State-owned utility rates going up after failed reactors
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This article was originally published in the WACH Fox 57 on March 21, 2018. The state-owned utility says rates will be going up after the failed nuclear project in South Carolina last year. Media outlets reported that Santee Cooper said Wednesday it expects rates to go up 7 percent because of the decision to abandon