COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has approved a second round of refunds for customers of a utility that poured billions of dollars into two nuclear power plants that never produced a watt of power.  About $61 million ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The former top executive for the contractor hired to build two South Carolina nuclear reactors  that were never finished won’t face criminal charges, new court documents show.  Former Westinghouse CEO Danny Roderick was previously a subject of the ...

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One of the key reforms South Carolina lawmakers approved after a canceled nuclear project cost ratepayers billions of dollars was a consumer advocate to argue on behalf of ratepayers. But nearly 18 months later, the position has not been filled. ...

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After weeks of dry presentations, two former top officials at a South Carolina utility who cost ratepayers billions in a failed nuclear project emotionally told regulators their warning signs to their bosses were ignored and they were asked to lie. ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) South Carolina’s state-owned utility says it will pay millions per year to preserve equipment and parts at an abandoned nuclear reactor site. Local news media report Santee Cooper’s acting board chairman told Gov. Henry McMaster in a letter Feb. ...

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Selling South Carolina’s state-owned utility could force taxpayers to cover its $4 billion debt from a now-abandoned nuclear power project, its chairman told senators Aug. 22. The scuttled expansion of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station accounts for half of Santee ...

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