Santee Cooper to Seek More than 3% Rate Hike in Each of Next 2 Years, Adjust How Demand Is Calculated

Santee Cooper proposes rate increases for 2027 and 2028

Santee Cooper customers could see their electric bills go up over the next two years.

Santee Cooper seeks to raise electric rates more than 9% over next two years • SC Daily Gazette

Santee Cooper CEO Jimmy Stanton pictured at a legislative hearing in the state House office building. (Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)Customers of South Carolina’s state owned utility could again see their monthly power bills rise — by more than $13 a month over the next two years for the standard residential customer — as the early costs of a proposed natural gas plant and other construction projects come on the books. Santee Cooper’s governi…

Santee Cooper proposes 3.3% average rate hike in 2027, plus more in 2028

Santee Cooper is considering a customer rate increase for 2027 and 2028 to maintain strong reliability and make critical upgrades

Proposed Santee Cooper rates could raise average bills more than 9%

The Santee Cooper Board of Directors on Friday received proposed base rate increases for 2027 and 2028 and approved a public comment period that will allow cust

Santee Cooper’s SC electric bills could rise more than 9% by 2028

State-owned power utility Santee Cooper is kicking off the process of raising electric bills for its South Carolina residential customers by more than 9% over a two-year period.

Santee Cooper to seek more than 3% rate hike in each of next 2 years, adjust how demand is calculated

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WBTW) -- The board of directors of South Carolina's largest utility company on Friday approved a plan to seek rate increases of more than 3% for each of the next two years and adjust how demand is calculated. Santee Cooper, which serves more than 2 million people across the state, will seek [...]