By RICK BRUNDRETT A powerful, legislatively controlled committee is scheduled Thursday to conduct annual reviews…
South Carolina Electric & Gas
By RICK BRUNDRETT Dominion Energy electric customers in South Carolina are angry. They were promised…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee violated state law in recent years by not…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The taxpayer tab for a global consulting firm hired last year to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since the 2017 collapse of the V.C. Summer nuclear project –…
Update: On 2/6/19, the Legislature in a joint session voted 99-1 to elect former longtime…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. lawmakers have once again delayed filling a $107,822 seat on the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Element TV, which announced last week it will close its television assembly…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Plenty of buzz surrounded Element Electronics’ announcement five years ago that it…
By RICK BRUNDRETT An incumbent state Public Service Commission member, a past commissioner and an…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The legislatively controlled committee that nominates candidates for full-time, six-figure seats on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT On the last day of regular session Thursday, S.C. lawmakers in an…
By RICK BRUNDRETT On Thursday – the last day of the General Assembly’s regular session…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Three out-of-state consulting businesses hired by the S.C. Legislature to provide “advice”…
By RICK BRUNDRETT During the years-long V.C. Summer nuclear project, a little-known committee including the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Legislature spent more than $70,000 for an outside consulting firm…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As state-owned utility Santee Cooper was racking up billions in debt –…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: After this story was published this morning, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee…
By RICK BRUNDRETT One of South Carolina’s most powerful lawmakers would gain even more control…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the years, the state’s utility watchdog acted more like a lapdog…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Public Service Commission members who approved nine rate hikes…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Nearly a decade ago, an influential state legislative committee quietly released a report…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last summer’s stunning news that South Carolina Electric & Gas and its…