It was a busy day yesterday for the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce. Two Senate subcommittees and the House Ways and Means Committee held meetings on legislation we supported. Unfortunately two of these bills did not get the favorable votes we wanted.The morning started out with a Senate subcommittee on S.145, a bill that …
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If you’re small business pays South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G) for electricity, your holiday gift arrived yesterday. Back in June SCE&G had filed for a 6.6% average general electricity rate increase. As I have done numerous times I intervened as an individual in the process to argue against increasing rates. You might remember the …
The workers’ compensation insurance industry and SCE&G both have hearings in the coming months regarding their requests for more revenue. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) and its president and CEO, Frank Knapp Jr., will intervene to oppose both rate hikes. The SCSBCC is joining the S.C. Consumer Advocate’s Office in pushing …
