COLUMBIA, S.C. — A revival of the failed VC Summer nuclear project is one step closer after Santee Cooper’s board voted this week to move forward with a memorandum of understanding that would allow a ...

The unfinished V.C. Summer nuclear project, September 2024. The nuclear expansion project was never finished after utilities spent $9 billion and raised rates for customers. It was abandoned in 2017 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Santee Cooper says it wants to restart construction on two previously failed nuclear reactor plants at their VC Summer site. The utility company on Monday sent a letter to ...

Last week’s plea agreement by the man who oversaw the V.C. Summer nuclear fiasco should remove any doubt: South Carolina’s most devastating business failure was no mere matter of bad judgment or bad ...

The interior of the unfinished Unit 2 nuclear reactor pictured Sept. 12, 2024, at VC Summer nuclear site near Fairfield. (Provided by S.C. Nuclear Advisory Council) AIKEN — South Carolina’s senior ...

Eight years after construction of two AP1000 reactors at the VC Summer site in South Carolina was abandoned, Santee Cooper has announced it is in negotiations with Brookfield Asset Management about ...

South Carolina stands at a crossroads. Our state faces surging electricity demand driven by population growth, advanced manufacturing and data center expansion. Meanwhile, two partially built nuclear ...

If the South Carolina-operated utility and an assets management firm can strike a deal to finish two abandoned nuclear reactors in Fairfield County, Santee Cooper will receive $2.7 billion, CEO Jimmy ...