SC Utility News Digest - a Service of the Terreni Law Firm, LLC
Monday, October 15, 2012
SC power companies defend solar practices - Business - TheState.com
Customers on solar
Estimated number of customers who use solar energy through South Carolina’s major power companies:
SCE&G: 149
Duke Energy: 93
SanteeCooper: 10
SOURCE: The utilities
BEAUFORT - Study: Offshore wind farms could generate cash for SC - Business - TheState.com
- pdonohue@beaufortgazette.com
A big reason why wind farms haven’t caught on is their exorbitant cost: Building one would cost $2.1 million per megawatt, or a total of $21 billion over 10 years, according to the Clemson report.Retired Columbia minister crusades for solar power - Business - TheState.com
At issue is a state law that grants power companies exclusive rights to sell energy in their territories. Power companies say any firm wanting to sell solar energy, no matter how small, must be licensed as a utility – an expensive and involved process.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Columbia facing EPA fine on sewer system; utility customers upset by rate hikes - Local / Metro - TheState.com
- cleblanc@thestate.com
Still, despite ongoing improvements to the sewer system – costing hundreds of millions of dollars – negotiations with the EPA have led the federal agency to proposed civil fines of between $1 million and $1.5 million, three sources told The State. They said they could not speak publicly because of a confidentiality agreement with the EPA.
Why solar power rarely shines in SC - Local / Metro - TheState.com
- sfretwell@thestate.com
South Carolina’s interest in solar energy is so faint that national studies rank the state at, or near, the bottom in the use and promotion of sun power.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Regulators warn of flood risk at SC nuclear plant | CharlotteObserver.com
The report says estimates of flooding have increased substantially if the 385-foot high Jocassee Dam failed upstream from the three reactors near Seneca, S.C.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Clemson study measures impact, potential of wind energy in S.C.
By Matt Tomsic
mtomsic@scbiznews.com
The study expects installing the offshore wind farm will take 10 years and will create 3,300 jobs each year, $163.1 million in wages each year and will inject $270.7 million into the economy each year. Maintaining the wind farm is expected to create 678 jobs each year for the four years after it’s installed and $41.8 million in wages. The study estimates the wind farm will pump $115.2 million into the state each year.
mtomsic@scbiznews.com
The study expects installing the offshore wind farm will take 10 years and will create 3,300 jobs each year, $163.1 million in wages each year and will inject $270.7 million into the economy each year. Maintaining the wind farm is expected to create 678 jobs each year for the four years after it’s installed and $41.8 million in wages. The study estimates the wind farm will pump $115.2 million into the state each year.
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