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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32.4000015258789px;">In a Wired </span><a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fcc-chairman-wheeler-net-neutrality" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #2e6d9d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32.4000015258789px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;">op-ed</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 32.4000015258789px;">, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced he wants to regulate Internet providers with the most aggressive tool at his disposal: Title II of the Communications Act. In addition to covering fixed broadband providers such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the draft rules would cover wireless providers such as T-Mobile and Sprint. The rules would also make speeding up or slowing down Web traffic — a tactic known as prioritization — illegal. And it would ban the blocking of Web traffic outright.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-32165431350363561222015-02-02T14:11:00.001-05:002015-02-02T14:11:25.042-05:00SCANA closes on $492.9M sale of pipeline subsidiary<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dominion paid $492.9 million for the pipeline company, which owns and operates nearly 1,500 miles of federally regulated interstate natural gas pipeline in South Carolina and southeastern Georgia.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-88180302490314229762015-01-23T09:03:00.001-05:002015-01-23T09:03:31.308-05:00Google could become a wireless carrier. Here’s what that means for you. - The Washington Post<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;"><span class="pb-byline" style="display: inline-block; font-family: FranklinITCProBold, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 5px;">By <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/brian-fung" style="color: #5a5a5a; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Brian Fung</a></span><span style="font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="pb-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; display: inline-block; font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding-right: 5px; white-space: nowrap;">January 22 at 9:29 AM</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;">The company hasn't confirmed anything, but reports suggest that Google wants to offer its own brand of cellular service by partnering with Sprint and T-Mobile, the nation's third- and fourth-largest carriers, respectively. This means you'd buy minutes and data from Google, but it would all ride over the other two companies' pipes.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-89470924461866900132015-01-12T09:28:00.001-05:002015-01-12T09:28:07.436-05:00The Smart, Angry Home - The New Yorker<span style="background-color: white; color: #232323; font-family: neutra-face-text, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Calibri, Arial, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14.2857141494751px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.800000011920929px; line-height: 14px; text-transform: uppercase;">BY </span><span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #232323; font-family: neutra-face-text, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Segoe, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Calibri, Arial, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 14.2857141494751px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.800000011920929px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/emily-anthes" itemprop="name author" rel="author" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Emily Anthes">EMILY ANTHES</a></span><br /><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: adobe-caslon-pro, Times, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;">When Ashley was named as the wastrel, her imaginary roommates were incensed, rating their anger as a 5.19, on average. They were likelier than their counterparts in the other groups to favor some form of punishment; nearly a third said that they’d ask Ashley to pay a larger share.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-70794513674301233772015-01-07T16:09:00.001-05:002015-01-07T16:09:11.700-05:00EPA delays landmark climate rule | TheHill<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;"></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.5px; orphans: auto; overflow: hidden; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"></div></div></div><br /><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-74552665279651375152014-12-31T12:15:00.001-05:002014-12-31T12:15:33.274-05:00The next big turning point in the net neutrality debate - The Washington Post<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;"><span class="pb-byline" style="display: inline-block; font-family: FranklinITCProBold, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 5px;">By <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/brian-fung" style="color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none;">Brian Fung</a></span><span style="font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="pb-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; display: inline-block; font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding-right: 5px; white-space: nowrap;">December 30</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;">On Tuesday, industry associations representing smaller telecom companies and start-ups <a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/251326187/12-30-14-Title-II-Letter-FINAL" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;">asked the FCC</a> to apply Title II of the Communications Act to Internet providers. Title II has become a key flash point in the net neutrality debate; advocates say that part of the law, which also governs more traditional telephone service, would give the FCC <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/10/obama-to-the-fcc-adopt-the-strongest-possible-rules-on-net-neutrality-including-title-ii/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(212, 212, 212); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none; zoom: 1;">the strongest possible</a> powers to make sure Internet providers treat all Web traffic equally. Opponents argue Title II is unnecessary and could deter Internet providers from spending money on further network upgrades.</div><div id="tt-wrapperc55d64" style="background-color: #f0efef; border: 1px solid rgb(206, 206, 206); color: #333333; font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14.2857141494751px; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 230px; overflow: inherit; padding: 7px !important; position: relative; text-align: center; width: auto;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-17248827927898772712014-12-31T12:12:00.001-05:002014-12-31T12:12:51.057-05:00Here’s how far every Tesla Model S can go on a single charge - The Washington Post<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;"><span class="pb-byline" style="display: inline-block; font-family: FranklinITCProBold, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 5px;">By <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/brian-fung" style="color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none;">Brian Fung</a></span><span style="font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="pb-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; display: inline-block; font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding-right: 5px; white-space: nowrap;">December 30 at 5:46 PM</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;"><span style="line-height: 1.8em;">Most actual drivers aren't going to get anywhere near the kind of fuel economy described in the far left part of the chart above; you're just not going to be driving at 40 miles an hour on flat highways all the time. In EPA tests, the company came away with results more in the 200- to 300-mile range.</span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-29723783716158615162014-12-30T10:10:00.001-05:002014-12-30T10:10:36.837-05:00New Republican-led panel will focus on energy and environment - The Washington Post<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;"><span class="pb-byline" style="display: inline-block; font-family: FranklinITCProBold, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; padding-right: 5px;">By <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/josh-hicks" style="color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none;">Josh Hicks</a></span><span style="font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="pb-timestamp" style="color: #aaaaaa; display: inline-block; font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding-right: 5px; white-space: nowrap;">December 30 at 6:00 AM</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 24px;">Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), future chair of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, announced that he would form the new panel to watch over the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the departments of agriculture, energy and interior.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-7850750831659347682014-12-17T11:56:00.001-05:002014-12-17T11:56:32.949-05:00SC sets national net metering example - FierceEnergy<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.2857141494751px; line-height: 18px;"> By </span><a href="http://www.fierceenergy.com/author/blundin%40fiercemarkets.com" rel="author" style="background-color: white; color: #000099; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.2857141494751px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" title="View author profile.">Barbara Vergetis Lundin</a><br /><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.8571424484253px; line-height: 21px;">South Carolina is setting a national, and unprecedented, example with an agreement not to seek any solar specific charges until 2021, according to The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC), a national group that helped with the negotiations.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-31166565964459439662014-12-12T10:46:00.001-05:002014-12-12T10:46:28.668-05:00New SC net metering agreement: Full retail rate, no solar fees | Utility Dive<span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 10.3999996185303px;">South Carolina is an outlier when it comes to solar regulation. As Utility Dive </span><a href="http://www.utilitydive.com/news/is-south-carolina-solar-about-to-explode/334164/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #d62828; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 10.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">reported last month</a><span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 10.3999996185303px;">, the state is doing something few others are — devising a regulatory framework for high solar penetration before it reaches them. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-86608883687036659382014-12-12T09:31:00.001-05:002014-12-12T09:31:14.529-05:00COLUMBIA, S.C.: Conservation groups, SC utilities reach solar net metering agreement | Business | The State<div class="byline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.25em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">BY RODDIE BURRIS</div><div class="credit_posted_modified" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.25em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="creditline" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="mailto:rburris@thestate.com" style="border: 0px; color: #32558c; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">rburris@thestate.com</a></span><span class="grd" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">December 11, 2014</span> </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; max-width: 620px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Under the settlement, residential and commercial utility customers who install solar panels on their rooftops before 2021, when the settlement agreement expires, will receive full retail credit for any excess power that flows back onto the electric grid. They also will be eligible to remain on this rate until Dec. 31, 2025 without any solar-specific charges or fees.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; max-width: 620px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The utilities are to file, within 60 days of the settlement’s approval by the Public Service Commission, additional solar programs and incentives with the PSC designed to spur investments in residential and commercial solar use.</div><br /><br />
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<div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-23171567457560619042014-12-11T09:37:00.001-05:002014-12-11T09:37:36.770-05:00Solar Storm: Rooftop Panels Spark Fights Between Utilities, Startups : NPR<div class="storytext storylocation linkLocation" id="storytext" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 30px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 115.484375px; max-width: 690px; padding: 0px 15px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; width: 690px;">Peter Overby</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 115.484375px; max-width: 690px; padding: 0px 15px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; width: 690px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5;">Utilities say consumers who put solar panels on their roofs should help pay to maintain the lines that carry the power they sell back into the system. Panel leasing firms say that's anti-competitive.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: none; font-stretch: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 115.484375px; max-width: 690px; padding: 0px 15px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline; width: 690px;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=370022556&m=370022557">Listen to the Story</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-30679603665254545272014-11-26T20:57:00.001-05:002014-11-26T20:57:42.646-05:00Why it’s not okay to have a second refrigerator<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-65898771373759161982014-11-24T14:27:00.001-05:002014-11-24T14:27:25.992-05:00Fort Jackson gets $43M energy-saving project<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facility improvements include a comprehensive high-efficiency lighting project with LED lighting technologies, an extensive 20,500-point controls upgrade, central plant improvements including a 2.4 million gallon thermal energy storage tank and water system upgrades including irrigation controls.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-91322491221145477092014-11-21T10:43:00.001-05:002014-11-21T10:43:42.036-05:00Is South Carolina solar about to explode?<div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #454747; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px;">
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“The way I read the legislation is ‘Let’s figure out the new net metering equation and not have one customer subsidizing another. But, since we need to encourage early adoption of DERs, we will limit what we are asking of consumers,’” explained CEO Robert Hochstetler of <a href="http://www.cepci.org/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #d62828; outline: none;" target="_blank">Central Electric Power Cooperative</a>, which distributes about a third of South Carolina’s generation through the state’s 20 electric cooperatives.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990477645005911603.post-610693578439118642014-11-18T10:56:00.001-05:002014-11-18T10:56:13.071-05:00Report: Duke Energy pushing back decision on Lee nuclear plant - Charlotte Business Journal<dt style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="ct" ct="APT: Reporter byline name" href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/adview?ai=ByMXBn2trVODeIMP3hAS0s4CIDKHbp5cGAAAAEAEgqZbaHzgAWJnGu_XlAWDJ3ruM2KSMEbIBE3d3dy5iaXpqb3VybmFscy5jb226AQlnZnBfaW1hZ2XIAQnaAWxodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJpempvdXJuYWxzLmNvbS9jaGFybG90dGUvYmxvZy9lbmVyZ3kvMjAxNC8xMS9yZXBvcnRkdWtlLWVuZXJneS1wdXNoaW5nLWJhY2stZGVjaXNpb24tb24tbGVlLmh0bWyYAtCJAsACAuACAOoCFy80NjM1L2J6ai5jaGFybG90dGUvb29w-AKC0h6QA6QDmAOkA6gDAeAEAZIFCwgHEAEYASDZwpcZkgULCAcQARgBIKHOjRmSBQsIBxABGAEgmZ3qGJAGAaAGIA&sigh=cxoUs-yHnQE&cid=5GjR7PVGWSs7P6lo03HvceDS&adurl=http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CICAgKDj47GGowEQARgBMgh2SXRv58ISaA%26t%3D10%26cT%3Dhttp%253A//bizjournals.com%26l%3Dhttp%253A//www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/bio/8251/John+Downey" rel="author" style="color: #334e91; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: none;">John Downey</a></dt><br />
<dd style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 3px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Senior Staff Writer-<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Charlotte Business Journal</em></dd><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px 20px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We completely understand the risks of (nuclear) construction," Good said. "Fundamentally we're watching the important work that Southern Co. and<a class="ct saveLink" ct="APT: Company Link" href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/adview?ai=ByMXBn2trVODeIMP3hAS0s4CIDKHbp5cGAAAAEAEgqZbaHzgAWJnGu_XlAWDJ3ruM2KSMEbIBE3d3dy5iaXpqb3VybmFscy5jb226AQlnZnBfaW1hZ2XIAQnaAWxodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJpempvdXJuYWxzLmNvbS9jaGFybG90dGUvYmxvZy9lbmVyZ3kvMjAxNC8xMS9yZXBvcnRkdWtlLWVuZXJneS1wdXNoaW5nLWJhY2stZGVjaXNpb24tb24tbGVlLmh0bWyYAtCJAsACAuACAOoCFy80NjM1L2J6ai5jaGFybG90dGUvb29w-AKC0h6QA6QDmAOkA6gDAeAEAZIFCwgHEAEYASDZwpcZkgULCAcQARgBIKHOjRmSBQsIBxABGAEgmZ3qGJAGAaAGIA&sigh=cxoUs-yHnQE&cid=5GjR7PVGWSs7P6lo03HvceDS&adurl=http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CICAgKDj47GGowEQARgBMgh2SXRv58ISaA%26t%3D10%26cT%3Dhttp%253A//bizjournals.com%26l%3Dhttp%253A//www.bizjournals.com/profiles/company/us/sc/cayce/scana_corp/3216753" style="color: #334e91; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: none;">SCANA</a> Corp. are doing" at Plant Vogtle and the V.C Summer nuclear plants, respectively.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0