State agency chief retires after South Carolinas nuclear fiasco

[TexasTowelie]

A state agency head on Friday became the fourth executive to announce his departure after South Carolina’s nuclear fiasco.

“It’s time,” said S.C. Office of Regulatory Staff executive director Dukes Scott. “It’s been a great experience up until the last year, and the last four or five months have been tough.”

Scott, 68, will step down Jan. 15, more than five months after SCE&G and Santee Cooper pulled the plug on a 10-year effort to build two nuclear reactors in Fairfield County, he said, adding that criticism from the public over the nuclear failure has sped up his retirement date.

Scott has led the ORS since its inception in 2004. The agency helps police utilities by auditing their requests for rate hikes and negotiating what customers should be charged.

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[mercuryblues]

1. He walks with a golden parachute

when he should be fitted for leg irons. They raised home owners rates to pay for this. Millions of dollars went to "management" fees, which in turn were "donated" to politician's election campaigns. Then they tried to raise customer rates again to pay for closing the unfinished project down.