“The House Utility Ratepayer Protection Committee voted unanimously Monday to have attorneys write a bill that would address three urgent issues related to the V.C. Summer debacle: prevent an 18% rate increase for South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G) customers to finance the failed project, protect the customers from having to pay for debt or costs related to the project, and set an interim rate while lawsuits are settled.”

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South Carolina spends Billions before scrapping nuclear plants. Two South Carolina Utilities are abandoning two unfinished nuclear reactors that have been plagued by delays and cost overruns. This new cancellation means that there are just two new nuclear units being built in the US, both of which are in Georgia, while others around the US are being retired. 

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OSHA cites Georgia Power, wiring subcontractor after arc flash severely burns worker at the Plant Bowen facility; proposes $122K in fines Employers failed to power down cabinet before electrician began work

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US Labor Department’s OSHA proposes $132,000 in fines against Maine steel fabricator for electrical, crushing and laceration hazards at Augusta, Maine, plant.

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