April 8, 2020 SC legislators reconvene today at 1pm. On their one-day agenda is determining what issues the legislature can take up after the session ends in May. Contact all legislators before 1pm today with this message: It’s not time to quit. The General Assembly needs to preserve their ability to address Santee Cooper in […]
Featured Image: The State The State April 4, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. The South Carolina Legislature will go into session Wednesday to make plans to meet later this year to address specific legislation. One major and controversial issue that demands legislative attention is the future of Santee Cooper, the state’s public utility. Should it
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Coastal Observer March 19, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. One big question that has been raised throughout the Santee Cooper legislative debate is what Dominion Energy would gain from managing Santee Cooper. Remember that Dominion submitted an offer to manage Santee Cooper. But its proposal, that appears to have been written over a coffee break,
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Blog of Frank Knapp, President/CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce March 12, 2020 A subcommittee of the SC Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing yesterday on Senate Bill 1129, a bill to reform Santee Cooper. The Senate Finance Committee has already passed a separate bill for this purpose. The Senate has
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Blog of Frank Knapp, President/CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce March 10, 2020 One big question that has been raised throughout the Santee Cooper legislative debate is what Dominion Energy would gain from managing Santee Cooper. Remember that Dominion submitted an offer to manage Santee Cooper. But its proposal, that appears
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Charleston City Paper March 6, 2020 As the legislature debates Santee Cooper’s future, criticism has been levied against NextEra Energy’s offer to buy the state utility. Selling Santee Cooper to NextEra would relieve ratepayers of a crushing $6.8 billion nuclear and other debt, give back to customers the money already paid for the nuclear project
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South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce president/CEO Frank Knapp was on WVOC-AM in Columbia this morning to give an update to listeners on the future of Santee Cooper. Listen here.
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Featured Image: Energy Manager Today Lexington County Chronicle March 5, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr., Special to the Chronicle As the legislature debates Santee Cooper’s future, criticism has been levied against NextEra Energy’s offer to buy the state utility. Selling Santee Cooper to NextEra would relieve ratepayers of a crushing $6.8 billion nuclear and other
The Post and Courier By Frank Knapp Jr. Mar 4, 2020 Sell or not sell Santee Cooper, the state’s public utility? The state Legislature is debating that question now. Can Santee Cooper reform itself, or should it be sold to NextEra, a Florida-based Fortune 200 energy company? NextEra has given the Legislature a detailed plan
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