After nuclear plant failure, bills pre-filed to stem utility influence and stop SCE&G payments

State lawmakers are gearing up for an intense 2018 legislative session following the downfall of plans to build two new reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear station.

Multiple bills were pre-filed and routed to the Judiciary Committee on Thursday as part of lawmakers' plans to tighten restrictions on the state's public utility companies, according to state records.

Santee Cooper and SCE&G halted work on the planned reactors on July 31 after $9 billion were already spent on trying to make the projects work, according to The Post & Courier.

The Statehouse Report took a look at the "Utility Ratepayer Protection Package" yesterday, a series of six bills that would, among other things, create a utility oversight committee and stop the 18 percent rate payment that SCE&G is currently charging its customers in order to pay for the abandoned reactor plans.

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