{"id":2584,"date":"2026-07-03T09:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:06:04","slug":"santee-cooper-moves-ahead-with-v-c-summer-nuclear-restart-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2584","title":{"rendered":"Santee Cooper moves ahead with V.C. Summer nuclear restart. Here&#8217;s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>South Carolina\u2019s state-owned utility Santee Cooper is advancing plans to revive the failed V.C. Summer nuclear project, completing the first phase of a feasibility study with Brookfield Asset Management. The two partially built reactors northwest of Columbia were abandoned in 2017 after $9 billion was spent.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2582\">If you want to reduce your chance of dying in SC over July 4th, don\u2019t do this, data shows<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>FULL STORY:<\/b> Santee Cooper steams ahead with plans to restart V.C. Summer nuclear project<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=2580\">Italy service sector returns to growth as cost pressures ease, PMI shows<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Santee Cooper CEO Jimmy Staton announced at the June 26 board meeting that the utility is moving into phase 2 of its roughly two-year feasibility study, calling it \u201ca huge step.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Deputy Chief Executive Michael Finissi said Santee Cooper and Brookfield are on track to complete the study by March 2028, when they will decide costs, timeline and whether to proceed.<\/li>\n<li>Santee Cooper is expected to receive about $2.7 billion for the assets and retain 25% of the eventual power generated from the two AP1000 Westinghouse reactors.<\/li>\n<li>The original project failed spectacularly in 2017 after costs ballooned from $11 billion, leading to criminal prosecutions of top SCE&amp;G executives.<\/li>\n<li>Rob Hochstetler, chief executive at Central Electric Power Cooperative, said the deal \u201ccould reduce the V.C. 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