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News for the Carolinas
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
An environmental group has sued Santee Cooper, saying the state-owned utility has known for more than a decade that arsenic was seeping from its coal-fired power plant In Conway.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
People are entering businesses claiming to be Santee Cooper employees and demanding immediate payment of bills. Business owners have also been contacted by phone asking for credit card payments or wire transfers.
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Friday, April 19, 2013
Progress Energy and Santee Cooper both reported power outages after strong storms moved through the area Friday night.
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Friday, February 22, 2013
The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed notice that it plans to sue the utility for violating the federal Clean Water Act.
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Santee Cooper has announced both generating units at the Grainger Generating Station on Highway 501 in Conway will permanently retire on December 31, 2012.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Twenty-nine crew members from Santee Cooper in the Grand Strand area have been working 16-hour shifts to bring power back to Central New Jersey.
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Friday, November 02, 2012
NewsChannel 15 received emails and phone calls Friday concerning a rumor that Santee Cooper crews went to New York to assist in the cleanup after Hurricane Sandy, but were turned away because they are not unionized. Mollie Gore with Santee Cooper says those rumors are not true.
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Friday, November 02, 2012
South Carolina's electric companies are urging customers in their bills to sign up for free credit monitoring following a massive security breach at the state's tax collection agency.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
The Santee Cooper Board of Directors voted Friday to authorize the retirement of six electric generating units at its two oldest stations, the Grainger plant in Conway and the Jefferies plant in Moncks Corner.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Surfside Beach Police Chief Mike Frederick is leaving his position with the town on October 28th.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Santee Cooper Board of Directors authorized a two-year rate hike Tuesday.
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Monday, July 02, 2012
Sunday night's storms left thousands of people in the Pee Dee and on the Grand Strand without power.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Santee Cooper plans to raise its electric rates and they want to hear from you. The company has proposed a 3.5 percent rate increase to take effect on Dec. 1, 2012. Another 3.5 percent increase would follow on Dec. 1, 2013.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Santee Cooper and South Carolina's electric cooperatives are offering a special power rate for new and expanding industries in South Carolina.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The state-owned utility will begin raising rates next year to pay for two nuclear power plants.
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