COLUMBIA — A wide-ranging bill backers say will ensure South Carolina has plenty of electric power passed a key vote Wednesday in the House, but opponents complained it would roll
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The South Carolina House has given key approval to a wide-ranging bill that supporters say will make sure the fast-growing state has plenty of electric power. Opponents of the bill that passed 88-21 almost entirely on party lines say the legislation rolls back billions of dollars in lessons learned after a proposed nuclear plant never generated a watt of power. The bill faces one more routine vote before heading to the Senate, where leadership supports the idea of assuring energy flows but is much more skeptical of removing oversight. Supporters say it will help assure utilities can build a natural gas fired plant in the Lowcountry.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A wide-ranging bill that backers say will ensure South Carolina has plenty of electric power passed a key vote Wednesday in the House, but opponents complained it would roll back billions of dollars in lessons learned after a proposed nuclear plant never generated a watt of power. The 88-21 vote was almost all […]