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(MONCKS CORNER, S.C.) – In a Lowcountry first, Berkeley County Water & Sanitation (BCWS), Blue Source, Google and Santee Cooper today announced the Berkeley Green Power Project, a joint effor ...  more
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The 173rd Airborne Brigade Association will be celebrating its 2010 reunion June 3 with a Salute to Veterans, beginning at 3 p.m. at the Horseshoe on Main Street. The event, ...  more
Santee Cooper concluded its spring 2010 mini-bond sale on April 30, with investors placing 1,950 orders for nearly $28 million in bonds, the utility announced. The bonds were sold in two series: 2010 ...  more
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. —Santee Cooper concluded its spring 2010 Mini-Bond sale Friday, April 30, with investors placing 1,950 orders for nearly $28 million in bonds. The bonds were sold in two series: 20 ...  more
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. —Next month’s Home Show 2010, sponsored by the Horry Georgetown Home Builders Association, will celebrate its 30th year with a spotlight on “green” products during a three-day show ...  more
Santee Cooper opens its Spring 2010 Mini-bond sale tomorrow, April 1, offering investors the opportunity to purchase low-risk municipal bonds for as little as $200. Santee Cooper Mini-bonds, which are ...  more
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — The American Public Power Association today honored Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s largest producer of electricity, with a top reliability award for 2009. APPA representatives p ...  more
DARLINGTON, S.C. —The green flag will be greener than ever as it signals the start of the Darlington 200 and Southern 500 races at Darlington Raceway May 7-8. For the first time, all the electrical ne ...  more
Winter can pose a challenge: staying comfortable while managing energy usage. This winter has been especially difficult.“In the last two months, average kilowatt-hour consumption by residential custom ...  more
Local business owners are saving money and leading a more energy efficient lifestyle thanks to Santee Cooper’s Refrigerator Rebate program.  Launched in fall 2009, Santee Cooper’s program helps c ...  more
BLUFFTON, SC – Santee Cooper, Palmetto Electric Cooperative and the Technical College of the Lowcountry today dedicated a 20-kilowatt solar array at TCL’s New River Campus.  The project is the la ...  more
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — Sunday’s heavy rain in the Upstate and throughout the Santee Cooper watershed is causing increased inflows to the Santee Cooper Lakes system, resulting in spilling operations on ...  more
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. —The Santee Cooper Board of Directors today approved an enhanced mini-bond program featuring two sales in 2010 and longer sale periods, to make it easier for South Carolinians to i ...  more
The arctic air that has settled into South Carolina the past couple of weeks caused a peak-demand record at Santee Cooper this morning as homes and businesses worked to stay warm.A new peak record of ...  more
The Santee Cooper Board of Directors determined that the utility’s current practices meet or exceed four new federal standards related to energy efficiency added to the Public Utility Regulatory Polic ...  more
The Santee Cooper Board of Directors approved a $2.5 billion budget for 2010 today at its regular monthly meeting. The board also approved the 2011 and 2012 budgets for planning purposes.The 2010 budg ...  more
Trumbull, CT USA - Santee Cooper, South Carolina's state-owned electric and water utility, has selected COWI USA, Inc., based in Trumbull, CT, as the prime consultant for the first phase of building a ...  more
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.---Continuing to advance its public outreach and education regarding wind-generated power, Santee Cooper is researching the viability of wind energy at new locations in Georgetown C ...  more
(Columbia)  A first-of-its-kind conference will be held on October 28 at Harbison State Forest in Columbia, SC.  More than four-dozen leaders from government, academia, and the timber and fo ...  more
Before this year, perhaps no issue drew more attention than the environment. While the environment remains as important as ever, over the last 12 months the environment has been replaced as the hot bu ...  more
Perhaps no issues are more hot button these days than the environment and the economy. The general feeling is that both need to be saved, but there are differing views as to how to go about doing so.O ...  more
Global warming has become a top of mind concern for most Americans over the last few years thanks to the devastating tragedies from tropical storms around the world due to climate change.As a result, ...  more
Utility cites three reasons: diminished demand during recession, proposed government regulations and reduced power load requirementsMONCKS CORNER, S.C. — The Santee Cooper board of directors announced ...  more
Board postpones voting on second phase MONCKS CORNER, S.C.-The Santee Cooper Board of Directors voted today to enact an overall average 3.4 percent base rate increase beginning Nov. 1, 2009 to offset ...  more
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.---J.D. Power and Associates announced today that Santee Cooper ranks ‘Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Midsize Utilities in the South’ and based on Santee Cooper’s numerical ...  more

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