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Steal an idea from Santa this holiday season: Check everything twice. That’s important as you use electricity. Wise use of power can affect your health, safety, and bank account. ECC checked various sources about the ways to improve our holiday use of energy. We’ll highlight a few and make sure you have the links that […]
A Tweet caught our eye. It says, “Santee Cooper settlement check really coming in clutch for the holidays.” It shows a check for 3-cents. Hard to miss the irony on this and other payouts. Let’s pick through the numbers. Most customers will see more than three pennies. Customer refunds will average $169.28, resulting from a […]
Thanksgiving is a powerful holiday. Really. The electricity used to cook on Thanksgiving is enough to power an LED bulb for 1,400 hours; light eight hours a day for half a year. Thanksgiving cooking power breaks down like this based on 60% of US households using an electric oven to cook (source): Turkey (8 kWh) […]
“The notion of a fast track to a wholesale energy transition runs up against major obstacles – the shear scale of the energy system that supports the world economy, the need for reliability, the demand for mineral resources for renewables, and the disruption and conflicts that result from speed.” Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winner for […]
The headline: San Francisco votes to ban natural gas in newer buildings. That means heating and cooking with natural gas. That means apartments and homes, not just businesses. Dozens of cities have enacted similar bans, many in California. The idea is that natural gas is a fossil fuel, so it creates emissions, so banning it […]
Duke Energy’s Lincoln Combustion Turbine Station near Denver, NC, is conducting a pilot test of a new generation Siemens Energy gas turbine. “It’s a monster,” said Duke’s VP of project management and construction, meaning it can mean good advances in performance, efficiency, and power over a 30-year life. Siemens’ turbine goes by SGT6-9000HL, for those […]
A colorless gas that is called green. Hydrogen. What’s so tough to understand? Pretty cool idea, really: Hydrogen is a gas that can be used to power vehicles or make electricity with no harmful emissions. Hydrogen can be made through electrolysis, the process of using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. If the […]
“You can’t appreciate what you haven’t seen.” I used to say that with my corporate employees as we discussed new ideas and our customers. Santee Cooper customers are in this situation. Santee Cooper says, “trust us…we got this.” That is despite the utility’s track record of failure. Then fails to deliver, again. NextEra simply delivers. […]
“Santee Cooper desperately needs a house cleaning. The entire board. The entire management team. All of them. Then use a MiB Neuralyzer on anyone who’s left,” Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, a Republican from Edgefield, tweeted Thursday. The MiB Neuralyzer is a fictional device from the Men in Black movie franchise that wipes the minds […]
As the season changes and the virus does not, there is a growing concern about families with financial difficulties paying utility bills. As the days get shorter there is no light at the end of the tunnel; no idea how long the tunnel is, even with encouraging news of a vaccine Monday, November 9. Utility […]
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