Live and YouTube…
Commentary: One cheer for the outcome in the Jessica Cook case
Post and Courier August 4, 2020 By Oran Smith In the case of Jessica Cook et al., a South Carolina court approved a settlement between state-owned Santee Cooper, the former SCE&G (now Dominion Energy) and representatives of Santee Cooper ratepayer classes. That $520 million deal will yield $442 million to…
Listen to WVOC interview on 3rd anniversary of nuclear debacle
Today is the 3rd anniversary of SCE&G (now Dominion Energy) and Santee Cooper pulling the plug on their joint nuclear construction project in Fairfield County. Listen to Gary Barboza of WVOC in Columbia interview SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Frank Knapp on the issue. Listen here.…
Opinion: Lawmakers Fiddle While Utility Ratepayers Burn
The Lexington Ledger, July 29, 2020 Lexington County Chronicle, July 30, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. By July 31, 2017, as the head of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce I had been a vocal critic of the SCE&G/Santee Cooper nuclear construction project in Fairfield County that was…
Another class-action lawsuit against Santee Cooper
The Bond Buyer July 22, 2020 …While the Cook litigation has ended, a federal judge ordered discovery to begin in another proposed class-action lawsuit by an investor in Santee Cooper’s mini-bond program, filed in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina’s Charleston Division on April 15, 2019. Murray C. Turka,…
Chamber challenges Santee Cooper’s secret reports
Lexington County Chronicle July 14, 2020 By Jerry Bellune What is debt-burdened Santee Cooper telling state regulators? That’s what the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce wants to know. Because the taxpayer-owned utility is $6.8 billion in debt, the state may sell it. Chamber CEO Frank Knapp has sent a…
Opinion: Settlement on ratepayer lawsuit doesn’t change the need for SC to sell Santee Cooper
The State July 14, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. Sometime this month a judge is expected to give final approval to the settlement in the Cook lawsuit. It is a lawsuit by Santee Cooper ratepayers against the utility, and it seeks to recover past payments for the abandoned nuclear construction…
Santee Cooper under fire for another racist post seemingly shared by employee
The Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce is a member of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC). Marilyn Hemingway serves on the Board of the SCSBCC. WCIV-TV June 29, 2020 Watch Video by Anne Emerson MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCIV) — A racially-charged Facebook post was seemingly shared by…