Public Hearing Debates SCE&G Rate Increase in Aiken
Lawmakers and residents clash over a proposed SCE&G rate rise with PSC hearings in Aiken. Intervener Hugh Baharso challenges the process while Rep. Irene Rudnick urges citizen input. Department of Consumer Affairs objects to certain uses of funds, and SCE&G defends a justified rise amid community charity mentions.
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Aiken
Rudnick
PSC
Hugh Bahar
Bahar
Sce&g
Department of Consumer Affairs
McIntosh
Department
Hazel
Sally Bigger
Aiken County
Harold Rudnick
J.C. Robertson
New Trial Granted In Death Suit By The Associated Press
The South Carolina Supreme Court grants a new trial in the wrongful death suit filed by Gerald Hoeffner's parents over his 1987 dorm suicide at The Citadel. The court cites a legal error in the original trial and reviews whether The Citadel and Dr. Joseph Franz bore liability. The case centers on care claims and the doctor’s role, with the earlier jury ruling for the school.
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State Supreme Court
Citadel
Gerald Hoeffner
School
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Ann M
Thomas A. Hoeffner
Franz
Nuclear power deals eyed with China England and Taiwan
Charlson said engineers are pursuing foreign collaborations to design power reactors including for China and England and a Taiwan deal for a dual purpose reactor to start next year and finish around 2000 to 2002. He noted past DOE gas cooled reactor plans were canceled and warned the Clinton era remains uncertain for commercial nuclear business.
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China
England
Taiwan
Stone & Webster
DOE
Charlson
Republican Party
Clinton
Secretary of Energy
O’leary
SRS
City tightens sign rules amid large signage concerns
Aiken council reviews the sign ordinance citing oversized signs for new businesses and moves toward small monument level signs. In other business, the city wins the GFOA Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report with 1992 having 22 SC municipalities honored. Anita Lilly, finance director, hails the recognition likening it to a green jacket.
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Food Max
Wal-Mart
Government Finance Officers Association
GFOA
South Carolina
Kitty Wright
Aiken
Anita H. Lilly
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