As you know, the Mike Kelly Law Group has an office in Fairfield County, and I have a very special place in my heart for this community. I grew up in a small town in Southern Virginia that reminds me very much of Winnsboro, and I have grown to love the town, the surrounding countryside and especially its people! A week ago this past Monday, SCE&G and Santee Cooper delivered the devastating news that they would halt the construction of the two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer Plant in Jenkinsville. In the blink of an eye, thousands of people lost their jobs, and a county that had relied heavily on the promise of future revenues from the project was economically and emotionally devastated.

While the prospects of the utilities reconsidering this awful decision are slim, I am hoping that through political, regulatory or legal means, SCE&G and Santee Cooper will be held accountable for the damage they have caused to Fairfield County as well as the customers who have been forced to pay higher rates over the years. Investigations are underway by the legislature and the Attorney General, and I strongly suspect that some very disturbing facts will come to light about the handling of this construction project, as well as the parameters of their decision making in halting construction. Stay tuned…

http://www.wltx.com/news/local/sceg-santee-cooper-to-stop-building-billion-dollar-nuke-reactors/460752000