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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas, left, and Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, right, talk before a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Lucas and Massey are both on a conference committee that will try to work on a compromise on a bill to reform state-owned utility Santee Cooper. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File).

Influential SC lawmakers seek Santee Cooper compromise

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE - Construction is well underway for two new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. on Monday, April 9, 2012. The South Carolina House is insisting the state continue to accept offers to sale Santee Cooper, meaning the fate of a bill to overhaul the state-owned utility will go down to the wire at this year's session. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Whether to sell Santee Cooper splits utility reform in SC

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

South Carolina Sen. Stephen Goldfinch, R-Murrells Inlet, shows fellow lawmakers he shaved off his beard on Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. Goldfinch offered to shave if senators could reach a compromise on a bill about state-owned utility Santee Cooper. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

SC Senate OKs Santee Cooper reform bill without sale option

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Peter McCoy speaks at a news conference after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, rear right, announced he wants to appoint him chairman of state-owned utility Santee Cooper, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. McCoy is a former South Carolina House member and U.S. Attorney in the state. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

S. Carolina governor wants McCoy to run Santee Cooper board

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Open carry, hate crime bills clear deadline in SC Statehouse

By JEFFREY COLLINS and MICHELLE LIU - Associated Press

South Carolina Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, speaks in favor of a proposal to have the state borrow $550 million for the South Carolina Ports Authority's facility in Charleston on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The Authority says it will spend the money on extra rail lines, a barge system to move containers from one terminal to another and other improvements. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

SC Senate reluctantly approves borrowing $550M for port

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Former SC utility CEO pleads guilty to nuclear plant fraud

By MICHELLE LIU - Associated Press

FILE - This April 9, 2012 file photo shows construction well underway for new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. Lawmakers have again started debating the future of Santee Cooper, which was a minority partner in the failed project, even before the 2021 General Assembly session began. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

SC House approves taking more bids to sell Santee Cooper

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Supporters of a bill that would ban almost all abortions in South Carolina listen during a Senate subcommittee hearing on Jan. 14, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The heartbeat abortion bill has stalled in recent years, but appears to have a good chance of passing in 2021.(AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

SC House has Santee Cooper; Senate has abortion on calendars

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State Rep. Ivory Thigpen, D-Columbia, speaks to a fellow South Carolina House member on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. The House ended its two day organizational session on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

SC Legislature feels and looks different with same issues

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE - This April 9, 2012 file photo shows construction well underway for new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. Lawmakers have again started debating the future of Santee Cooper, which was a minority partner in the failed project, even before the 2021 General Assembly session began. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

Fight over Santee Cooper starts before 2021 session begins

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Senators look into energy giant trying to buy Santee Cooper

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FILE- In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 file photo, Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison, back left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., participate in a debate in Columbia, S.C. (John A. Carlos II/The Post And Courier via AP, File)

In busy news year, COVID-19 touches almost all in SC

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

South Carolina House members listen to a speech by Speaker Jay Lucas during the House's organization session on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. Lucas was first elected Speaker for the 2015 session. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Same leadership, same issues for SC’s budget committee

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas presides over the House's organization session Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. Lucas was first elected Speaker for the 2015 session. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Republican SC House meets; leaders pledge continued kindness

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE - In a Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Kevin Marsh, CEO of SCANA Corp., speaks to the media at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Jenkinsville, S.C. The Securities and Exchange Commission sued SCANA Corp., its subsidiary South Carolina Electric &amp; Gas along with the utility's former CEO Kevin Marsh and Executive Vice President Stephen Byrne on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Federal officials say two former executives at a South Carolina utility, former CEO Kevin Marsh and Executive Vice President Stephen Byrne lied repeatedly to regulators and investors about the progress of construction of two nuclear reactors, taking hundreds of millions of dollars out of the pockets of investors and ratepayers. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Former executive faces prison time in SC nuclear debacle

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Refunds arriving for Santee Cooper and cooperative customers

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/State Sen. Mike Fanning speaks against a massive education overhaul bill at the South Carolina Statehouse on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina. The bill got key approval on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

After months of debate, education bills likely dead in SC

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

SC utility, Westinghouse agree to sell nuclear equipment

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Santee Cooper will freeze utility rates for next four years

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