Preview in new tab By RICK BRUNDRETT Another legislative study, another likely six-figure taxpayer bill…
V.C. Summer
By RICK BRUNDRETT More than 1,300 Santee Cooper workers last year received “incentive” bonuses totaling…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A powerful, legislatively controlled committee is scheduled Thursday to conduct annual reviews…
By RICK BRUNDRETT State-owned utility Santee Cooper’s debt load is projected to grow by more…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Santee Cooper’s electric customers are on the hook for billions in debt…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Of the 12 seats on the board governing state-owned utility Santee Cooper,…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Unlike panels overseeing other state agencies, the governing boards of the state-created…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has once again violated a state law requiring…
By RICK BRUNDRETT “Incentive” bonuses totaling more than $5 million were doled out this year…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Dominion Energy electric customers in South Carolina are angry. They were promised…
Update: The Legislature on Sept. 23, 2020, elected four newcomers to the S.C. Public Service…
By RICK BRUNDRETT From 2014 through 2018, four sitting S.C. Public Service Commission members collectively…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee violated state law in recent years by not…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Eight private firms hired by the state to evaluate proposals for the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another convoluted legislative process for selecting six-figure state Public Service…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The possibility that two more ex-lawmakers could join the state Public Service…
By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. officials announced in 2015 that Volvo would locate its first…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The taxpayer tab for a global consulting firm hired last year to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As Santee Cooper was accumulating billions in debt for the failed V.C….
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…