That changed last week, when Santee Cooper CEO Jimmy Staton sold his board on a new rate structure designed to ensure that data centers and other massive new users pay for the new capacity the ...

Santee Cooper's electric customers are having to learn some new habits, now that the utility's residential rates depend what time power is used, in what month, as well as how much is used.

South Carolina’s state-owned utility Santee Cooper has enacted a new special electricity rate on data centers and other large load customers across its coverage area. Executives at the company said ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — Construction work on Johns Island will be closing portions of Brownswood Road beginning Monday morning at 9 a.m., according to Santee Cooper. The work will take place ...

The council gave second and final reading to the annexation of the Santee Cooper Counties Promotion Commission’s welcome center at 9302 Old Number Six Highway. The council accepted the ...

Outgoing President Keith Miller earns $244,000. Santee Cooper’s CEO Jimmy Staton is receiving a $236,675 bonus, the commission approved. His annual salary was raised to $1.5 million, up from $1. ...

A cornerstone of the bill is allowing state-owned utility Santee Cooper to work with Dominion Energy on a large, more than $1 billion natural gas plant in Colleton County. The measure also limits ...

More land along the scenic South Santee River just north of McClellanville is now safe from development, thanks to an expansion of protected space.

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Night - Clear. Winds NE. The overnight low will be 57 °F (13.9 °C). Sunny with a high of 80 °F (26.7 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph). Mostly sunny today with a high of 83 ...