Santee Cooper is South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility, and the state’s largest power provider. The utility has been a strong force in the growth and development of the state.

South Carolina lawmakers will wait until next year to decide Santee Cooper’s fate, leaving the troubled state-owned utility’s more than 1,600 employees guessing about their future until then.

South Carolina lawmakers are weighing whether to sell Santee Cooper, the 86-year-old state-owned power utility, to Florida-based NextEra, handing over control of its more than 1,600-person ...

Pressures are mounting on South Carolina to jettison Santee Cooper, the state’s largest power provider. The South Carolina Club for Growth, a conservative group that advocates for free markets ...

Santee Cooper and its partner, South Carolina Electric & Gas, spent some $9 billion on the V.C. Summer project before pulling the plug amid spiraling costs and growing schedule delays. Two months ...

The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce estimated that nearly half (44%) of small businesses served by Santee Cooper would see their electric bills increase by at least 10%.

The Public Service Commission does not have to approve Santee Cooper’s rates as the commission does for investor owned utilities. AARP South Carolina did not object to the overall rate increase ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Come 2025, South Carolina electric bills could rise. Santee Cooper, the state's largest power provider, and its board of directors approved on Tuesday, a comprehensive ...

S. 431, or the Base Load Review Act, joined Santee Cooper and the now-defunct South Carolina Electric and Gas company, which was later acquired by Dominion. Mollie Gore, spokesperson for Santee ...

With growing demand for carbon-free, around-the-clock energy, more and more utilities, politicians and developers are looking ...