Graham, DeMint: Recycle nation’s nuke waste in SC - Local / Metro - TheState.com

By SAMMY FRETWELL - sfretwell@thestate.com

"“I’m very willing for the Savannah River Site to be the research and the development facility for the nation to make that idea a reality,’’ Graham, R-S.C., told the Blue Ribbon Panel on America’s Nuclear Future, which held the hearing. “The goal of reprocessing and recycling is to reduce your storage footprint, right?”"

Duke Energy gives solar exec key role on renewable power | Charlotte Business Journal

"Duke Energy Corp. has tapped Greg Wolf, head of the solar projects at Duke Energy Generation Services, to manage all the company’s renewable-energy operations."

SCANA boss Timmerman retiring in Nov. - Breaking Business - TheState.com

By Kristy Eppley Rupon - krupon@thestate.com

"Bill Timmerman will retire as president and chief executive of Cayce-based energy giant SCANA Corp. Nov. 30, the company announced today.
Kevin Marsh, currently president and chief operating officer for SCANA subsidiary S.C. Electric & Gas, has been elected by the board of directors to replace the 64-year-old Timmerman."

SCANA boss Timmerman retiring in Nov. - Breaking Business - TheState.com

By Kristy Eppley Rupon - krupon@thestate.com

"Bill Timmerman will retire as president and chief executive of Cayce-based energy giant SCANA Corp. Nov. 30, the company announced today.
Kevin Marsh, currently president and chief operating officer for SCANA subsidiary S.C. Electric & Gas, has been elected by the board of directors to replace the 64-year-old Timmerman."

Report: Duke Energy courting Progress Energy - CharlotteObserver.com

"Progress Energy's stock got a positive bump Thursday following a Wall Street report saying the Raleigh-based power company is in preliminary merger talks with Charlotte-based Duke Energy.

The possible merger was first reported by DealReporter, a financial information service, then rebroadcast by Bloomberg News.

DealReporter cited an unnamed source saying there's preliminary interest on Duke's part but Progress won't play unless it's paid at least $47 a share.

Investors apparently responded to the cue, and Progress's stock inched up from $43.39 a share Wednesday to $43.90 a share Thursday. Just as telling: Progress stock, which is typically traded between 1.5 million and 2 million times a day, surged to a trading volume of about 6.5 million."

Solar Startup Plans Big Factory in S.C. - NYTimes.com

"AQT Solar’s plant is to be installed in phases in an existing 184,000-square-foot building in Blythewood, north of Columbia. By the end of 2014, the thin-film solar factory will have an annual manufacturing capacity of 1,000 megawatts and employ up to 1,000 workers, said Michael Bartholomeusz, chief executive of the company, a Sunnyvale, Calif., startup."

OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Gulf oil spill report stirs talk of legislation - The Hill's E2-Wire

By Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman - 01/06/11 05:49 PM ET

“The higher the pump prices are, the more likely it is for Congress to debate energy bills/spill bills/get-the-Gulf-back-to-work bills, because it will focus people’s attention on this issue, and it is an important issue, it’s not going to get away,” Landrieu said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) made similar comments Wednesday. “I think $4 per gallon gas is coming and it’s an opportunity to reengage on energy policy,” he said."

Columbia to host mini-reactor conference - Business - TheState.com

"The conference is expected to draw about 120 people from about 60 companies and agencies around the world, such as China National Nuclear Corp., the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iraq Energy Institute. Also, industry heavyweights like Westinghouse, AREVA and GE have signed up, along with the U.S. Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Army and utilities across the nation."

[think of the net metering potential! ed.]

Charleston Regional Business Journal | Charleston, SC

"Reduce the Use: Business introduces the Business Prescriptive Rebate program, which covers four areas: lighting; HVAC; building envelope; and commercial refrigeration.

The $113 million campaign is primarily aimed at streamlining energy use among the Moncks Corner-based utility’s 30,000 business customers in Horry, Georgetown and Berkeley counties by 2020."

York County, SC | FCC commissioner from S.C. is champion for equal access | The Herald - Rock Hill, SC

"[Mignon Clyburn] Today, after almost 18 months of spending most of her time in the nation's capital, her passions and priorities are the same, she says.

They are the ones she had while serving on the S.C. Public Service Commission and as publisher, writer, editor and carrier of The Coastal Times, a family-owned newspaper.
She is passionate about equal opportunity - in all forms.

SC's Oconee Nuclear Station to upgrade to digital - State & Regional - Wire - TheState.com

om: "The effort is part of $2 billion in work Duke Energy is doing to the nuclear station to keep it open for another 20 years. Other projects include adding additional protection against tornadoes, fires or breaks in lines that carry hot water and steam."