US EditionUnder a Hot Summer Sun, South Carolina’s Governor Says Energy Law Will Keep Air Conditioners Humming
- On June 18, 2025, under the hot summer sun in Columbia, Republican Governor Henry McMaster conducted a formal signing event to endorse a new energy law.
- Lawmakers passed the law to address South Carolina's rapid population and industrial growth and to replace a long-abandoned 2017 nuclear project at the V.C. Summer site.
- The law permits Dominion Energy and Santee Cooper to collaborate on constructing a large natural gas facility with a capacity of 2 gigawatts in Colleton County and allows utilities to appeal Public Service Commission rulings directly to the state Supreme Court.
- McMaster described the occasion as an important milestone for South Carolina, while supporters emphasized that the new law helps prevent major rate increases by allowing utility companies to apply for smaller, incremental rate adjustments each year.
- The law is designed to provide continuous, reliable power to support air conditioning and other demands as the state grows, though some Democrats expressed concerns that it weakens consumer protections and fails to impose limits on energy consumption by data centers.
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McMaster signs energy bill, says law will keep air conditioners blowing - Charleston City Paper
On a hot summer day, Gov. Henry McMaster ceremonially signed a new energy law aimed at ramping up Palmetto State power production. The post McMaster signs energy bill, says law will keep air conditioners blowing appeared first on Charleston City Paper.
SC Gov. McMaster, under a hot Columbia sun, says energy law will keep a/c units humming
COLUMBIA — Under a hot Midlands summer sun, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial bill signing June 18 for a law he and other supporters said will make sure the rapidly growing state has the energy to run air…
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Under a hot summer sun, South Carolina's governor says energy law will keep air conditioners humming
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has held a ceremonial bill signing in the hot summer sun to assure the air conditioners across the state will keep humming well into the future.
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