In the early days of irrational exuberance, nuclear power was touted as "too cheap to meter".
On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:50 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Washington had a massive fraud event on a pretty egregious level. > Billions of tax payer dollars to build five power plants. Only one ever > came online. The public utilities sold bonds for the build. Rate payers > ended up with the bill. This was around 1984. Known as Whoops! We were > going to get electrons for less than it cost to suck them out of the rivers > with dams. Screw BPA. > > A person would think somebody would have done a bit of research and found > this out. > > > clay monroe > redgh...@comcast.net > > > > > On Aug 7, 2018, at 9:08 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > This thing is turning out to be the most massive fraud ever perpetrated > on the public (SC anyway) and a goodly fraction of our elected > “representatives” are totally complicit in it. The utility and its > investors need to take the haircut and a whole bunch from top to bottom > public and private and in-between need to go to prison after losing > everything they have. > > > > --R > > Sent from iPhone > > > >> On Aug 7, 2018, at 11:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> UTILITIESScana accountant testifies she was made to lie about reactor > >> costsPublished: > >> Tuesday, August 7, 2018 > >> > >> A former accountant for Scana Corp. has testified that top executives at > >> the utility pressured her to lie to regulators about how much it would > cost > >> to complete a S.C. nuclear project that was later abandoned. > >> > >> Carlette Walker, who was responsible for spending oversight at the V.C. > >> Summer project, had to give sworn statements to state regulators on the > >> increased rates that subsidiary SCE&G was charging customers to fund the > >> two reactors. > >> > >> Walker said she quit in June 2016 "because I wasn't going to lie," and > >> named a former chief executive, a former operations chief and former > chief > >> financial officer when asked during the deposition who forced her to > lie. > >> > >> A voicemail left by Walker in early 2016 was also played for the circuit > >> court judge, who is overseeing the civil suit that seeks $2 billion in > >> compensation for utility customers — the amount they've paid to date for > >> the project. > >> > >> In the voicemail, Walker is heard accusing Scana executives of "breaking > >> every friggin' law that you can break," and propping up the project to > hit > >> profit targets and collect millions in bonuses (Tom Barton, Columbia > [S.C.] > >> *State* > >> <https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/ > article216050955.html>, > >> Aug. 3). *— DI* > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
