Palmetto Power Gamble

Stop Rolling the Dice with SC Energy Bills

Our energy future shouldn’t be a game of chance—say no to risky projects that will cost customers billions on their energy bills.

SC Power companies want to build new gas mega-projects in South Carolina. These massive power plants and pipelines would cost billions of dollars, pollute the surrounding environment, and put customers on the hook for buying gas for decades. Power companies are pushing lawmakers towards this option before considering cheaper, less risky alternatives.

We should learn from the $9 billion VC Summer nuclear plant fiasco—a failed mega-project plagued by construction delays, cost overruns, and fraud that never generated a single electron. Customers paid billions for utilities to dig a hole…and fill it back in. It was a big risk, and customers paid. Now, power companies are pushing more risky mega-projects with South Carolina decision-makers.

Tell your legislators to say no to risky projects that will cost us billions on our energy bills.

Duke Energys W.S. Lee station
Duke Energys W.S. Lee station

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Tell your legislator to say no to risky projects that will cost customers millions on their energy bills. Don’t let the power companies make another risky, expensive, and harmful bet with our money.

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