Privatization Is The Only Hope For This Nuclear Project

Lonnie Carter, President and CEO of Santee Cooper, the state
owned electric utility in South Carolina resigned last week. In his
position, he was the highest paid “state employee not involved in
athletics,” according to the local press. His resignation came
after legislative hearings about Santee Cooper’s management of and
involvement in the cancelled V.C. Summer nuclear project. The
utility’s Board continues to retain his counsel in numerous ways
and he leaves with a generous six-figure pension. But at his final
press conference…

Lonnie Carter, President and CEO of Santee Cooper, the state
owned electric utility in South Carolina resigned last week. In his
position, he was the highest paid “state employee not involved in
athletics,” according to the local press. His resignation came
after legislative hearings about Santee Cooper’s management of and
involvement in the cancelled V.C. Summer nuclear project. The
utility’s Board continues to retain his counsel in numerous ways
and he leaves with a generous six-figure pension. But at his final
press conference…