SC's state-owned utility enacts higher rates for data centers, large users • SC Daily Gazette

SC's state-owned utility enacts higher rates for data centers, large users • SC Daily Gazette

Santee Cooper CEO Jimmy Stanton pictured at a legislative hearing in the state House office building. The state-owned power company will start charging a special rate to ensure energy-intensive data centers are paying their share of costs to build new power plants. (File photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette).South Carolina’s state-owned power company will start charging a special electricity rate executives say is meant to ensure energy-int…

SC’s state-owned utility enacts higher rates for data centers, large users

South Carolina’s state-owned power company will start charging a special electricity rate executives say is meant to ensure energy-intensive data centers, built to serve the country’s ever-growing technology needs, are covering the cost of generating the massive amount of power…

The electricity queue is growing. Many companies are now requesting electricity for new ventures or factories.