International Business News - SCG http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Electric and natural gas utility Scana Corp. said Thursday its third-quarter net income rose 2 percent on an electric rate increase and customer growth in South Carolina. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/scana-reports-higher-3q-earnings-on-rate-hike.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:48:04 EDT When Melba Jeffcoat first moved into the home her late husband built 63 years ago, there were no windows. He had ordered them, but they weren't ready--so the couple covered the holes as best they could until the windows were installed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/sc-consumers-see-high-power-rates-as-winter-comes.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:57:41 EDT A former sister company of South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Fairfield County, where the utility intends to build two nuclear reactors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/power-plant-operator-plans-to-relocate-within-sc.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:19:16 EDT Gas customers of South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. will see an almost 15 percent reduction in their rates next month. The state agency that serves as a watchdog on utility cases said Wednesday that it worked out two agreements with SCE&G on its monthly and annual reviews of gas costs and profits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/gas-rates-for-sc-customers-to-go-down-in-november.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:37:03 EDT State utility regulators are considering a request by South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. for a midyear rate increase based on increased fuel costs. The state Public Service Commission held a public hearing Monday on the company's request, but did not make a decision. The commission could formally take a vote on the request as early as Oct. 29. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/public-hearing-held-on-sce-g-rate-hike-request.htm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:32:03 EDT State utility regulators are holding a public hearing on a request by South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. for a midyear rate increase. The state agency that serves as a watchdog on utility cases has brokered an agreement between the company and those opposed to the rate increase that would allow Scana Corp.-owned SCE&G to charge an additional 6 percent--about half what the company wanted. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/public-hearing-on-sc-utilitys-rate-hike-request.htm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:31:04 EDT State regulators plan to order Southern Connecticut Gas Corp. to issue credits to customers to compensate for collecting $15.1 million in excessive profits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/regulators-s-conn-gas-made-excessive-profits.htm Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:38:14 EDT Electric utilities have to persuade the general public that nuclear power is a safe and reliable alternative to coal-fired plants if they want to build more reactors, former New Jersey governor and federal environmental chief Christine Todd Whitman told about 100 South Carolina business leaders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/former-epa-chief-whitman-discusses-nuclear-energy.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:08:12 EDT State regulators have approved South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.'s request to begin work near Columbia on the site where it wants to build two nuclear reactors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/sc-regulators-say-work-can-start-at-reactor-site.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:13:50 EDT State regulators are scheduled to take up the request by South Carolina Electric & Gas to begin work at the site near Columbia where it wants to build two nuclear reactors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/reactor-site-work-request-on-sc-regulators-agenda.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:00:58 EDT Electric and natural gas utility Scana Corp. spent $200,000 in the second quarter to lobby on nuclear energy funding and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/scana-spent-200k-lobbying-government-in-2q.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:10:38 EDT The companies hired to design and build a pair of nuclear reactors in the Midlands will be paid $6.4 billion. That's according to documents filed Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/builders-of-sc-nuclear-plant-to-get-6-4-billion.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:53:05 EDT After hours of wrangling on several issues, the key item of when hearings will be held on South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.'s request to start charging customers now for a proposed nuclear power plant outside Columbia remained unsettled Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/sc-regulators-to-schedule-reactor-request-hearings.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:07:20 EDT State utility regulators will work out a hearing schedule for South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.'s bid to build two nuclear reactors near Columbia. The company, customers and groups opposing the new reactors will meet with a hearing officer Wednesday at the Public Service Commission to determine when public hearings will be held on the company's application. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/sc-regulators-to-schedule-reactor-request-hearings.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:36:30 EDT State utility regulators will discuss appointing someone to determine when hearings will be held on South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.'s request to build two nuclear reactors near Columbia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/sc-regulators-to-determine-nuke-reactor-hearing.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:10:41 EDT Scana Corp. said late Thursday a subsidiary has reached an agreement with North Carolina officials to raise natural gas rates and boost revenue, though the deal still requires final approval. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/scana-unit-reaches-rate-deal-with-nc-officials.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:03:14 EDT South Carolina utility regulators on Wednesday denied a request by two environmental groups to block Duke Energy Corp. from starting work at a proposed nuclear power plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/sc-regulators-allow-nuke-site-work-to-continue.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:26:58 EDT South Carolina Electric & Gas will have to wait for permission to begin preparing a site where the utility wants to build two nuclear reactors, the state Public Service Commission decided Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/south-carolina-delays-decision-on-sce-g-nuke-site.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:21:51 EDT State regulators are considering whether South Carolina Electric & Gas can begin preparing the site where it wants to build two nuclear reactors. The utility's request is on the Public Service Commission's Wednesday agenda. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/sc-regulators-to-mull-utility-nuke-site-request.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:04:53 EDT Customers of Alabama Power Co. might see their rates go up as customers of some other Southeastern utilities have seen due to rising costs for coal and natural gas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/rising-fuel-costs-might-raise-alabama-power-rates.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:06:19 EDT