LAWSUIT FILED This website has long-maintained that government should have no role whatsoever in the power generation business – whether that’s state ownership of a utility...
GOVERNMENT UTILITY TO BE SOLD? South Carolina governor Henry McMaster sent a letter to the chairman of the board of government-run utility Santee Cooper this week,...
“HEAVY HAND” PLAYED Imperiled private sector energy provider SCANA (and its subsidiary, SCE&G) issued a press release earlier this week announcing the company’s intention to withdraw...
#NUKEGATE CLASS ACTION The fallout from #NukeGate is headed to a South Carolina courtroom … the first of what we suspect will be multiple legal entanglements related...
AND TOP BUREAUCRATS … Earlier this week, our website exclusively reported that a South Carolina statewide grand jury was reconvening this week to continue its work...
BAIT … THEN SWITCH Government-owned energy provider Santee Cooper has canceled previously proposed consumer rate hikes – further confirming that the politically managed bureaucracy “sandbagged” its...
FOXES GUARDING HENHOUSE As the fallout from #NukeGate continues cascading across the South Carolina political landscape, it’s been curious to see how the Palmetto State’s so-called “leaders”...
A “RADIOACTIVE” VOTE In a scene that’s likely to play out in legislative districts across the state of South Carolina in the coming weeks and months,...
PROPER PRIVATIZATION … South Carolina governor Henry McMaster – the consummate political insider – surprised us this week by taking a page from the playbook of fiscally...
GOVERNOR WANTS REACTORS DONE South Carolina “Republican” governor Henry McMaster is considering the sale of state-owned energy provider Santee Cooper as a possible way to move forward with...