Listen to WRHI interview on Santee Cooper
Listen to my 4-23-19 WRHI interview on Santee Cooper with hosts Patti Mercer and Lucas McFadden.
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Santee Cooper backers at Orangeburg meeting challenge sale of utility
Orangeburg Times and Democrat April 21, 2019 By GENE ZALESKI T&D Staff Writer About 15 individuals opposed to selling the state-owned Santee Cooper utility questioned the wisdom of advocating sale to a for-profit, investor-owned provider when there are more questions than answers. Nine of the 15 came from Berkeley County, where the utility is headquartered, to
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Town Hall in Rock Hill Tuesday April 23rd
Come join me at our town hall on the possible sale of Santee Cooper tomorrow (April 23rd) in Rock Hill from 5-6PM. Santee Cooper rates are going up to pay for about $8 billion of debt. This town hall will explain how the sale of Santee Cooper can keep rates for York and Fairfield Electric
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ACTION ALERT: Senate to debate sale of Santee Cooper. Contact Senators before Tuesday, April 23rd, 2PM
April 22, 2019 The South Carolina Senate has placed S.678 on special order for Tuesday, April 23rd. This bill calls for the SC Department of Administration to conduct a competitive bidding process for the sale of Santee Cooper. It establishes criteria for the evaluation of proposals and calls for a recommendation to the Senate Finance
ACTION ALERT: Senate to debate sale of Santee Cooper. Contact Senators before Tuesday, April 23rd, 2PM
April 19, 2019 The South Carolina Senate has placed S.678 on special order for Tuesday, April 23rd. This bill calls for the SC Department of Administration to conduct a competitive bidding process for the sale of Santee Cooper. It establishes criteria for the evaluation of proposals and calls for a recommendation to the Senate Finance
Report: Santee Cooper failing to promote, expand solar power
The State April 13, 2019 BY SAMMY FRETWELL Santee Cooper, the embattled, state-owned power company, is being criticized for what a clean energy group says is a failure to promote and expand solar power, a nonpolluting energy source touted as a way to help customers keep their monthly electric bills low. In a report released
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Small-business owners lukewarm — or worse — on new tax la
MultiBriefs April 12, 2019 By Seth Sandronsky At best, some owners of small firms are lukewarm about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) that Congress passed and President Trump signed. We turn to an April 10 public opinion poll from Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform. Among 501 small-business owners who were polled
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Proposed Santee Cooper rate increases dividing community
WPDE-TV April 9, 2019 Watch video by Nicholas Papantonis MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — From day one, it’s been a nuclear nightmare for South Carolina leaders. A failed nuclear plant project has placed the state-owned utility billions of dollars in debt, which has led politicians to warn constituents about rate hikes. As the increases– totaling
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Town Hall On Selling Santee Cooper Monday in Orangeburg
The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) and four co-sponsors have been holding town halls across much of the state to engage the public on the possible sale of Santee Cooper, the state’s financially-troubled agency that provides electricity to much of the state. The next town hall will be in Orangeburg on Monday,
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Selling Santee Cooper town hall in Myrtle Beach
MyHorryNews.com April 10, 2019 By Janet Morgan Julia Brinkley is worried. “I’m a senior citizen. I have a social security check and I pinch my pennies,” she said during a town hall meeting to discuss the possibility of the state-owned utility Santee Cooper being sold to a private company. “I don’t even have the air
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