MONCKS CORNER, S.C.— Santee Cooper provided twelve Berkeley County Educators with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in critical fields of the energy industry through its annual Energy Educators Institute at the Wampee Conference Center in Pinopolis. “Personally, I made connections with wonderful teachers from all over the state. Intellectually, I learned more about energy than I ever dreamed, and […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – The Santee Cooper Board of Directors named Shawan Gillians as treasurer. She had been serving in the interim since March 2017. Gillians joined Santee Cooper in June 2011 as an attorney. In 2015, she was named associate general counsel, and she continues to provide legal guidance for the finance area on bond transactions and other matters. […]
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. – Santee Cooper leaders recently joined South Carolina Commerce Secretary Robert M. Hitt III and other federal, state and local officials and business leaders in a Groundbreaking Ceremony for Camp Hall, a next-generation commerce park unlike any other in South Carolina – and possibly unlike any other in the country. Already home to Volvo Car USA’s first U.S. automobile […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – The 400-foot beachfront swimming area at Santee Cooper’s Overton Beach Park on Lake Moultrie opens Saturday, May 26, and remains open through Aug. 24. Overton Beach Park, located five miles north of Moncks Corner, will be open daily to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with certified lifeguards on duty. Admission is $2 per […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper will conduct a test of its 15 warning sirens for the Santee Dam floodplain in Berkeley, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties on Monday, May 21. As part of the test, Santee Cooper will set off each siren in test mode, which includes about a one-minute siren followed by a prerecorded message and a live announcement […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper submitted today a petition to intervene in Public Service Commission proceeding 2017-370-E, concerning the proposed merger between SCANA Corp. and Dominion Energy and SCANA’s abandonment of the V.C. Summer Units 2 and 3 project. Santee Cooper owns 45 percent of the V.C. Summer project. A PSC ruling on the SCANA proceeding may affect interests […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – State-owned utility Santee Cooper has announced its spring and summer hours for the Pinopolis Lock at the Jefferies Hydroelectric Station on Lake Moultrie. Effective Tuesday, April 10, the lock will operate from 9 a.m. (or 30 minutes after sunrise, whichever is later), to 7:30 p.m. (or 30 minutes before sunset, whichever is earlier). Digital signage at […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – The Santee Cooper Vector Management Program is announcing areas in its management-control zone for this year’s seasonal mosquito spraying around lakes Marion and Moultrie. Santee Cooper will be spraying at various times during the prime mosquito season. The prime season for mosquitoes begins as early as April and typically ends in November. About 50 mosquito species […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Some water customers of the Summerville Commissioners of Public Works, Berkeley County Water and Sanitation, Moncks Corner Public Works Commission and the City of Goose Creek may notice a slightly different taste in their tap water, according to Santee Cooper Spokesperson Mollie Gore. The cause is Geosmin, a non-toxic, non-harmful organic compound just discovered in Lake Moultrie. Geosmin […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Santee Cooper crews departed today for the U.S. Virgin Islands to help restore power to the region ravaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria in September. Some residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas have been without power since Sept. 6. A total of 13 Santee Cooper employees, including 12 line technicians […]
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