Alternative energy

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the two new coal fired generating plants for Santee Cooper at the Crossfield Station site units three and four. These two plants sit next to plants one and two and generate a total of over 2400 MW of power for South Carolina. Given that we need to clean up the air, these plants use the latest pollution protection systems and even sell the gypsm from the scrubbers on the exhaust stacks. Regardless of your political persuasion, the U.S. can't afford to throw away the most abundant source of fuel available to us domestically. We have the technology to make burning coal cleaner and improving that technology should be one of our priorities.

Steve