(Fairfield County, SC) -- Attentive regulators are credited with stopping SCANA from using unnecessary expenses to justify rate hikes.
State regulators said this week there were about 40 justifications SCANA gave for a rate hike that were denied. SCANA tried to pass off plane trips, limo service and a trip to Hooters as reasons it needed to raise electricity rates.
Regulators tell "The State" they blocked more than 200-thousand dollars in rate hike requests, but they worry some unjustifiable claims might have sneaked through.