Santee Cooper's plans for a new coal-fired plant near Kingsburg, SC on the Pee Dee River have come under fire from Massachusetts-based Synapse Energy. According to the Synapse report, Santee Cooper's plans for a two-unit plant are unneeded and too costly. And if climate change legislation that includes carbon caps is passed, Synapse estimates rate payers would be holding the bag for another 168 million dollars in costs even if the utility builds only one of the two units..
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