Office of Regulatory Staff

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More secrecy on tap in upcoming PSC review?

October 20, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT A powerful, legislatively controlled committee is scheduled Thursday to conduct annual reviews…

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Some state agency heads start new fiscal year with big pay raises

July 7, 2021 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT A legislatively controlled committee has given five-figure pay hikes to a group…

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‘Exempt’ state agencies staffed with $100K+ workers

December 18, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Two months ago, The Nerve asked the state-created South Carolina Research Authority…

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State stonewalls public comment on proposed Dominion rate hike

November 10, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Dominion Energy electric customers in South Carolina are angry. They were promised…

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Long legislative tradition of putting ex-colleagues, relatives in high-paying public jobs

October 15, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The possibility that two more ex-lawmakers could join the state Public Service…

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Taxpayer cost grows for high-priced consultants in wake of V.C. Summer fiasco

February 12, 2019 The Nerve

  By RICK BRUNDRETT Since the 2017 collapse of the V.C. Summer nuclear project –…

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S.C. lawmakers likely to fill PSC seat with one of two insiders

January 23, 2019 The Nerve

Update: On 2/6/19, the Legislature in a joint session voted 99-1 to elect former longtime…