Big Wins for Renewable Energy and Transparency in Utility Rate Making Nelson Mullins Energy Team members Weston Adams and Court Walsh represented a large-scale solar developer before the S.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) in two recently decided high profile matters likely to have positive impacts for the renewable energy industry and ratepayers in South Carolina. On December 10, 2020, in orders issued in two separate PSC dockets, the PSC: (1) Rejected Dominion Energy South Carolina’s (Dominion Energy) required integrated resource plan (IRP) for providing power, saying the utility, among other shortcomings, did not sufficiently analyze the use of renewable energy in its plans; and (2) Adopted a proposed regulation affirming the independence of third-party consultants engaged by the PSC to assist it in avoided cost matters, thus rejecting the language proposed by utilities.