Wright and Mitchell Take Helm at PSC

Commissioner David Wright took the Oath of Office as the new Chairman of the Public Service Commission of South Carolina today, and Commissioner Randy Mitchell was sworn in as Vice-Chairman.  Lt. Governor Glenn McConnell administered the Oath to Chairman Wright, and Sen. Brad Hutto administered the Oath to Vice-Chairman Mitchell.  Sen. Thomas Alexander, Chairman of the Public Utilities Review Committee also delivered remarks at the ceremony.

Energy efficiency effort goes national - Local / Metro - TheState.com

Meg Kinnard
During a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that he was putting $250 million into the national adoption of the program, which allows rural electric cooperative customers to take out USDA-funded loans to make energy upgrades and pay back the loans through their monthly utility savings.

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