VC Summer

SCANA Rate hearing Live update

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Friday there was more testimony from SCANA CEO Jimmy Addison. The testimony is part of a hearing at the South Carolina Public Service Commission over whether SCE&G can set rates in the wake of the VC Summer Nuclear fall out project. ABC Columbia’s Angela Rogers is at the hearing and brings this live update. Among the questions…

SCANA CEO facing tough questions as PSC continues rate hearing

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Friday there was more testimony from SCANA CEO Jimmy Addison. The testimony is part of a hearing at the South Carolina Public Service Commission over whether SCE&G can set rates in the wake of the VC Summer Nuclear fall out project. ABC Columbia’s Angela Rogers is at the hearing. Among the questions Friday,  Addison was asked “Who is…

Judge allows rate cut to stand for failed nuclear plants

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A federal judge will allow a 15 percent rate cut to show up on bills of a private South Carolina utility ordered by lawmakers after the company lost billions of dollars on two nuclear plants that were never finished. Judge Michelle Childs ruled Monday that the cut, retroactive to April, can start showing up on South…

House Utility Committee Set to Meet Tuesday on VC Summer Fallout

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Out of the State House, we continue to follow developments in the VC Summer Nuclear project failure. Tuesday House Lawmakers will get back to work as part of the House Utility Ratepayer Committee. They’re expected to discuss a protection package for consumers. Last week, lawmakers detailed six pre-filed bills focused on making sure any future project shutdowns…

Tuesday Hearing at State House on Failed VC Summer Nuclear Project

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– House Committee Lawmakers are expected to hear from Santee Cooper Executives on Tuesday during the House Utility Ratepayer Protection Committee meeting. The committee was created back in August in response to the failed nuclear construction project at VC Summer. According to a release, Chair Peter McCoy has invited executives and board members from Santee Cooper to appear to…

House Committee to hear from Santee Cooper Executives in Hearing on Nuclear Project

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– House Committee Lawmakers are expected to hear from Santee Cooper Executives on Tuesday during the House Utility Ratepayer Protection Committee meeting. The committee was created back in August in response to the failed nuclear construction project at VC Summer. According to a release, Chair Peter McCoy has invited executives and board members from Santee Cooper to appear to…