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Santee Cooper, also known officially from the 1930s as the South Carolina Public Service Authority, is South Carolina's state-owned electric and water utility that came into being during the New Deal as both a rural electrification and public works project that created two lakes and cleared large tracts of land while building hydro-electric dams and power plants. [1]
Santee Cooper settled with its ratepayers and local electric co-operatives for $520 million. [27] And in December 2020, the utility settled with investors who purchased bonds from the utility for $2 million. [28] In 2020, a judge struck down the city of Goose Creek's attempt to annex and then take over the power supply of a local aluminum ...
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of South Carolina, sorted by type and name. In 2022, South Carolina had a total summer capacity of 24,286 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 98,709 GWh. [ 2 ]
Santee Cooper's ownership structure is expected to remain unchanged for the time being, which provides a greater level of stability to operations.The rating further considers expected fixed charge ...
State-owned power company Santee Cooper has its own plan to replace part of the 1100 megawatts that will be lost when it closes a coal-fired power plant in Georgetown later this decade.
The site was first announced in 2013 as a joint venture between Santee Cooper and TIG Sun Energy LLC. [6] The construction of the site was expedited in order to qualify for federal tax credits, and the initial 1,010 panels and utility building were completed in 57 days. [7] In December 2013, the plant began operations under Santee Cooper.
Building a natural gas plant in South Carolina has legislators and utilities excited. But a consulting report has criticized the plan, saying it was poorly studied
The power plant had 2 units and had an operating capacity of 170 megawatts . [2] Its cooling source came from the nearby Waccamaw River and outlet to Lake Busbee which was created for the power plant. [3] In 2004, Grainger along with several other coal plants owned by Santee Cooper were found to be in violation of the Clean Air Act.