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Podcast: Energy Gang
Episode: South Carolina's Nuclear Disaster
Description: What happens when lawmakers and industry craft a large, complicated bill and then rush it through the legislature without reading it?
We saw the consequences in South Carolina. That's where two utilities in the state walked away from a nuclear plant they were building – leaving ratepayers to foot the bill and putting thousands of people out of work. It's the result of a piece of legislation quietly passed a decade ago.
In this week's episode of The Energy Gang, we'll look at the political factors that led to South Carolina's nuclear debacle.
Then, we'll review two newly published features about Lo...