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Santee Cooper Reduces Spill at Lake Marion

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper has begun to decrease its controlled spill out of Lake Marion, reducing it to 100,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) today. The utility began drawing down Lake Marion last week to make room for the large volume of incoming water from North Carolina. As part of that effort, Santee Cooper increased spilling to 130,000 cfs […]

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Santee Cooper Preparing for Hurricane Helene

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper team members are making preparations for the anticipated effects Hurricane Helene may have on Santee Cooper’s service territory. Approximately 2 million South Carolinians depend on the state-owned electric and water utility as their power source, either directly or through the state’s electric cooperatives. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, Santee Cooper went to Operating Condition (OpCon) […]