COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that power companies call vital to keeping the lights on in South Carolina has been turned into a resolution that only expresses support for the idea by the Senate, which wasn’t ready to give more latitude to utilities that cost ratepayers billions.
The Senate agreed on a 39-2 vote Wednesday to gut the House’s 80-plus page energy bill and replace it with a resolution acknowledging the state’s power needs are…
