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Senate subcommittee reviews H.3309; witnesses debate procurement, rate design and regulatory rollbacks
Summary
A Senate energy subcommittee heard competing views on House Bill H.3309, an omnibus energy package. Witnesses pressed for competitive procurement, protections against rate shifting to residential customers and clearer standards for siting and appeals, while industry speakers urged predictable processes to meet rising load.
A Senate energy subcommittee heard public testimony on House Bill H.3309, an omnibus energy measure, focusing on procurement, rate design, regulatory authority and permitting timelines.
The bill matters because it would change how new generation is planned and paid for in South Carolina, shifting decisions that affect rates, the pace of clean-energy deployment and local permitting. Advocates warned the bill as written risks shifting costs to residential customers, while developers and industry speakers urged clearer procurement mechanisms to meet fast-rising demand from large new customers.
Taylor Allred, with the Coastal Conservation League, told the committee H.3309 "could increase ratepayers' risk of paying higher bills than necessary and delay the growth in clean energy resources." He recommended revisions to integrated resource planning, stronger load-forecasting practices for utilities and requirements that large energy customers be…
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