S.C. customer advocate: Slash Duke Energy rate hike 60% - Charlotte Business Journal

John Downey

"The $90.7 million increase in revenue from the rates proposed by the S.C. Office of Regulatory Staff would reduce Duke’s overall rate increase to 5.8% from the utility’s proposed 14.6%.
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SCE&G continues tree trimming in Columbia - Local / Metro - TheState.com

"SCE&G said the trimming will increase the reliability of electric service and improve safety. The guidelines include removing vegetation within eight to 12 feet below and beside the power lines and up to 20 feet above the power lines. The work, which has been criticized by many as too aggressive, will be monitored by the city’s forest and beautification division.
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Columbia Regional Business Report | Columbia, SC

"Cayce-based SCANA Corp. today named Steve Byrne president of South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. Generation and Keller Kissam to be president of SCE&G Retail Operations, effective Dec. 1.

Byrne and Kissam assume their roles simultaneously with SCE&G President and SCANA President and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Marsh beginning his tenure as SCANA chairman and CEO."

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Apple plans N.C. solar farm | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper

Apple plans N.C. solar farm | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper:

Dianne Straley

"Permits issued by Catawba County show that the computer titan has been approved to reshape the slope of some of the 171 acres of vacant land it owns on Startown Road, opposite the data center, to prepare for building a solar farm.

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Rate hike boosts SCANA’s earnings - Business - TheState.com

Kristy Eppley Rupon

"South Carolina’s only Fortune 500 company raised its electric rates 2.5 percent in July 2010 and 1.2 percent last July. The company is prohibited from raising rates again until after next July, according to its agreement with the S.C. Public Service Commission.
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N.C. officials waive rules to allow Duke, Progress to amend merger proposal | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper

John Murawski

"The utilities are going to propose what is known as a "virtual divestiture" -- that is, selling off wholesale power at guaranteed prices. The companies told the N.C. commission on Oct. 7 their modification will entail selling 800 megawatts of wholesale power in the winter and 225 megawatts in the summer at a price with a fixed 10 percent profit margin, rather than a negotiated profit margin. The feds are expected to rule this year if those measures are adequate.

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F.C.C. and Wireless Carriers Agree to Alerts to Fight ‘Bill Shock’ - NYTimes.com

Edward Wyatt

"WASHINGTON — Users of cellphones and other wireless devices who are nearing their monthly limit for voice, text or data services will receive alerts when they are in danger of being charged extra, under an agreement reached by carriers and the Federal Communications Commission."

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