Reliability is at the core of everything we do at Santee Cooper. We know our customers depend on us to keep the lights on and power flowing every day. That is why we are continuously working to improve and strengthen…
When our new rates take effect in April, which reflect customers’ March electric use, many of us will start to watch the clock a little more closely. That’s because the new residential rates include a Peak Hours charge, which is…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper’s new rates take effect with April bills, which will reflect March electric use. The new residential rates include a peak hour demand charge based on the single highest hour of electricity use during the…
Responding to interest nationally in new nuclear power to help meet growing electricity needs, Santee Cooper today launched a process seeking proposals to acquire and complete, or propose alternatives, for two partially constructed generating units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper retail offices in Myrtle Beach and Moncks Corner will be closed Wednesday in anticipation of slick roads and other potential weather challenges. They will remain closed Thursday because of forecasted icy conditions. Customers can…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper personnel are making preparations for the effects anticipated winter weather may have on Santee Cooper’s customers. Approximately 2 million South Carolinians depend on the state-owned electric and water utility as their power source, either…
Ask anyone in the utility sector and chances are they’ll agree – the companies that provide electricity and water in the United States are at an inflection point. Our country is facing perhaps unprecedented change as we address the transition…
Resolutions: Whether you keep them, make them and break them, or don’t make them at all, most of us still want to do things better in the new year. Simple adjustments in your home can help you be more energy…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – The Santee Cooper Board of Directors today approved the planned expansion of the Rainey Generating Station as a Shared Resource with Central Electric Power Cooperative. The expansion will add approximately 180 megawatts (MW) of capacity to…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Dave Millar, a veteran energy planner with a diverse utility background that spans two decades, has joined Santee Cooper as Director of Resource Planning. Millar comes to Santee Cooper from Colorado, where he was Principal of…