Why SC electric cooperatives support the Canadys project

Central Electric Power Cooperative President and CEO Rob Hochstetler penned a Post and Courier guest column detailing why South Carolina’s electric cooperatives support a proposed 2,200-megawatt natural gas power plant in Colleton County.

The joint project by Santee Cooper and Dominion Energy South Carolina was recently approved by the S.C. Public Service Commission.

As Hochstetler explains, South Carolina needs more power, and soon. Since it takes years to permit, design and build power plants, electric cooperatives recognize the need to start now so today’s energy constraints don’t become tomorrow’s energy crisis.

The project at Canadys represents a proven, cost-effective, low-risk and highly efficient first step to meeting South Carolina’s growing energy needs.

Read the full guest column on the Post and Courier’s website.