Elliott said additional costs to South Carolina power companies could be recovered. Utilities, for instance, could charge big industries for the right to use power lines, even if the utilities are buying power outside the state.

VC Summer units 2 and 3, abandoned in 2017, are looking for a buyer; owners say tech industry needs are a perfect fit Abandoned in 2017, a pair of incomplete South Carolina nuclear reactors may get a new lease on life due to the growing need to power AI datacenters.

The utility, Santee Cooper, is trying to sell two nuclear reactors that it abandoned in 2017 as tech companies seek new sources of electricity for data centers.

Construction of the two reactors was abandoned in 2017, which was considered a major blow to the nuclear power industry.

Santee Cooper, the big power provider in South Carolina, has tapped financial advisers to look for buyers that can restart construction on a pair of nuclear reactors that were mothballed years ago. The state-owned utility is betting interest will be strong,

Efforts are underway to bring back the V.C. Summer nuclear construction project that cost ratepayers billions of dollars

South Carolina’s largest power provider Santee Cooper has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking parties interested in completing

A South Carolina economic development bill that would help meet demand for new energy generation in the state and that is supported by utilities is once again under consideration by lawmakers. “South Carolina is growing

Gov. Henry McMaster in his eighth State of the State address on Wednesday urged the revival of a failed nuclear project in South Carolina. State-owned utility Santee Cooper announced last week it would seek a buyer for the pair of half-built nuclear reactors,

South Carolina’s state-owned utility is putting a pair of partially built nuclear reactors on the market. Santee Cooper announced Wednesday that it would solicit proposals from potential buyers of the two units,

Public utility company Santee Cooper is seeking buyers for two partially built nuclear units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, South Carolina, it said on Wednesday.

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