Eric Boomhower Christina Putnam
803-217-7701 (803) 217-7512 eboomhower@scana.com cputnam@scana.com
SCE&G filed for the increase in May under provisions of South Carolina's Base Load Review Act (BLRA), a law enacted in 2007 to add structure and consistency to the process SCE&G and other regulated electric utilities must follow when building nuclear power plants. SCE&G and Santee Cooper, a state-owned electric and water utility in South Carolina, are working to build two 1,117- megawatt nuclear electric-generating units at the site of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Jenkinsville, S.C. The BLRA allows for annual adjustments to rates during construction of the units as a means of recovering financing costs associated with the project.
SCANA Corporation, headquartered in Cayce, SC, is an energy-based holding company principally engaged, through subsidiaries, in electric and natural gas utility operations and other energy-related businesses. Information about SCANA is available on the Company's website at www.scana.com.
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