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Moncks Corner-based Santee Cooper will ask lawmakers for permission to borrow up to $815 million to help fund its budget for the next fiscal year and beyond

An accident at one of the Port of Charlestons container terminals damaged a gantry crane and caused more than $500,000 in damages, federal officials said.

Santee Coopers plan includes building a natural gas-fired power plant, most likely in Colleton County, to replace coal-fired units and supplement solar energy

Moncks Corner-based Santee Cooper added a record number of electricity customers last year, driven largely by the rapid population growth along the Grand Strand.

The SC State Ports Authority has partnered with the Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust to create a 135-acre saltwater wetlands mitigation bank on Daniel Island.

Santee Coopers spending plan for next year totals $2.6 billion, up 13 percent from 2023.

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control cited the state-owned utility Santee Cooper over one of its boilers at the Winyah Generating Station exceeding the allowable limits of sulfur dioxide over a period of more than 130 days in 2021, according to a consent order released by the agency.

Critics say the plan leans too heavily on a gas-fired power plant the utility is looking to build to replace its retiring coal generators.

The S.C. Public Service Commission will review the $17 million deal on Sept. 5 in Columbia.

Its still unclear whether it will be allowed to recoup the funds from ratepayers retroactively.