• October 10, 2017
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Santee Cooper Names new Interim President and CEO

The Santee Cooper Board of Directors named a temporary leader to replace Lonnie Carter, who announced his retirement in August.  James E Brogdon, Jr. will serve as interim president and CEO. Mr. Brogdon previously served as general counsel and executive vice president of Santee Cooper before retiring in 2014, according to a news release Friday. A former […]

• October 5, 2017
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Utilities in Talk With Governor’s Office to Buy Santee Cooper

Duke Energy, Southern Co. and Dominion Energy are three of the four electric utilities that want to buy state-owned Santee Cooper, The Post and Courier learned Monday.  The identity of the fourth utility remains unknown. Utilities had until Sunday to submit their interest in purchasing Santee Cooper to the governor’s office, winnowing the field of buyers for one of the state’s most valuable assets. […]

• October 2, 2017
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Interim CEO to be Named at Santee Cooper

Late this week, the Santee Cooper utility board will meet to discuss an interim replacement for their CEO, Lonnie Carter.  Mr. Carter announced his impending retirement last month after the South Carolina state-owned utility announced their abandonment of the V.C. Summer Construction Project on July 31, 2017. Since Santee Cooper is a state-owned utility, the […]

• October 2, 2017
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October Birthdays

Warmest wishes for a Happy Birthday to Sid Crouch, Terry Tessnear, Fiona McAllister, Kyle Koiner and Ken Scharf. We are so happy that you’re a part of our team! Happy Birthday and all the best to you in the year to come.    

• September 29, 2017
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Palisades Nuclear Plant will Continue Operating until 2022

Entergy, the company that owns Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan announced that it will continue operating until 2022 under the existing Power Purchase Agreement with Consumers Energy.  Last year the company announced that it would shut down in the fall of 2018. The announcement follows a decision last week by Michigan regulators to allow Consumers Energy less than […]

• September 20, 2017
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Will VC Summer Sell off Parts from Abandoned Project

Retired Santee Cooper CEO Lonnie Carter told state senators Monday that the abandoned VC Summer project shouldn’t be sold off for parts because it will be completed someday.  He is questioning whether it makes sense to sell parts off for a portion of what they’re worth, to reduce debt now, only to have to buy them […]

• September 18, 2017
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Company Retreat

• September 13, 2017
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FP&L Starts to Restore Power

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has launched a massive effort to restore power to the approximately 4.4 million customers impacted by Hurricane Irma, some of whom may have experienced multiple outages. Nearly 19,500 FPL employees and workers from other utilities and electrical contracting companies have commenced restoration, and as of Monday evening, more than 1.1 million […]

• September 7, 2017
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NuScale Power, LLC Submits Part II of DOE Loan Guarantee Application

NuScale Power, announced yesterday that they have successfully submitted Part II of its Title XVII loan guarantee application to the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) under the Department’s Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects Solicitation This loan guarantee helps to finance projects in the US that employ innovative advanced nuclear energy technologies that avoid, reduce or sequester […]

• September 1, 2017
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September Birthdays

Warmest wishes for a Happy Birthday to Ron Giuliani, Bob Fundis, Steve Ard, David Thompson, John Powell, Mark Lackey and Tom Stanley. We are so happy that you’re a part of our team! Happy Birthday and all the best to you in the year to come