Santee News

South Carolina is tied with its neighbor to the north as the fastest growing state on the east coast and is the 12th in the nation for fastest growing economy, based on a new U.S. Commerce Department report, released Thursday by the S.C. Commerce Department.

O.L. Thompson of Charleston been replaced as chairman by Columbia attorney Leighton Lord, who was recently confirmed by the state Senate.

S.C. Electric & Gas is building two nuclear reactors at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County – a $10 billion project.

MONCKS CORNER, SC Students at Horry-Georgtown Technical College received prizes from Santee Cooper for student submissions to a competition that sought creative and practical ways to expand the development of solar power in South Carolina Santee Cooper announced the solar design competition to more than 40 academic institutions throughout the ... (more)

The South Carolina Power Team has named James Chavez to replace retiring Ralph Thomas as president and CEO.

After seven years of inaction, the state's environmental protection agency has agreed to seek public comment on a new – and potentially stricter – pollution discharge permit for a 1960s-era coal fired power plant west of Myrtle Beach.

Environmental groups say the decision by the Department of Health and Environmental Control should help reduce pollution from the lagoons near Santee Cooper's Grainger Generating Station.

South Carolina Electric and Gas is asking to increase its electric rates by about 3 percent to help pay for costs of building two new nuclear reactors.

The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports that 59-year-old John Dickinson hit the back of a school bus that had stopped on Friday afternoon to let children off at a bus stop in Santee.

A customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours a month would see his or her bill increase by about $4.32 to $142.43 a month if the rate hike is approved, the utility said.

It has been 24 years since South Carolina took a direct hit from a major hurricane.

The Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office is asking for the community's assistance in locating individuals wanted for failing to register as sex offenders in Orangeburg County.

Alcoa and Santee Cooper said Thursday they have agreed to extend the company's power contract deadline until the end of the year.

Georgetown County officials will soon know how much damage sinkholes caused to two county buildings in the City of Georgetown.

A night earlier, The State mentioned on Twitter that 5 Points Pub, the shopping and entertainment district's only dedicated music venue, had closed.

Santee Cooper and the Central Electric Power Cooperative extended an agreement that allows the cooperative to purchase power from Santee Cooper, the publicly run utility announced Monday.

Santee Cooper has reached an agreement with 20 independent electric cooperatives to provide them electricity for the next 45 years.