Charleston and Kiawah municipalities needs to secede from the State. On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Oh that’s the existing plant then. This debacle is about a new plant they > started to build and got $2 or $4bil into and realized it was never going > to work out. They actually realized that early on but kept spending on it. > The key was that the legislature voted a deal where the ratepayers funded > the construction out of bill surcharges rather than the utilities getting > bonds for it. So there was no incentive to economize or be successful. An > alliance between the gummint and the utilities doomed us. And all the same > scalawags are now trying to “fix” it while the utility execs are walking > off with huge golden parachute payments, courtesy the rate/taxpayers. > > Great deal if you can get it. > > --R > Sent from iPhone > > > On Aug 8, 2018, at 12:03 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > When I was there they kept having alarms for "Airborne" which made > everything stop until they found the problem. Usually it was false > alarms. It's been a while since I was there - seems like Duke Power & > Light was involved as a partner in the fiasco. I don't think Central SC is > on a earthquake fault but most of the mode we installed were mandated > following the mess at 3 mile Island. We had to install pipe supports the > size of desks to support 2" or 3" Fire Water pipe "in case". I'm all for > safety but there should have been risk analysis done. The work crew would > go into the containment, suit up (about 1.5 hr) then they'd go in through > the safety doors which took another 1.5 ho for the crew to all be inside. > By now it's approaching 10am and at 1115 (IIRC) they'd come out, change > clothes and put street clothes back on, get lunch and then "around" 1PM > they'd start going back into the containment requiring the jump suits, duct > tape around the ankles and wrists, booties masks hats, etc then start going > through the interlock chamber (again iirc) and the whole thing would start > over. Of course they'd come out for their afternoon break around 230 and > by the take they took their 30 min and suited back up, etc, etc they'd be > back in and if we were lucky we'd get maybe (on a good day) 2 hours of > productivity. I think the crazy break rules may have come from Duke P&L > which I think was a union shop. But I may be confusing the Airborne alarms > with the Nuke I worked in Ill. Seems they had them constantly... > > > > (This was back in the early 80s and things are hopefully different now) > I hope... And people wonder why nukes had trouble meeting schedules and > budgets.... > > > > Ahh, memories ;-) I'm possibly confusing the memories a bit... but I > don't think so... > > > > LarryT > > > > > >> On 08/07/2018 9:13 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > >> Yeah I think. It was a complete disaster, not sure how far along they > got. > >> > >> --R > >> Sent from iPhone > >> > >>> On Aug 7, 2018, at 8:33 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Wow! > >>> > >>> Is this the Nuke near Hartsville? I work there for the contractor > doing Three Mile Island mods to the fire suppression systems. It was short > term while between other projects. I worked on Constructions Budgets and > Schedules but the contractor I worked for was not mentioned below. > >>> > >>> LarryT > >>> > >>> > >>>> On 08/07/2018 11:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes 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 > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
