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South Carolina power bills to drop up to $22 a month under PSC approval of Dominion-SCANA merger
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Don’t count on a $1,000 check, but South Carolina electric customers power bills will likely drop going forward.
Almost 17 months and billions later, South Carolina electric customers enraged by bloated power bills from a failed nuclear project finally could see permanent relief.
But, they will still likely pay $2.26 billion more over the next 20 years for two abandoned reactors.
The S.C. Public Service Commission on Friday granted initial approval to cut SCE&G’s power bills by up to $22 a month for the average residential customer as part of a deal by Virginia-based Dominion Energy to buy out SCE&G’s parent company, SCANA.
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