MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper has secured final approval for 18 projects, totaling $10.8 million in funding, submitted to its Grid Resilience Grant Program last year by electric cooperatives and municipal and other utilities from across South Carolina. Together,…
Boating is a wonderful way to unwind, explore and connect with nature, but it also comes with responsibilities. Just as you wouldn’t drive a car without understanding the rules of the road, operating a boat requires knowledge of safety procedures…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper has again earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices. It earned the Diamond award for 2023, among utilities with 1,000,000 to 3,999,999 worker-hours of annual worker exposure.…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper has undertaken a major capital project that primarily relies on South Carolina-located companies and resources to increase environmental protections at its two coal-fired generating stations in compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules.…
Electrical safety is crucial and understanding meters and breakers is a fundamental part of it, especially in residential and commercial settings. Here are some key points to remember: Locating Your Electrical Box and Breaker Panel: Familiarize yourself with the layout…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper is strengthening its operations management team with four new appointments to help further the utility’s mission. These include Director of Transmission Operations Mike Johnson; Director of New Generation John Dills; Director of Project Controls…
It’s important to Santee Cooper to provide electricity that’s affordable, which is why we created a cross-departmental task force to study energy affordability in the state to see how Santee Cooper stacks up. Energy affordability is when a household has…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper will conduct a test of its 15 warning sirens for the Santee Dam flood plain in Berkeley, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 13. As part of the test, Santee…
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. – Santee Cooper today released a c omprehensive impact study on Camp Hall Commerce Park, detailing the environmentally focused industrial park’s significant economic influence and additional potential for growth. The study puts Camp Hall’s current annual economic impact…
More customers joined Santee Cooper in 2023 than any other year on record. Santee Cooper added 7,831 customers in its retail territory, bringing the total number of residential and business customers to 212,597. That is nearly a 4% increase over…