SC customers could pay millions for a new power plant that may only run at half capacity
“What we expect people who just built a large combined cycle plant to do is simply run it less”
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SC faces repeat of costly nuclear fiasco if lawmakers don’t wise up, critics say
“It would not only authorize Santee Cooper to join Dominion in the natural gas plant, but it could make building another natural gas plant possible for Duke Energy”
Agencies voice concerns on recently approved plan to build gas plant on Edisto River
“Gas power plants have proven to be unreliable, particularly in the cold. Solar plus storage, both large-scale and distributed across the grid, would improve the resilience of the system.”
South Carolina faces a repeat of the 2017 V.C. Summer nuclear construction debacle
“It would not only authorize Santee Cooper to join Dominion in the natural gas plant, but it could make building another natural gas plant possible for Duke Energy”
SC energy bill mirrors failed VC Summer project, experts say
“It's the same utility territory, it's the same customers, it's the same revenue stream, it's the same company. So, you've got the same two companies seeking a joint project as was with VC Summer.”
Proposed natural gas plant in Colleton County raises environmental and oversight concerns
“The largest sources of air pollution in the state are power plants. Nothing puts out as much air pollution as a power plant”
TVA's Kingston plant is being replaced. 5 things to know, from jobs to natural gas
TVA announced plans to retire the Kingston coal-fired plant and replace it with a 1,500-megawatt natural gas plant, along with solar panels and battery storage by 2027. Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy…
Community leaders, Bill McKibben call on TVA to stop gas buildout ahead of Nashville board meeting
“TVA is moving forward with the largest gas build out by 2028 of any utility in the country under an out-of-date IRP [Integrated Resource Plan]. Does the world, let alone the electric sector, look anything like we thought it would in 2019? Telling us that the 2019 IRP is still valid erodes trust. These gas plants will drive TVA's debt toward its debt ceiling, increase customer bills, are unreliable in cold weather and do not meet EPA regulations. Several recent reports show a clear path forward without the need for new gas to meet load growth.”
Possible gas pipeline route in SC is a 'trade secret' that a utility refuses to reveal
“state officials shouldn't endorse or approve a project until "there has been full transparency and public review"”
Gas pipeline decision ignites fiery debate
“We're very disappointed by this decision, because we're not going to solve the growing climate crisis by continuing to build more fossil fuel plants. We continue to be frustrated that TVA doesn't do more to develop more renewable energy to be on par with their reliance on nuclear power.”
More demand, more gas: Inside the Southeast’s dirty power push
“If all of these gas proposals across the Southeast do come to fruition, I think we're going to have a huge confluence of issues between climate and reliability and affordability”
Duke Energy’s plans for new gas in N.C. on a collision course with new Biden power plant rules
“Duke has already submitted its modeling twice now. I doubt that either North or South Carolina commissions will want to do another round of that at this point. But, this will absolutely come up in the process before the [North Carolina Utilities] commission.”
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“customers would be hit when "volatile" gas prices inevitably go up again”
S.C. utilities push for more gas, ‘blank check,’ amid specter of past scandal
“What this bill really is, is a lengthy wish list of things that the utilities' own lawyers and the gas industry have wanted. And using the simple story that we have growth, economic growth, and we need more power, they've piled all this other stuff on.”
Environmental groups pushing to delay Georgia Power gas turbines project
Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and Sierra Club are pushing Georgia Power to delay construction of three new natural gas turbines at Plant Yates. An independent energy consultant testified that the delay…