V.C. Summer

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PSC seats in limbo again after legislatively controlled panel delays nominations

January 14, 2020 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another convoluted legislative process for selecting six-figure state Public Service…

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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 tab for Volvo deal far bigger than public pronouncements

June 29, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT When S.C. officials announced in 2015 that Volvo would locate its first…

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Secrecy surrounds Santee Cooper bid process; $735K spent on study consultant

June 7, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT The taxpayer tab for a global consulting firm hired last year to…

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Big bills heading to Santee Cooper, co-op customers with ecodevo spending?

June 3, 2019 The Nerve

By RICK BRUNDRETT As Santee Cooper was accumulating billions in debt for the failed V.C….

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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…