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A board of directors appointed by the governor and approved by the state Senate governs Santee Cooper. A board member represents each congressional district and each of the three counties where Santee Cooper serves retail customers directly; two board member have previous electric cooperative experience; and the chairman is appointed at-large.
The state owned utility has not had a rate increase since 2017 and in 2020 agreed to freeze rates through 2024. ... if approved by the Santee Cooper board later this year, would go into effect in ...
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.
Singleton wrote in an email to The Sun News that as a Santee Cooper board member representing Horry County, he looks for ways the agency can serve the public interest beyond providing electricity ...
In November 2020, Hugh Leatherman, the chairman for the senate finance committee, called for the chairman of Santee Cooper to resign after the utility entered into a $638 million debt deal. [43] Leatherman stated the deal may have violated state law. [43] From at least 2017 to April 2021, the Santee Cooper board was without a permanent chairman ...
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.
In November, Santee Cooper began the process of leasing land to the Grand Strand Humane Society to build a new facility, The Sun News reported. The land is located on Waterside Drive, off Highway ...
The South Carolina state legislature established racial segregation of public facilities by state law in the late 19th century. During the Civil Rights Movement, Clarendon County was the site of the Briggs v. Elliott trial challenging segregation of public schools. This case was one of five combined with what came to be known as Brown v.