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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Volunteers are gathering this week to make a Columbia home more energy efficient.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  South Carolina Electric & Gas is warning customers of scam artists posing as company employees.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Crews are working to restore electric service across South Carolina after a powerful winter storm moved across the state.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  South Carolina Electric & Gas is testing its emergency sirens at a nuclear power plant in Fairfield County.

Monday, August 20, 2012  An environmental group says it has settled a lawsuit accusing South Carolina Electric & Gas of illegally discharging arsenic and other contaminants into a river near Columbia.

Monday, July 02, 2012  Regulators have chosen two new resident inspectors at a South Carolina nuclear plant where two new reactors will soon be constructed.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley says South Carolina will fight for federal grants that could make the state a hub for the next-generation nuclear technology.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley is getting together with leaders in the nuclear industry to talk about how small nuclear reactors can bring jobs to South Carolina.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  Federal regulators are holding a meeting to discuss safety at a South Carolina nuclear plant where two new reactors will soon be constructed.

Friday, January 13, 2012  An environmental group is suing a South Carolina utility, saying the company broke state law when it discharged arsenic and other contaminants into a river.

Friday, August 19, 2011  Federal nuclear inspectors say a proposal to build two nuclear reactors at a site near Columbia passed a safety inspection.

Sunday, July 17, 2011  The company that runs a Fairfield County nuclear plant says it will store radioactive waste in steel and concrete containers instead of submerging the refuse in water pools.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011  SCANA, the parent company of SCE&G, had several officials on hand Tuesday to answer any questions when it comes to safety and issues related to the nuclear power plant it operates in Jenkinsville.

Sunday, October 03, 2010  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. will increase rates by 2.3 percent this month to help pay for a planned expansion at its nuclear power plant in Jenkinsville.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010  A group of industrial power customers says regulators overstepped their authority when they allowed a utility to include a $438 million contingency fund in its estimate of how much it will cost to build a nuclear plant.