Concerned about the impact on ratepayers, South Carolina's largest public utility, Santee Cooper, announced the final abandonment of its proposed 600 megawatt Pee Dee coal plant. Now, in an attempt to recoup some of the lost money it poured into the plant’s development, Santee Cooper’s ad in Power Engineering magazine advertises the sale of the used coal plant parts and the land surrounding the project.
EMC members know that Power4Georgians’ EMCs have already wasted millions of our dollars on the same outdated dirty coal technology that Santee Cooper abandoned. Yet our Board continues to pursue two coal fired power plants in rural Georgia. We wish we knew exactly how much of our money has been spent, but our EMC Board hasn't answered a single question we have asked during the last three EMC Annual Member Meetings.
Santee Cooper realized that a dirty, expensive, coal plant is unnecessary for South Carolina. It's just as unnecessary in rural Georgia.
Katherine Helms Cummings
FACE Executive Director
FACE is a grassroots organization based in Washington County, Georgia. It was organized in 2008 by local residents who oppose a proposed 850 megawatt coal fired power plant.
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