S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-2750 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 23 / Section 58-17-2750
SECTION 58-17-2750. Civil penalty on railroad for violation of certain statutory provisions.
Status: in_force

Any transportation company violating any of the provisions of Sections 58-17-2710 to 58-17-2740 wilfully or knowingly shall be subject to a suit for each violation thereof at the instance of any person and upon proof of such violation the person instituting such suit shall be entitled to recover a penalty of five hundred dollars for such violation. Each violation of any of said sections shall constitute a separate cause of action.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-3-110 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 58-3-110
SECTION 58-3-110. Advance of funds for office of Commission.
Status: in_force

The appropriation for the commission's office must be advanced by the State until it has been collected from the corporations liable therefor and, when collected, must be placed in the state treasury.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-730 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 7 / Section 58-31-730
SECTION 58-31-730. Retail rate adjustment process; notice; interim rates; judicial review.
Status: in_force

Prior to creating or revising any of its board-approved retail rate schedules, the Public Service Authority, through resolution of its board of directors or otherwise, shall adopt a process that shall include the following: (A) The Authority shall provide notice to all customers at least one hundred and eighty days before the board of directors' vote on a proposed rate adjustment. (1) The one hundred and eighty days' notice required under this section is established to allow customers to provide comments to the Authority as follows: (a) written comments to the Authority for ninety days from the date of notice; and (b) oral comments to the Authority for one hundred twenty days from the date of notice. (2) The notice required by this subsection must be given in the following forms: (a) by first-class United States mail addressed to the customer's billing address in the Authority's records at the time of the notice, or for customers who have elected paperless billing, by the same means of communication used for providing these customers paperless billing; (b) by advertisements to be published in newspapers of general circulation within the service territory of the Authority; (c) by way of the Authority's regularly maintained website, including a conspicuous portal or link accessible from the website's landing page; and (d) by issuance of a news release to local news outlets. (3) The notice of proposed rate adjustments required by this subsection shall contain the following information: (a) the date, time, and location of all public meetings; (b) the date, time, and location of the meeting at which a proposed rate adjustment is expected to be submitted to the board of directors for its consideration; (c) the date, time, and location of the meeting at which the board of directors is expected to vote on the proposed rate adjustment; (d) a notification to customers of their right to: (i) review the proposed rate schedules; (ii) appear and speak in person concerning the proposed rates at public meetings or the specified meetings of the board of directors; and (iii) submit written comments; (e) the means by which customers can submit written comments, including the email and physical addresses to which written comments may be submitted, and the deadline for submitting such comments; and (f) the means by which customers can access and review the Authority's written report containing the proposed rate adjustments, the non-proprietary and non-confidential portions of any rate study or other documentation developed by the Authority in support of the rate adjustment which shall be available at the time the notice is issued. (4) Contemporaneously with notice to customers, the Authority shall provide notice of proposed rate adjustments to the Office of Regulatory Staff. (B) In addition to the requirements of notice set forth above, the Authority shall provide for the following in its retail rate adjustment process: (1) the Office of Regulatory Staff must review any rate adjustments proposed to the Authority's board of directors under this article including conducting an inspection, audit, and examination of the proposed rate schedule, revenue requirements, cost-of-service analysis, and rate/tariff design. In accomplishing its responsibilities under this article, the Office of Regulatory Staff must use the authority granted to it pursuant to Section 58-31-225. The Office of Regulatory Staff must treat as confidential or proprietary the information provided by the Authority pursuant to this subsection that is identified by the Authority as such unless or until the Authority agrees that such information is no longer confidential or proprietary. Any disputes concerning whether such information is subject to protection must be resolved by the South Carolina Public Service Commission; (2) a comprehensive review of the Authority's rate structure and rates, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 31, Title 58, and the Public Service Authority's bond covenants concerning the Public Service Authority's revenue requirements, provided that: (a) management may engage consultants as necessary to assist the Authority in completing this review; and (b) this review should include such subjects as the Authority's revenue requirements, rate/tariff design recognizing the provisions of any wholesale power supply agreement, and a comprehensive cost-of-service analysis that includes an allocation of costs, between wholesale and retail customers, and among all classes of retail customers, including residential, commercial and industrial classes; (3) a written report of management's recommendations concerning proposed rate adjustments; (4) beginning no later than the date that notice of the proposed rate adjustment is issued by the Authority, an opportunity for customers and the Office of Regulatory Staff, in advance of the board of directors' consideration and determination of rates, to review the proposed rate schedules and written findings and analyses of employees and consultants retained by the Authority that support the proposed rate adjustments, provided that: (a) the Authority also shall provide customers and the Office of Regulatory Staff access to proposed rate schedules and written findings and analyses of employees and consultants retained by the Authority that support the proposed rate adjustments, such materials to be made available at a physical location, at public meetings, and posted on the Authority's website; and (b) the Authority shall not be required to provide to customers analyses which disclose the commercially sensitive information of individual customers or which is otherwise proprietary or confidential; (5) public meetings, to be held at locations convenient for customers and within the Authority's service territory, provided that: (a) the Authority shall convene at least two public meetings at a minimum of two locations within its service territory for the purpose of presenting the proposed rate adjustment and relevant information regarding the same to customers for their information and comment; (b) customers may appear and speak in person at public meetings and direct comments and inquiries about the rate adjustment to representatives of the Authority; (c) at least one representative of the Authority's staff or management and a quorum of the board of directors shall attend each public meeting; (d) the Authority shall cause a transcript of all such meetings to be prepared and maintained as a public record and for consideration by the board of directors prior to its consideration and vote on a proposed rate adjustment; and (e) the contents of this item must not be construed in such a manner as to prevent the Authority from extending the prescribed timelines, holding additional public meetings, holding additional meetings with customers as may be scheduled from time to time at the convenience of the Authority and the customers, or having additional representatives of staff, management, or the board of directors in attendance at such meetings; (6) the Authority's management shall respond to reasonable questions and requests for information from customers and the Office of Regulatory Staff during the comment period regarding the rate proposal, subject to the appropriate protection of confidential information. All information provided to the Office of Regulatory Staff upon request that is not confidential or proprietary shall be made publicly available immediately following disclosure to the requesting party; (7) submission by the Office of Regulatory Staff of written comments and supporting documentation in the same manner as customers and an opportunity for the Office of Regulatory Staff to provide comments to, and answer questions from, the board of directors; (8) a meeting of the board of directors, separate from its scheduled vote on proposed rate adjustments and no less than one hundred twenty days from the date of notice required pursuant to Section 58-31-730(A), at which the board of directors shall receive written comments received in accordance with Section 58-31-730(A)(1), and transcripts of the public meetings, provided that: (a) at this meeting customers who will be affected by a rate adjustment and other interested parties, including the Office of Regulatory Staff and Consumer Advocate, shall be entitled to appear and speak in person for a reasonable amount of time to offer their comments directly to the board of directors; (b) customer comments received by the Authority prior to this meeting and transcripts of the public meetings shall be submitted to the board of directors for their consideration in the determination of rates; (c) submissions from the Office of Regulatory Staff shall be provided to the board of directors for their consideration in the determination of rates; and (d) the Authority shall cause a transcript of this meeting to be prepared and maintained as a public record; (9) a meeting of the board of directors, separate from its scheduled vote on proposed rate adjustments and no less than one hundred fifty days from the date of notice required pursuant to Section 58-31-730(A), at which it shall receive the Authority management's recommendation, which shall be made publicly available, concerning proposed rate adjustments, the proposed rate schedules, and documentation supporting the same; and (10) a meeting at which the board of directors votes on the proposed rate adjustment, following notice as set forth in subsection (A) and completion of the process implemented by the board of directors pursuant to subsection (B). (C) Rates shall become effective no earlier than sixty days following board approval of proposed rate adjustments. (D) Nothing contained in this section may be construed to limit or derogate from the state's covenants as provided in Sections 58-31-30 and 58-31-360, and those covenants are hereby reaffirmed. (E) The board of directors shall utilize consultants independent from the Authority's management and is authorized to hire independent, outside experts and consultants as necessary to fulfill the board of directors' obligations and duties pursuant to this section. (F) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Authority may place such adjusted rates and charges into effect on an interim basis under emergency circumstances such as the avoidance of default of its obligations and to ensure proper maintenance of its system; these interim rates must not be in effect for more than eighteen months. Said adjusted rates and charges shall be subject to prospective rate adjustment in accordance with the terms of this section, provided further, that the Authority may implement experimental rates on an interim basis for the purpose of developing improved rate offerings for customers. These experimental rates will be enacted for no longer than four years and (a) for large industrial customers, no more than twelve percent of the large industrial customer class except large industrial customers with one hundred megawatts or greater load shall be excluded from any class size limit, and (b) for all other customers no more than five percent of the customers in the class. All experimental rates must be disclosed in public session of the board prior to being enacted and are subject to approval by the board only to the extent that they meet the requirements of Section 58-31-55. (G) Judicial review of decisions by the board of directors under this article shall be by direct appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court. The service of a notice of appeal from a decision of the board of directors pursuant to this article does not act to automatically stay the matters decided in the decision, in the same manner as provided by Rule 241(b)(11) of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. Rate adjustments approved by the board of directors pursuant to this article have been authorized by law. (1) The Office of Regulatory Staff, or any customer who has submitted written or oral comments as permitted under this article is considered a "party in interest" entitled to obtain judicial review of any final decision of the board under this article by appealing in the manner provided by Rule 203(b)(6) of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules as applicable to appeals from administrative tribunals. No right to appeal accrues unless a request for reconsideration is submitted to the board and refused as set out in S.C. Code Ann. Section 58-31-730(G)(2). (2) Any party in interest seeking to appeal must first submit, within ten days after the decision of the board, a request for reconsideration. The board of directors shall either grant or refuse such request within twenty days of receipt. If the board grants the request for reconsideration, it must meet to consider the request within thirty days. (3) On appeal, the South Carolina Supreme Court may not substitute its judgment for the judgment of the board of directors as to the weight of the evidence on questions of fact. The court may affirm the decision of the board of directors or remand the case to the board of directors for further proceedings. The court may reverse or modify the decision if substantial rights of the appellant have been prejudiced because the board's findings, inferences, conclusions, or decisions are: (a) in violation of constitutional or statutory provisions; (b) in excess of the statutory authority of the Authority; (c) made upon unlawful procedure; (d) affected by other error of law; (e) clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record; or (f) arbitrary or capricious or characterized by abuse of discretion or clearly unwarranted exercise of discretion. (H) The procedure provided in this article is the exclusive process for challenging any rate adjustments approved by the board of directors. If a party in interest successfully challenges a rate approval decision on appeal, the exclusive remedy is a prospective adjustment of a new rate by the board of directors. The board of directors possesses authority only to adjust rates prospectively and has no authority to refund amounts collected pursuant to a rate adjustment approved pursuant to this article. The filed rate doctrine protects any such rate adjustment decisions from any collateral attack, which includes, but is not limited to, any claim that a rate adjustment decision by the board of directors violates S.C. Code Ann. Sections 58-31-55, 58-31-56, or 58-31-57.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-40-20 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 40 / Section 58-40-20
SECTION 58-40-20. Net energy metering; legislative intent; instructions; tariff.
Status: in_force

(A) It is the intent of the General Assembly to: (1) build upon the successful deployment of solar generating capacity through Act 236 of 2014 to continue enabling market-driven, private investment in distributed energy resources across the State by reducing regulatory and administrative burdens to customer installation and utilization of onsite distributed energy resources; (2) avoid disruption to the growing market for customer-scale distributed energy resources; and (3) require the commission to establish solar choice metering requirements that fairly allocate costs and benefits to eliminate any cost shift or subsidization associated with net metering to the greatest extent practicable. (B) An electrical utility shall make net energy metering available to all customer-generators who apply before June 1, 2021, according to the terms and conditions provided to all parties in Commission Order No. 2015-194. Customer-generators who apply for net metering after the effective date of this act but before June 1, 2021, including subsequent owners of the customer-generator facility or premises, may continue net energy metering service as provided for in Commission Order No. 2015-194 until May 31, 2029. (C) No later than January 1, 2020, the commission shall open a generic docket to: (1) investigate and determine the costs and benefits of the current net energy metering program; and (2) establish a methodology for calculating the value of the energy produced by customer-generators. (D) In evaluating the costs and benefits of the net energy metering program, the commission shall consider: (1) the aggregate impact of customer-generators on the electrical utility's long-run marginal costs of generation, distribution, and transmission; (2) the cost of service implications of customer-generators on other customers within the same class, including an evaluation of whether customer-generators provide an adequate rate of return to the electrical utility compared to the otherwise applicable rate class when, for analytical purposes only, examined as a separate class within a cost of service study; (3) the value of distributed energy resource generation according to the methodology approved by the commission in Commission Order No. 2015-194; (4) the direct and indirect economic impact of the net energy metering program to the State; and (5) any other information the commission deems relevant. (E) The value of the energy produced by customer-generators must be updated annually and the methodology revisited every five years. (F)(1) After notice and opportunity for public comment and public hearing, the commission shall establish a "solar choice metering tariff" for customer-generators to go into effect for applications received after May 31, 2021. (2) In establishing any successor solar choice metering tariffs, and in approving any future modifications, the commission shall determine how meter information is used for calculating the solar choice metering measurement that is just and reasonable in light of the costs and benefits of the solar choice metering program. (3) A solar choice metering tariff shall include a methodology to compensate customer-generators for the benefits provided by their generation to the power system. In determining the appropriate billing mechanism and energy measurement interval, the commission shall consider: (a) current metering capability and the cost of upgrading hardware and billing systems to accomplish the provisions of the tariff; (b) the interaction of the tariff with time-variant rate schedules available to customer-generators and whether different measurement intervals are justified for customer-generators taking service on a time-variant rate schedule; (c) whether additional mitigation measures are warranted to transition existing customer-generators; and (d) any other information the commission deems relevant. (G) In establishing a successor solar choice metering tariff, the commission is directed to: (1) eliminate any cost shift to the greatest extent practicable on customers who do not have customer-sited generation while also ensuring access to customer-generator options for customers who choose to enroll in customer-generator programs; and (2) permit solar choice customer-generators to use customer-generated energy behind the meter without penalty. (H) The commission shall establish a minimum guaranteed number of years to which solar choice metering customers are entitled pursuant to the commission approved energy measurement interval and other terms of their agreement with the electrical utility. (I) Nothing in this section, however, prohibits an electrical utility from continuing to recover distributed energy resource program costs in the manner and amount approved by Commission Order No. 2015-194 for customer-generators applying before June 1, 2021. Such recovery shall remain in place until full cost recovery is realized. Electrical utilities are prohibited from recovering lost revenues associated with customer-generators who apply for customer-generator programs on or after June 1, 2021. (J) Nothing in the section prohibits the commission from considering and establishing tariffs for another renewable energy resource. Editor's Note 2014 Act No. 236, SECTION 9, provides as follows: "SECTION 9. If the application of the provisions of this act to any wholesale electrical contract existing on the date of its adoption is determined to impair unlawfully any term of such contract or to add material costs to either party, then that contract will be exempt from the terms of this act to the extent necessary to cure such impairment or to avoid the imposition of additional material costs." Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 62, SECTION 5, rewrote the section, declaring the intent of the General Assembly, requiring net energy metering, and establishing additional requirements for the Public Service Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-41-30 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 41 / Section 58-41-30
SECTION 58-41-30. Voluntary renewable energy programs.
Status: in_force

(A) The ability to utilize clean energy resources for electric power generation is important to attract prospective commercial or industrial entities to invest in South Carolina and to encourage and incent robust economic growth in the State. (B) The commission shall be responsive to the clean energy needs of customers and the economic development and industry retention implications for the State when reviewing and approving voluntary clean energy programs. The commission shall consider updates to these voluntary renewable energy programs on an ongoing basis. (C) Within one hundred-twenty days of the effective date of this chapter, each electrical utility shall file a proposed voluntary renewable energy program for review and approval by the commission, unless as of July 1, 2025, the electrical utility already has a voluntary renewable energy program that conforms with the requirements of this section on file with the commission. The commission shall conduct a proceeding to review the program and establish reasonable terms and conditions for the program. Interested parties shall have the right to participate in the proceeding. The commission must periodically hold additional proceedings to evaluate whether updates to the programs are necessary. At a minimum, each electrical utility must submit to the commission a program for which: (1) the participating customer shall have the right to select the renewable energy facility and negotiate with the renewable energy supplier on the price to be paid by the participating customer for the energy, capacity, and clean energy environmental attributes of the renewable energy facility and the term of such agreement so long as such terms are consistent with the voluntary renewable program service agreement as approved by the commission; (2) the renewable energy contract and the participating customer agreement must be of equal duration; (3) in addition to paying a retail bill calculated pursuant to the rates and tariffs that otherwise would apply to the participating customer, reduced by the amount of the generation credit, a participating customer shall reimburse the electrical utility on a monthly basis for the amount paid by the electrical utility to the renewable energy supplier pursuant to the participating customer agreement and renewable energy contract, plus an administrative fee approved by the commission; and (4) eligible customers must be allowed to bundle their demand under a single participating customer agreement and renewable energy contract and must be eligible annually to procure an amount of capacity as approved by the commission. (D) The commission must approve voluntary renewable energy programs, in addition to those provided for in subsection (C), where the participating customer purchases clean energy environmental attributes of new or existing renewable energy facilities owned and operated and recovered on a cost-of-service basis by the electrical utility or otherwise supplies through the execution of agreements with third parties within the utility's balancing authority area. Voluntary renewable energy programs shall also facilitate behind-the-meter options for customers and access to renewable energy resource generation. (E) The commission may approve a program that provides for options that include, but are not limited to, both variable and fixed generation credit options. (F) The commission shall limit the total portion of each electrical utility's voluntary renewable energy program that is eligible for the program at a level consistent with the public interest and shall provide standard terms and conditions for the participating customer agreement and the renewable energy contract, subject to commission review and approval. (G) A participating customer shall bear the burden of any reasonable costs associated with participating in a voluntary renewable energy program. Purchased power costs incurred by an electrical utility as a result of subsection (C) shall be recovered in the electrical utility's fuel clause pursuant to Section 58-27-865. (H) A renewable energy facility may be located anywhere in the electrical utility's service territory within the utility's balancing authority. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 15, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-1850 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 15 / Section 58-9-1850
SECTION 58-9-1850. Free delivery of messages in certain cities.
Status: in_force

Any electric telegraph company operating within this State shall deliver messages within the limits of any city in this State which had a population of more than thirty thousand on March 4, 1921 free of delivery charges and without additional cost to the consignees of such messages, notwithstanding any rules or regulations then in force by any of such companies. Any company requiring or collecting a delivery charge in violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty of at least three hundred dollars upon conviction thereof, one half of which shall be paid to the person aggrieved and the other half into the general school fund of the county in which such city is located.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-853 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 58-11-853
SECTION 58-11-853. Wireline backhaul facilities.
Status: in_force

The construction, installation, maintenance, modification, operation, and replacement of wireline backhaul facilities in the ROW are not addressed by this article, and any such activity shall comply with the applicable provisions of the 1976 Code including, but not limited to, Section 58-9-280(A) and (B) and Chapter 12, Title 58.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-240 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 3 / Section 58-23-240
SECTION 58-23-240. Class C certificates.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff, upon directive of the commission, may issue a certificate C to any applicant who does not propose in any way to solicit the transportation of persons over improved public highways outside of the corporate limits of any city or town or to operate upon a regular schedule, but who is privately employed for a specific trip and who will not solicit or receive patronage along the route. But those operators may solicit passengers (a) for destination within the corporate limits of any city or town wherein such passengers are solicited, (b) within a radius of two miles of the corporate limits of the city or town in which they are licensed to do business, and (c) upon such highways as are not served by a holder of an A or B certificate. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 25, provides as follows: "SECTION 25. The Public Service Commission must make information readily available so that the general public can easily access information regarding the requirements in Articles 3 and 9 in Chapter 23, Title 58. This includes, but is not limited to, the commission posting on its website information regarding the following: list of certified companies, maximum rates, insurance, and complaint resolution." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 9, in the first sentence, substituted "directive" for "order".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-1230 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 13 / Section 58-23-1230
SECTION 58-23-1230. Bond may be filed in lieu of insurance.
Status: in_force

In lieu of an insurance policy as required by Section 58-23-1220 a bond or bonds may be filed with the governing body of the county in the sum of not less than five thousand dollars for personal injuries and one thousand dollars for property damages in any one accident, such bond or bonds to be given by the owner of the taxi with good and sufficient surety providing for the payment of any damages or injuries that may result in the operation of the taxi on substantially the same terms and conditions as the usual liability insurance policy. The surety on any such bonds as may be as follows: (a) cash deposited with the governing body of the county, (b) bonds of this State, or the United States of a face value equal to the amount of the surety bond or (c) any responsible surety or bonding company licensed to transact business in the State and in such county. The form and sureties on the bond and all matters incidental to the filing thereof shall be approved by the governing body of the county. SECTION 58-23-1240. "Taxi" plate; certificate of insurance. The owner of a taxi must obtain and cause to be affixed at all times to the rear of the taxi in a conspicuous place a metal plate or sticker, the dimensions of which must be approved by the city where the taxi principally operates, which shall have on it the words "Taxi", and be of substantially similar design but a different color from the state license plate. The owner of a taxi that qualifies as a self-insurer, pursuant to Section 56-9-60, must issue to each operator of the taxi a certificate of insurance. The operator of the taxi must maintain a copy of the certificate of insurance in the taxi while it is in operation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-740 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 7 / Section 58-31-740
SECTION 58-31-740. Annual pricing report.
Status: in_force

The Authority shall submit to the Office of Regulatory Staff a pricing report each year, and its report must include an analysis of the adherence to the pricing principles required in Section 58-31-710, the current and projected electric customer pricing, a comparison of pricing to other utilities, and an analysis of the rates of return by customer class. After its review, the ORS shall issue comments on the Authority's annual pricing report to the Authority's board of directors and the Public Utility Review Committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-530 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 58-11-530
SECTION 58-11-530. Hearing before one or more commissioners; approval and filing.
Status: in_force

Any hearing which the commission has power to hold may be held before any one or more of the commissioners, upon condition, however, that the commissioner or commissioners shall have been authorized by the commission to hold the hearing. Any determination, ruling, or order of a commissioner or commissioners, upon any hearing, shall not become effective until due notice has been given to the commission and the Office of Regulatory Staff and has been approved and confirmed by at least a quorum of the commission and ordered to be filed in its office; provided, that any such determination involving the fixing or regulation of general schedule of rates shall not become effective until due notice has been given the radio common carrier concerned and an opportunity has been given such carrier to be heard before, and the same has been approved and confirmed by, at least a quorum of the commission. Upon such confirmation and order, such determination, ruling, or order shall be the determination, ruling, or order of the commission. In any hearing now pending or which may hereafter be instituted, the commission is hereby authorized to employ a hearing officer who shall have power to administer oaths and receive evidence in any locality which the commission, having regard to the public convenience and the proper discharge of its functions and duties, may designate. The testimony and evidence so taken or received shall have the same force and effect as if taken or received by the commission, or any one or more of the commissioners as above provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-36-20 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 36 / Section 58-36-20
SECTION 58-36-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Section effective May 22, 2026. See, also, section 58-36-20 effective until May 22, 2026. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms are defined as follows: (1) "APWA" means the American Public Works Association or successor organization or entity. (2) "Association" means a group of operators, or their representatives, formed for the purpose of operating a notification center. (3) "Business continuation plan" means a plan that includes actions to be taken in an effort to provide uninterrupted service during catastrophic events. (4) "Commencement date" means the date that an excavator provides to the notification center of the excavator's intent to begin the excavation or demolition for which notice is being given. (5) "Damage" means the substantial weakening of structural or lateral support of a facility, penetration or destruction of protective coating, housing, or other protective device of a facility and the partial or complete severance of a facility. (6) "Demolish" or "demolition" means any operation by which a structure or mass of material is wrecked, razed, rendered, moved, or removed by means of any tools, equipment, or discharge of explosives. (7) "Designer" means any architect, engineer, or other person who prepares or issues a drawing or blueprint for a construction or other project that requires excavation or demolition work. (8) "Design request" means a communication to the notification center in which a request for identifying existing facilities for advance planning purposes is made. A design request may not be used for excavation purposes. (9) "Emergency" means a sudden or unforeseen event involving a clear and imminent danger to life, health, or property; the interruption of essential existing utility services; or the blockage of transportation facilities, including highway, rail, water, and air, which require immediate action. (10)(A) "Excavate" or "excavation" means an operation for the purpose of the displacement, movement, or removal of soil, earth, rock, or other materials in or on the ground by use of hand digging, mechanized equipment or by discharge of explosives. This includes, but is not limited to, augering, blasting, boring, backfilling, digging, ditching, drilling to include directional, horizontal, and vertical, driving, grading, marine construction, partial- and full-depth patching, piling, plowing-in, pulling-in, ripping, scraping, soft digging, spudding, staking, trenching, and tunneling. (B) "Excavate" or "excavation" shall not include: (1) activity by the owner of a single-family residential property on their own land when the excavation: (a) does not encroach on any operator's known right-of-way, easement, or permitted use; (b) is performed with nonmechanized equipment; and (c) is less than twelve inches in depth; (2) tilling or plowing of soil when less than twelve inches in depth for agricultural purposes; (3) activity by an operator or an agent of an operator with nonmechanized equipment for the following purposes: (a) locating for a valid notification request; or (b) for the minor repair, connecting, or routine maintenance of an existing facility; (4) road and right-of-way maintenance activities by a governmental entity responsible for the maintenance of those roads and rights-of-way, within the designated right-of-way of such entity, including resurfacing, milling, or emergency replacement of signs critical for maintaining safety, and the reshaping of shoulders and ditches to the original road profile; provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to contractors or subcontractors acting on behalf of an entity pursuant to this subsection, unless such contractor or subcontractor is performing a repair related to a gubernatorial declared emergency or an emergency declared by the Secretary of Transportation. (11) "Excavator" means any entity or person engaged in excavation or demolitionSection effective until May 22, 2026. See, also, section 58-36-20 effective May 22, 2026. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms are defined as follows: (1) "APWA" means the American Public Works Association or successor organization or entity. (2) "Association" means a group of operators, or their representatives, formed for the purpose of operating a notification center. (3) "Business continuation plan" means a plan that includes actions to be taken in an effort to provide uninterrupted service during catastrophic events. (4) "Damage" means the substantial weakening of structural or lateral support of a facility, penetration or destruction of protective coating, housing, or other protective device of a facility and the partial or complete severance of a facility. (5) "Demolish" or "demolition" means any operation by which a structure or mass of material is wrecked, razed, rendered, moved, or removed by means of any tools, equipment, or discharge of explosives. (6) "Designer" means any architect, engineer, or other person who prepares or issues a drawing or blueprint for a construction or other project that requires excavation or demolition work. (7) "Design request" means a communication to the notification center in which a request for identifying existing facilities for advance planning purposes is made. A design request may not be used for excavation purposes. (8) "Emergency" means a sudden or unforeseen event involving a clear and imminent danger to life, health, or property; the interruption of essential utility services; or the blockage of transportation facilities, including highway, rail, water, and air, which require immediate action. (9) "Excavate" or "excavation" means an operation for the purpose of the movement or removal of earth, rock, or other materials in or on the ground by use of mechanized equipment or by discharge of explosives and including augering, backfilling, digging, ditching, drilling, well drilling, grading, plowing-in, pulling-in, ripping, scraping, trenching, and tunneling. (10) "Excavator" means any person engaged in excavation or demolition. (11) "Extraordinary circumstances" means circumstances which make it impractical or impossible for the operator to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Extraordinary circumstances may include hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, ice, snow, and acts of God. (12) "Facility" means any underground line, underground system, or underground infrastructure used for producing, storing, conveying, transmitting, or distributing communication, electricity, gas, petroleum, petroleum products, hazardous liquids, water, steam, or sewerage. Provided there is no encroachment on any operator's right-of-way, easement, or permitted use and for purposes of this act, the following are not considered as an underground "facility": petroleum storage systems subject to regulation pursuant to Chapter 2, Title 44; septic tanks as regulated by Chapter 55, Title 44; swimming pools and irrigation systems. For purposes of this act, and provided there is no encroachment on any operator's right-of-way, easement, or permitted use, liquefied petroleum gas "systems" as defined in Section 40-82-20(8) do not constitute an underground "facility" unless such a system is subject to Title 49 C.F.R. Part 192. (13) "Locator" means a person that identifies and marks facilities for operators. (14) "Mechanized equipment" means equipment operated by means of mechanical power, including, but not limited to, trenchers, bulldozers, power shovels, augers, backhoes, scrapers, drills, cable and pipe plows, and other equipment used for plowing-in or pulling-in cable or pipe. (15) "Non-mechanized equipment" means hand tools. (16) "Notification center" means an entity that administers a system through which a person can notify operators of proposed excavations or demolitionsrofile; provided, however, this subsection shall not apply to contractors or subcontractors acting on behalf of an entity pursuant to this subsection, unless such contractor or subcontractor is performing a repair related to a gubernatorial declared emergency or an emergency declared by the Secretary of Transportation. (11) "Excavator" means any entity or person engaged in excavation or demolition. (12) "Extraordinary circumstances" means circumstances which make it impractical or impossible for the operator to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Extraordinary circumstances may include hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, ice, snow, and acts of God. (13) "Facility" means any underground line, underground system, or underground infrastructure used for producing, storing, conveying, transmitting, or distributing communication, electricity, gas, petroleum, petroleum products, hazardous liquids, potable and non-potable water, steam, or sewerage. Provided there is no encroachment on any operator's right-of-way, easement, or permitted use and for purposes of this chapter, the following are not considered as an underground "facility": petroleum storage systems subject to regulation pursuant to Chapter 2, Title 44; septic tanks as regulated by Chapter 55, Title 44; swimming pools and irrigation systems. For purposes of this chapter, and provided there is no encroachment on any operator's right-of-way, easement, or permitted use, liquefied petroleum gas "systems" as defined in Section 40-82-20(8) do not constitute an underground "facility" unless such a system is subject to Title 49 C.F.R. Part 192. (14) "Large project" means excavation or demolition that: (a) involves more work to locate underground facilities than can reasonably be completed within the requirements of Section 58-36-70; (b) is reasonably expected to take more than ninety days to complete; and (c) is either a: (i) highway infrastructure project that is: (A) greater than one mile measured linearly or encompasses more than a two-square-mile polygon; and (B) proposed for areas in which existing underground facilities are located; (ii) a development project that is located in areas in which existing underground facilities are located; or (iii) utility infrastructure project that is: (A) greater than one mile measured linearly or encompasses a two-square-mile polygon; and (B) proposed for areas in which existing underground facilities are located. (15) "Large project facility location agreement" means an agreement between the excavators, locators, and facility owners involved in a large project that meets the requirements in Section 58-36-75. (16) "Locator" means a person that identifies and marks facilities for operators. (17) "Mechanized equipment" means equipment operated by means of mechanical power, including, but not limited to, trenchers, bulldozers, power shovels, augers, backhoes, scrapers, drills, cable and pipe plows, and other equipment used for plowing-in or pulling-in cable or pipe. (18) "Non-mechanized equipment" means hand tools. (19) "Notice" means the provision by an excavator of information to the notification center as required by Section 58-36-60(A). (20) "Notification center" means an entity that administers a system through which a person can notify operators of proposed excavations or demolitions. (21) "Operator" means any person, public utility, communications and cable service provider, provider of interactive fiber, municipality, electrical utility, electric and telephone cooperatives, and the South Carolina Public Service Authority as defined in Titles 5, 6, 33, and 58 of the S.C. Code of Laws, who owns or operates a facility for commercial purposes in the State of South Carolina. The term "operator" includes entities that own, maintain, or operate a facility that is used to provide utility service to third parties for commercial or multi-family residential purposes, even where no separate charge is imposed for such utility servicer, including, but not limited to, trenchers, bulldozers, power shovels, augers, backhoes, scrapers, drills, cable and pipe plows, and other equipment used for plowing-in or pulling-in cable or pipe. (15) "Non-mechanized equipment" means hand tools. (16) "Notification center" means an entity that administers a system through which a person can notify operators of proposed excavations or demolitions. (17) "Operator" means any person, public utility, communications and cable service provider, municipality, electrical utility, electric and telephone cooperatives, and the South Carolina Public Service Authority as defined in Titles 5, 6, 33, and 58, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, who owns or operates a facility for commercial purposes in the State of South Carolina. (18) "Person" means any individual, owner, corporation, partnership, association, or any other entity organized under the laws of any state; any subdivision or instrumentality of a state; and any authorized representative thereof. (19) "Positive response" means an automated information system that allows excavators, locators, operators, and other interested parties to determine the status of a locate request until excavation or demolition is complete. (20) "Subaqueous" means a facility that is under a body of water, including rivers, streams, lakes, waterways, swamps, and bogs. (21) "Tolerance zone" means: (a) if the diameter of the facility is known, the distance of one-half of the known diameter plus twenty-four inches on either side of the designated center line; (b) if the diameter of the facility is not marked, twenty-four inches on either side of the outside edge of the mark indicating a facility; or (c) for subaqueous facilities, a clearance of fifteen feet on either side of the indicated facility. (22) "Working day" means every day, except Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays as defined by South Carolina law.ned in Titles 5, 6, 33, and 58 of the S.C. Code of Laws, who owns or operates a facility for commercial purposes in the State of South Carolina. The term "operator" includes entities that own, maintain, or operate a facility that is used to provide utility service to third parties for commercial or multi-family residential purposes, even where no separate charge is imposed for such utility service. (22) "Person" means any individual, owner, corporation, partnership, association, or any other entity organized under the laws of any state; any subdivision or instrumentality of a state; and any authorized representative thereof. (23) "Positive response" means an automated information system that allows excavators, locators, operators, and other interested parties to determine the status of a locate request until excavation or demolition is complete. (24) "Pre-marking" means identifying the proposed excavation or demolition site by using APWA uniform color code rules for the proposed excavation. This includes, but is not limited to, utilization of white paint, flags, whiskers, stakes, digital or virtual drawings, prints, and other elements identifying the proposed excavation visually. If the locate notice indicates the existence of pre-marks, the location of those marks must be described on the notice. (25) "Private facility" is a facility owned and operated by a person or entity that is not an operator. (26) "Project initiator" means the person or entity that causes a large project to be initiated. The project initiator for large projects for highway infrastructure shall be the South Carolina Department of Transportation; the project initiator for large projects for development shall be the development owner; and the project initiator for a utility infrastructure project shall be the utility infrastructure project owner. (27) "Soft digging" means any excavation using tools or equipment that utilizes air or water pressure as the direct means to break up soil or earth for removal by vacuum excavation. (28) "Subaqueous" means a facility that is under a body of water, including rivers, streams, lakes, waterways, swamps, and bogs. (29) "Tolerance zone" means: (a) if the diameter of the facility is known, the distance of one-half of the known diameter plus twenty-four inches on either side of the designated center line; (b) if the diameter of the facility is not marked, twenty-four inches on either side of the outside edge of the mark indicating a facility; or (c) for subaqueous facilities, a clearance of fifteen feet on either side of the indicated facility. (30) "Working day" means every day, except Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays as defined by South Carolina law. Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 65, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-1110 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 9 / Section 58-17-1110
SECTION 58-17-1110. Powers and authority conferred by chapter additional.
Status: in_force

The powers and authority conferred by this chapter are in addition to the powers and authority which any such railroad company may have by virtue of its charter or by virtue of the general laws of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-15-1940 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 15 / Article 19 / Section 58-15-1940
SECTION 58-15-1940. Grade separation structures to which article shall apply.
Status: in_force

This article shall apply to all cases where grade separation structures on state highways across railroads are, in the judgment of the Department of Transportation, for any reason inadequate for the traffic on the highway, but shall not apply to grade crossings. This article shall not be construed as relieving any railway company from any obligation or duty now borne by or resting upon such company in connection with any grade separation structure.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-900 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 58-11-900
SECTION 58-11-900. Jurisdiction of Administrative Law Court over disputes.
Status: in_force

The Administrative Law Court has contested case jurisdiction to determine all disputes arising under this article between an applicant and an authority or any person or entity acting on behalf of an authority. Any request filed with the Administrative Law Court pursuant to this article must be filed in accordance with its Rules of Procedure. Pending resolution of a dispute concerning rates for collocation of small wireless facilities on authority poles, the person owning or controlling the pole must allow the collocating person to collocate on its poles at annual rates of no more than fifty dollars, with the actual rate to be settled upon final resolution of the dispute. Disputes subject to this section must be adjudicated pursuant to accelerated docket or complaint procedures including, but not limited to, procedures in Section 1-23-600(B), if available.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-11-880 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 11 / Article 5 / Section 58-11-880
SECTION 58-11-880. Article does not apply to poles owned by investor-owned utility; exception.
Status: in_force

This article does not apply to poles owned by an investor-owned utility, except as it concerns a wireless provider's access to the ROW and permits for the collocation of small wireless facilities on such poles.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-1430 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 11 / Section 58-17-1430
SECTION 58-17-1430. Railroad shall comply with orders as to crossings or flagmen.
Status: in_force

Every railroad company shall, within the time indicated by the Commission or county supervisor, as the case may be, or within the time given by the civil engineer to such corporation upon re-examination, maintain and construct such crossing in the manner demanded of it by the Commission or county supervisor, as the case may be, or civil engineer, or station a flagman, if such should be required, at the locality where it has been found necessary, as aforesaid.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-240 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 58-5-240
SECTION 58-5-240. Filing schedules of proposed rates and the like; effective date.
Status: in_force

(A) Whenever a public utility desires to put into operation a new rate, toll, rental, charge, or classification or a new regulation, it shall give to the commission and the regulatory staff not less than thirty days' notice of its intention to file and shall, after the expiration of the notice period, then file with the commission and provide to the regulatory staff a schedule setting forth the proposed changes. Subject to the provisions of subsections (D) and (E) of this section, the proposed changes must not be put into effect in full or in part until approved by the commission. (B) After the schedule has been filed, the Commission shall, after notice to the public such as the Commission may prescribe, hold a public hearing concerning the lawfulness or reasonableness of the proposed changes. (C) The Commission shall rule and issue its order approving or disapproving the changes in full or in part within six months after the date the schedule is filed. (D) Should the Commission determine that it cannot, due to circumstances reasonably beyond its control, issue such order within the six-month period prescribed by this section, the Commission, may, by order, extend the six-month period for an additional five days. Any such order shall set forth such circumstances and make appropriate findings concerning the need for the extended period. If the Commission rules and issues its order within the time aforesaid, and the utility shall appeal from the order, by filing with the Commission a petition for rehearing, the utility may put the rates requested in its schedule into effect under bond only during the appeal and until final disposition of the case. Such bond must be in a reasonable amount approved by the Commission, with sureties approved by the Commission, conditioned upon the refund, in a manner to be prescribed by order of the Commission, to the persons, corporations, or municipalities, respectively, entitled to the amount of the excess, if the rate or rates put into effect are finally determined to be excessive; or there may be substituted for the bond other arrangements satisfactory to the Commission for the protection of parties interested. During any period in which a utility shall charge increased rates under bond, it shall provide records or other evidence of payments made by its subscribers or patrons under the rate or rates which the utility has put into operation in excess of the rate or rates in effect immediately prior to the filing of the schedule. All increases in rates put into effect under the provisions of this section which are not approved and for which a refund is required shall bear interest at a rate of twelve percent per annum. The interest shall commence on the date the disallowed increase is paid and continue until the date the refund is made. In all cases in which a refund is due, the Commission shall order a total refund of the difference between the amount collected under bond and the amount finally approved. (E) If the Commission fails to rule or issue its order within the time prescribed in subsection (C) or subsection (D) of this section, the utility may put into effect the change in rates it requested in its schedule. The change is to be treated as an approval of the new rate schedule by the Commission. (F) After the date the schedule is filed with the commission and provided to the Office of Regulatory Staff, no further rate change request under this section may be filed until twelve months have elapsed from the date of the filing of the schedule; provided, however, this section shall not apply to a request for a rate reduction. (G) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Commission may allow rates or tariffs to be put into effect without a hearing upon order of the Commission when such rates or tariffs do not require a determination of the entire rate structure and overall rate of return, or when the rates or tariffs do not result in any rate increase to the public utility, or when the rates or tariffs are for experimental purposes. (H) The commission's determination of a fair rate of return must be documented fully in its findings of fact and based exclusively on reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record. The commission shall specify an allowable operating margin in all water and wastewater orders.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-160 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 58-27-160
SECTION 58-27-160. Investigation and examination of condition and management of utility.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff may investigate and examine the condition and management of electrical utilities or any particular electrical utility.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-3-310 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 58-3-310
SECTION 58-3-310. Transportation Division Inspectors; commission and removal of inspectors.
Status: in_force

The law enforcement department of the Office of Regulatory Staff shall consist of such officers, inspectors, and agents as the Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff considers necessary and proper for the enforcement of the Motor Vehicle Carrier Law and other related laws, the enforcement of which is devolved upon the department. The title of such officers, inspectors, and agents shall be "Transportation Division Inspectors". The inspectors shall be commissioned by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff. The Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff may remove an inspector if he finds that the inspector is unfit for the position.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-710 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 7 / Section 58-31-710
SECTION 58-31-710. Adoption and publication of pricing principles.
Status: in_force

The Public Service Authority, through its board of directors, shall adopt and publish pricing principles that respect and balance factors including, but not limited to, adherence to the Authority's mission to be a low-cost provider, reliability, transparency, preservation of the Authority's financial integrity, equity among customer classes, gradualism in adjustments to its pricing and rate schedule type, encouragement of efficiency and demand response, adequate notice to customers, and relief mechanisms for financially distressed customers. The Authority shall also maintain and continue to offer rate schedules and options that provide demand-side management flexibility including, but not limited to, non-firm sales and interruptible power rates, and conservation opportunities to its customers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-15-240 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 58-15-240
SECTION 58-15-240. Fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void.
Status: in_force

Neither stocks nor bonds shall be issued by any corporation organized under this chapter except for money paid, property delivered or labor done and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-15-1630 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 15 / Article 17 / Section 58-15-1630
SECTION 58-15-1630. Notice to railroad and effort to agree on plan for elimination of grade crossing.
Status: in_force

Whenever any such subdivision or department of the State government as is mentioned in Section 58-15-1620, having jurisdiction, may determine upon the elimination of any grade crossing by means of a grade separation structure, prompt notice shall be given to the railroad company owning or operating the railroad involved. Within ten days thereafter the representatives of the department and of the railroad involved shall meet and adopt a layout, with the grades and alignments mutually satisfactory.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-33-225 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 33 / Article 4 / Section 58-33-225
SECTION 58-33-225. Project development applications; prudency determinations; disallowance of imprudent costs; deferral of costs of abandoned project.
Status: in_force

(A) The provisions of this section apply to the preconstruction costs of a nuclear-powered facility. (B) At any time before the filing of an application or a combined application under this act related to a specific plant, a utility may file a project development application with the commission and the office of regulatory staff. (C) In a project development application, the utility shall: (1) describe the plant being considered and shall designate: (a) the anticipated generation capacity (or range of capacity) of the plant; and (b) the projected annual capacity factors or range of factors of the plant; (2) provide information establishing the need for the generation capacity represented by the potential plant and the need for generation assets with the indicative annual capacity factors of the potential plant; (3) provide information establishing the reasonableness and prudence of the potential fuel sources and potential generation types that the utility is considering for the plant; and (4) provide such other information as may be required to establish that the decision to incur preconstruction costs related to the potential nuclear plant is prudent considering the information known to the utility at the time and considering the other alternatives available to the utility for supplying its generation needs. (D) The commission shall issue a project development order affirming the prudency of the utility's decision to incur preconstruction costs for the nuclear plant specified in the application if the utility demonstrates by a preponderance of evidence that the decision to incur preconstruction costs for the plant is prudent. In issuing its project development order, the commission may not rule on the prudency or recoverability of specific items of cost, but shall rule instead on the prudency of the decision to incur preconstruction costs for the nuclear plant described in Section 58-33-225(C)(1). (E) Unless the record in a subsequent proceeding shows that individual items of cost were imprudently incurred, or that other decisions subsequent to the issuance of a project development order were imprudently made considering the information available to the utility at the time they were made, then all the preconstruction costs incurred for the potential nuclear plant must be properly included in the utility's plant-in-service and must be recoverable fully through rates in future proceedings under this chapter. (F) To the extent that a party in a general rate proceeding or revised rates proceeding establishes the imprudence of specific items of cost or of specific decisions made subsequent to the issuance of a project development order as set forth in Section 58-33-225(E), then the commission may disallow the resulting costs but only to the extent that a prudent utility would have avoided those costs considering the information available to the utility at the time when they were incurred or the decisions at issue were made. (G) If the utility decides to abandon the project after issuance of a prudency determination under this section, then the preconstruction costs related to that project may be deferred, with AFUDC being calculated on the balance, and may be included in rates in the utility's next general rate proceeding or revised rates proceeding, provided that as to the decision to abandon the plant, the utility shall bear the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the decision was prudent. Without in any way limiting the effect of Section 58-33-225(D), recovery of capital costs and the utility's cost of capital associated with them may be disallowed only to the extent that the failure by the utility to anticipate or avoid the allegedly imprudent costs, or to minimize the magnitude of the costs, was imprudent considering the information available at the time that the utility could have acted to avoid or minimize the costs. Pending an order in the general rate proceeding or revised rates proceeding, the utility, at its discretion, may commence to amortize to cost of service the balance of the preconstruction costs related to the abandoned project over a period equal to the period during which the costs were incurred, or five years, whichever is greater. (H) Prudency determinations under Section 58-33-225(D) may not be challenged or reopened in any subsequent proceeding including proceedings under Section 58-27-810 and other applicable provisions and Section 58-33-220 and other applicable provisions of this article. (I) At any time after an initial project development order has been issued, a utility may file an amended project development application seeking a determination of the prudency of the utility's decision to continue to incur preconstruction costs considering changed circumstances or changes in the type or location of nuclear plant that the utility is pursuing or considering other characteristics or decisions related to the plant. The amended project development application must be considered in a separate docket; however, the testimony and other evidence of the prior docket must be considered to be part of the new docket. (J) Pursuant to Section 58-33-240, the commission shall enter an order granting or denying a project development order or amended project development order within six months of the filing of the application. If the commission fails to issue an order within the period prescribed in this section, a party may move that the commission issue an order granting or denying the application. If the commission fails to issue an order within ten days after the motion is served, the application will be considered granted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-33-310 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 33 / Article 5 / Section 58-33-310
SECTION 58-33-310. Appeal from final order or decision.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) If a party wishes to file for a petition for rehearing or reconsideration from all or any portion of an order or decision of the commission, that petition must be filed within fifteen days from the commission issuing the order or decision. A response to the petition for rehearing or reconsideration must be filed within fifteen days from the filed date of the petition for rehearing or reconsideration. Failure to file for rehearing or reconsideration as required in this section constitutes a waiver of the party to further pursue the matter. (2) The commission must issue its final order within thirty days from the date the response to the petition for rehearing or reconsideration is filed. (B) Any party may appeal, in accordance with Section 1-23-380, from all or any portion of any final order or decision of the commission, including conditions of the certificate required by a state agency under Section 58-33-160 as provided by Section 58-27-2310. (C) Any final order on the merits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be immediately appealable to the Supreme Court of South Carolina in accordance with South Carolina Appellate Court Rule 203. The commission must not be a party to an appeal. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 24, designated the existing paragraph as (B); added (A)(1) to (2) and (C); in (B), added the last two sentences.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1280 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 9 / Section 58-27-1280
SECTION 58-27-1280. Order where construction or extension causes unreasonable interference.
Status: repealed

If any electrical utility, electric cooperative, or any governmental body or agency which owns or operates equipment or facilities for generating, transmitting, delivering, or furnishing electricity in this State, in constructing or extending its lines, plant, or system, unreasonably interferes or is about to interfere unreasonably with the service or system of any other electrical utility, electric cooperative, or governmental body or agency, the commission on petition of the electrical utility, electric cooperative, the Office of Regulatory Staff, or governmental body or agency complaining to be injuriously affected may, after hearing, make orders and prescribe terms and conditions in harmony with this chapter as are just and reasonable, including the removal of lines and the issuance of a cease and desist order to the electrical utility, electric cooperative, or governmental body or agency causing the interference. Editor's Note Section 57 of 1987 Act No. 173 (codified as SECTION 58-27-690) provides that this section shall not be modified, abridged or repealed by 1987 Act No. 173.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-1260 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 13 / Section 58-23-1260
SECTION 58-23-1260. Driver identification card shall be posted in taxi and copy furnished to police.
Status: in_force

The owner of any such taxi shall display in plain view of anyone entering such vehicle a card of such size and design as may be designated by the governing body of the county which shall be signed by the owner of the vehicle and shall state the name, address, sex, color and age of the driver operating the vehicle and a photograph of the driver shall be affixed to such card. A copy of such card with the photograph shall be furnished to the chief of police of such county for the files of the police department. Copies of such card, in duplicate, as above set out shall be provided for each person who may be assigned to the driving of the taxi and the card of the respective driver shall always be displayed in the taxi as above provided.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1300 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 9 / Section 58-27-1300
SECTION 58-27-1300. Disposition of properties, powers, franchises or privileges; certain out-of-state property may be sold.
Status: in_force

No electrical utility, without the approval of the commission and compliance with all other existing requirements of the laws of the State in relation thereto, may sell, assign, transfer, lease, consolidate, or merge its utility property, powers, franchises, or privileges, or any of them, except that any electrical utility which has utility property, the fair market value of which is one million dollars or less, may sell, assign, transfer, lease, consolidate, or merge this property without prior approval of the commission. The commission may, at its discretion, hold a hearing on the request of an electrical utility to sell, assign, transfer, lease, consolidate, or merge its utility property, powers, franchises, or privileges, or any of them. An electric utility seeking approval of a transfer under this provision shall serve a copy of the application on the Office of Regulatory Staff. For purposes of this section, "utility property" shall include property used and useful to provide customers with electric service and which has been properly included in the electric utility's rate base, including construction work in progress or property held to serve future customers. Utility property that has been transferred to nonutility accounts must continue to be treated as utility property under this provision for five years following the transfer.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-12-390 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 12 / Article 3 / Section 58-12-390
SECTION 58-12-390. Order to cure noncompliance.
Status: in_force

Should the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in noncompliance with the requirements of this article, the court must order the holder of the state-issued certificate of franchise authority, within a specified reasonable period of time, to cure the noncompliance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2450 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 19 / Section 58-27-2450
SECTION 58-27-2450. Principals responsible for act of agents.
Status: in_force

In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter relating to penalties the act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or employee of any corporation or person acting within the scope of his official duties or employment shall in every case be deemed to be also the act, omission or failure of such corporation or person.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-30 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 58-23-30
SECTION 58-23-30. "For compensation" defined.
Status: in_force

"For compensation" as used in Section 58-23-20 means a payment in money or property for transportation of persons, hazardous waste for disposal, or household goods by motor vehicle over public highways within the State of South Carolina. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 3, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-1130 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 12 / Section 58-23-1130
SECTION 58-23-1130. Rulemaking by Commission.
Status: in_force

The commission may make those regulations not inconsistent with law as may be proper in the exercise of its powers or for the performance of its duties under this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-1210 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 13 / Section 58-23-1210
SECTION 58-23-1210. Licensing of taxis by governing body of a county or city.
Status: in_force

The governing body of a county or city may license taxis only in the county or city where the taxi principally is operated at the time of application for a license. The owner of a taxi or his agent annually during the month of July shall register the taxi with the governing body of the county or city and shall obtain from the governing body an application for the license. Upon presentation of the application, properly completed, to the governing body of the county or city and payment to the governing body of a license fee of two dollars, the governing body shall issue a license card or plate which must bear a number, indicate that the vehicle is a taxi, identify it by make, model, number, and the name of the owner, and show the year for which the license is issued. The license card or plate must be affixed in the vehicle at a place and in a manner as to be seen readily.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3080 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 25 / Section 58-17-3080
SECTION 58-17-3080. Waiting rooms for passengers.
Status: in_force

Every railroad company owning or operating a railroad in this State shall erect and keep at every office where tickets are sold for travel over its road two good rooms or apartments of reasonable size for the amount of travel at such office, which must be furnished with comfortable seats for the accommodation of passengers. The rooms must be in charge of an employee of the company and kept open at such hours as to accommodate passengers traveling over the road on any of its passenger trains. The Office of Regulatory Staff must enforce the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-4-20 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 4 / Section 58-4-20
SECTION 58-4-20. Staff makeup, supervision and location.
Status: in_force

(A) The Office of Regulatory Staff shall consist of the executive director, transportation inspectors, pipeline safety inspectors, railway safety inspectors, and other professional, administrative, technical, and clerical personnel as may be necessary in order for the regulatory staff to represent the public interest, as hereinafter provided. All such personnel must be appointed, supervised, and directed by the executive director. (B) The regulatory staff is not subject to the supervision, direction, or control of the commission, the chairman, or members of the commission. (C) The Office of Regulatory Staff must not be physically housed in the same location as the Public Service Commission. The review committee must approve the location of the Office of Regulatory Staff.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-1020 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 58-5-1020
SECTION 58-5-1020. Duties of certain gas utilities with regard to safety standards, inspection and maintenance plans and records.
Status: in_force

Each gas utility which engages in the transportation of gas or which owns or operates pipeline facilities shall: (a) At all times after the date any applicable safety standard established under this article takes effect, comply with the requirements of such standard; and (b) File and comply with a plan of inspection and maintenance required by Section 58-5-1000; and (c) Permit access to or copying of records; and make reports or provide information, and permit entry or inspection as required under Section 58-5-1010.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-970 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 58-5-970
SECTION 58-5-970. Adoption and enforcement of federal standards for pipeline facilities and transportation.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff is authorized to adopt and enforce the minimum federal safety standards for the transportation of gas and pipeline facilities established by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section 3 (b) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-481) [49 U.S.C. Section 1672 (b)], as may be amended from time to time.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-3100 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 25 / Section 58-17-3100
SECTION 58-17-3100. Separate water closets shall be maintained at stations.
Status: in_force

All railroads or other persons operating any system of cars, carriages or other conveyances for the purpose of transporting passengers for hire shall, when ordered so to do by the Public Service Commission, build, keep and maintain at all passenger stations and other places where people are regularly taken on and put off of such cars, carriages or other conveyances, two separate and distinct water closets, one for female passengers and one for male passengers and such closets shall be kept in fit and suitable condition for the use and convenience of passengers. But this section shall not be construed to have reference to flag stations on railroad lines where there is no regularly kept passenger station. Any person refusing, failing or neglecting to observe the provisions of this section shall be liable to pay a penalty of fifty dollars for each and every day he shall fail, refuse or neglect to provide such water closets, such penalty to be recovered by any citizen who will sue therefor, one half of such penalty to go to the school fund of the county in which such suit is brought and the other half to the citizen suing for it.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1320 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 9 / Section 58-27-1320
SECTION 58-27-1320. Municipality may purchase property operated under indeterminate permit.
Status: in_force

Any electrical utility operating in a city or town under an indeterminate permit shall be deemed to have consented to the purchase by such city or town for just compensation, including severance damages, if any, of the property of such electrical utility operated in such city or town under such permit.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-300 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 3 / Section 58-9-300
SECTION 58-9-300. Abandonment of service.
Status: in_force

No telephone utility shall abandon all or any portion of its service to the public, except for ordinary discontinuance of service for nonpayment of a lawful charge or for violation of rules and regulations approved by the commission, unless written application is first made to the commission for the issuance of a certificate authorizing such abandonment, nor until the commission in its discretion issues such certificate. Any application must also be served on the Office of Regulatory Staff at the same time it is filed with the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-2270 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 20 / Section 58-9-2270
SECTION 58-9-2270. Customer bill disclosure of business license tax.
Status: in_force

A telecommunications company may include the following statement or substantially similar language in any municipal customer's bill when that customer's municipality charges a business license tax to the telecommunications company under this chapter: "Please note that included in this bill there may be a line-item charge for a business license tax assessed by your municipality".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-13-740 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 58-13-740
SECTION 58-13-740. Penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly violates, causes, or permits the violation of any provision of this article, or knowingly transports, causes, or permits the transportation of any explosive compound in any manner other than in conformity with the rules made by the commission, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-4-80 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 4 / Section 58-4-80
SECTION 58-4-80. Actions for judicial review of commission orders; intervention.
Status: in_force

The executive director representing the regulatory staff is considered to have an interest sufficient to maintain actions for judicial review from commission orders or decisions and may, as of right and in a manner prescribed by law, intervene or otherwise participate in any civil proceeding which involves the review or enforcement of commission action that the executive director determines may substantially affect the public interest. This right includes intervention in any action for judicial review from commission orders or decisions that are pending at any stage of the action. The executive director representing the regulatory staff has the same rights of appeal from commission orders or decisions as other parties to commission proceedings. On appeal, the Office of Regulatory Staff does not represent the commission. Editor's Note 2018 Act No. 258, SECTION 12, provides as follows: "SECTION 12. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to all cases, proceedings, petitions, or matters pending before the Public Service Commission or in any other court or venue on or after the effective date of this act." Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 258, SECTION 9, added the fourth sentence, providing the Office of Regulatory Staff does not represent the commission on appeal.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-380 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 3 / Section 58-31-380
SECTION 58-31-380. Annual report of Authority as to rates.
Status: in_force

The Public Service Authority shall annually report to the Office of Regulatory Staff in the same manner as electric cooperatives as to the rates charged by it.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1530 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 11 / Section 58-27-1530
SECTION 58-27-1530. Certain wires shall not be erected near public road.
Status: in_force

No electric light or power wire shall be erected or maintained within fifty yards of any public road or highway in this State, unless it be so constructed, erected and maintained and provided with sufficient lightning guards or arresters, automatic cut-offs and other devices as may be necessary for the protection of persons and property. Any person erecting or maintaining any such wire in violation of the provisions hereof shall forfeit and pay as a penalty therefor five dollars a day for each day such violation continues after the expiration of thirty days from the date on which he may have been given a written notice specifying the fault or defect in the manner of erection, construction or maintenance thereof. Such penalty may be recovered at the suit of any citizen in any county in which such violation shall occur and the sum so recovered, after paying therefrom all the expenses incurred in the prosecution of such suit, shall be paid into the county treasury for such county for ordinary county purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-3040 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 25 / Section 58-9-3040
SECTION 58-9-3040. Electric easements; civil actions; damages; liability.
Status: in_force

(A) If the owner of an interest in real property subject to an electric easement contends that the owner's property has been taken, destroyed, or physically damaged by the construction, installation, use, or enlargement of broadband networks within the electric easement on the owner's property that is not expressly provided for by the terms of the electric easement, the owner may file a civil action in the circuit court for the county in which the property is located to recover damages as specified by this section. All such actions must be brought within two years after the later of: (1) the effective date of this article; or (2) the date broadband networks are first constructed or installed within the electric easement on the owner's real property. Nothing in this article shall revive any right or remedy which may have become barred by lapse of time or by any law of this State prior to the effective date of this article. (B)(1) In any action under subsection (A), if the court determines that the construction, installation, use, or enlargement of a broadband network exceeds the scope of the rights granted under the provisions of this section or by the electric easement on the owner's real property, the measure of damages shall be an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the following: (a) the fair market value of the owner's real property immediately before the construction or installation of broadband networks within the electric easement on the owner's real property; and (b) the fair market value of the owner's real property immediately after the construction or installation of broadband networks within the electric easement on the owner's real property and taking into account the incidental benefits to the owner's property resulting from the potential availability of broadband services to the property. (2) Any decreases in the fair market value of the owner's property which are not attributable to the construction or installation of broadband networks within the electric easement on the owner's real property shall not be included for purposes of calculating damages in item (1). (3) The damages, if any, shall be fixed as of the date of construction or installation of broadband networks and shall not be deemed to continue, accumulate, or accrue. The judgment in any such action for the plaintiff shall include the plaintiff's costs and litigation expenses. Costs and litigation expenses authorized by this section may be claimed, taxed, and awarded under the same procedures that apply to costs in other civil actions. Payment of the judgment in any such action shall vest in the electric provider or electric cooperative all property rights necessary to construct, use, install, operate, replace, and maintain, from time to time, the broadband networks within the electric easement on the owner's real property and the electric easement shall be thereafter permanently expanded to include the right to construct, use, install, operate, replace, and maintain the broadband network and broadband services. The judgment shall have the same effect as a conveyance executed by the owner in due form under applicable law and shall run with the land. A certified copy of the judgment may be filed by the electric provider or electric cooperative, a broadband affiliate, or other broadband operator in the land records of the county in which the subject property is located, but is not required to make such broadening of the electric easement effective. The expansion for the broadband network shall include the broadband network within the maintenance, egress, and ingress provisions of the electric easement. (C) Evidence of past, current, or future revenues or profits derived or to be derived by an electric provider, electric cooperative, broadband affiliate, or unaffiliated broadband operator or broadband service provider from providing broadband services is not admissible for any purpose in an action under this section. (D) An owner bringing an action under this section may not bring an action on behalf of a class or in any other representative capacity or any form of collective action. The limitation in this subsection is a substantive limitation and allowing an owner to bring a class action or other representative action for a violation of this chapter would abridge, enlarge, or modify the substantive rights created by this section. (E) An electric provider, electric cooperative, broadband affiliate, or unaffiliated broadband operator or broadband service provider may receive such rights from an owner of real property by service agreement or service regulation, membership agreement, license agreement, or other agreement to serve the property with advanced communications capabilities without granting an easement or right of way. The grant or agreement may permit the construction, installation, replacement, operation, use, and maintenance of the advanced communications capabilities on the property without the requirement of further consent of any other tenant, concessionaire, or occupant of that property. (F) With respect to the installation of broadband networks within an electric easement in effect prior to the effective date of this article, the electric provider or electric cooperative shall provide the same notice as is required by the express terms of the electric easement, if any, or as required by other applicable law for the construction or installation of the electric delivery network within the electric easement. With respect to the installation of broadband networks within an electric easement that is acquired other than by condemnation after the effective date of this article, the electric provider or electric cooperative shall provide such notice as is required by the express terms of the document creating the electric easement, if any; or under applicable law. Notice shall be sufficient if mailed to the name and address of the owner or owners listed in the real property ad valorem tax records for the county where the real property is located. Nothing in this section shall require the notice from the electric provider or electric cooperative when the electric easement is acquired by condemnation or pursuant to an expansion of the electric easement by civil action commenced by the owner. (G) Nothing in this article shall be deemed to relieve the broadband operator, broadband service provider, electric provider, or electric cooperative from liability for bodily injury or physical damage to real or personal property located adjacent to the electric easement, subject to the limitations set forth in this article. Editor's Note 2020 Act No. 175, SECTION 6, provides as follows: "SECTION 6. This act does not convey or confer any implied or express grant of authority to an investor-owned electric utility to provide broadband facilities or broadband services as defined in this act and any legal rights which may or may not belong to investor-owned electric utilities to provide broadband facilities or broadband services at the time of the passage of this act are neither expanded nor contracted by its passage."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-1120 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 9 / Section 58-17-1120
SECTION 58-17-1120. General corporate powers.
Status: in_force

Every such corporation may make such bylaws for its regulation and government in any and all matters whatsoever, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, as may be deemed necessary and may add to, alter or amend them from time to time as may be desired; may appoint all necessary officers and prescribe their duties; may sue and be sued and plead and be impleaded in any court in this State or in the United States; may accept, purchase, hold, lease or otherwise acquire any property, real or personal, necessary or convenient to, and for the purposes of, the corporation and may use, sell, convey and dispose of such property as the interest of the company may require; may make contracts; may have and use a common seal; and may do all other lawful acts properly incident to and connected with such corporation and necessary and convenient for the control and transaction of its business.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-3-550 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 3 / Article 5 / Section 58-3-550
SECTION 58-3-550. Staffing; identification of Executive Director candidates.
Status: in_force

(A) The review committee must use clerical and professional employees of the General Assembly for its staff, who must be made available to the review committee. (B) The review committee may employ or retain other professional staff, upon the determination of the necessity for other staff by the review committee. (C) The review committee may employ consultants to assist in identifying candidates for the Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff. (D) Except as provided in Section 58-3-540(B), the costs and expenses of the review committee must be funded in the annual state General Appropriations Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2040 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 15 / Section 58-27-2040
SECTION 58-27-2040. Persons entitled to be heard at hearing and to introduce evidence.
Status: in_force

At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission or the time to which the same may have been continued, the petitioner and the person, corporation, or the affected electrical utility is entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence, in person or by attorney.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-830 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 58-9-830
SECTION 58-9-830. Enumeration of powers not exclusive.
Status: in_force

The enumeration of the powers of the commission as herein set forth shall not be construed to exclude the exercise of any power which the commission would otherwise have under the provisions of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-455 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 58-5-455
SECTION 58-5-455. Rate adjustment request and implementation procedure; notice to and comments by interested parties; issuance of Initial Order; when adjustments take effect.
Status: in_force

The procedures contained in this section shall apply to monitoring reports related to the quarter ending March thirty-first. (1) The utility shall file the monitoring reports with the commission and Office of Regulatory Staff on or before June fifteenth and simultaneously shall mail or electronically transmit copies to any interested parties who have requested in writing to receive them. (2) Interested parties shall be allowed until July fifteenth to file comments in writing to the commission and the Office of Regulatory Staff concerning the monitoring report. (3) In cases where the monitoring report indicates rate adjustments are required, or where it otherwise appears to the commission or the Office of Regulatory Staff that an adjustment in rates may be warranted under this article, the Office of Regulatory Staff shall conduct an audit of the monitoring report and specify any changes that the Office of Regulatory Staff determines to be necessary to correct errors in the report or to otherwise bring the report into compliance with this article. The Office of Regulatory Staff's audit reports shall be provided to the commission and to the utility and made available to all interested parties no later than September first. (4) Interested parties shall be allowed until September fifteenth to file written comments with the commission and the Office of Regulatory Staff related to the Office of Regulatory Staff's audit report and shall simultaneously mail or electronically transmit copies of these comments to the utility and to all parties who previously appeared and filed comments. (5) On or before October fifteenth the commission shall issue an initial order setting forth any changes required in the utility's request to adjust rates under this article (the "Initial Order"). In the absence of such an Initial Order, the gas rate adjustment contained in the utility's filing shall be considered to be granted as filed. (6) Any gas rate adjustments authorized under the terms of this article shall take effect for all bills rendered on or after the first billing cycle of November of that year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-40-10 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 40 / Section 58-40-10
SECTION 58-40-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this section: (A) "Commission" means the Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina. (B) "Customer" means the person who is named on the electrical utility bill for the premises. (C) "Customer-generator" means the owner, operator, lessee, or customer-generator lessee of an electric energy generation unit which: (1) generates or discharges electricity from a renewable energy resource, including an energy storage device configured to receive electrical charge solely from an onsite renewable energy resource; (2) has an electrical generating system with a capacity of: (a)(i) not more than the lesser of one thousand kilowatts (1,000 kW AC) or one hundred percent of contract demand if a nonresidential customer; or (ii) after June 1, 2025, not more than the lesser of five thousand kilowatts (5,000kW AC) or one hundred percent of contract demand for a nonresidential customer, provided the customer-generator is on a time-of-use rate schedule and any excess energy produced by the customer-generator is credited and reset at the end of each monthly period; or (iii) more than five thousand kilowatts (5,000kW AC) if agreed to by the customer-generator and the electrical utility, provided that the electrical utility submits the agreement to the commission for consideration and approval if the commission finds the agreement to contain appropriate ratemaking provisions and is in the public interest; or (b) not more than twenty kilowatts (20 kW AC) if a residential customer; (3) is located on a single premises owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled by the customer; (4) is interconnected and operates in parallel phase and synchronization with an electrical utility and complies with the applicable interconnection standards; (5) is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's own electrical energy requirements; and (6) meets all applicable safety, performance, interconnection, and reliability standards established by the commission, the National Electrical Code, the National Electrical Safety Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories, the federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and any local governing authorities. (D) "Electrical utility" shall be defined as in Section 58-27-10; provided, however, that electrical utilities serving less than one hundred thousand customer accounts shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. (E) "Net energy metering" means using metering equipment sufficient to measure the difference between the electrical energy supplied to a customer-generator by an electrical utility and the electrical energy supplied by the customer-generator to the electricity provider over the applicable billing period. (F) "Renewable energy resource" means solar photovoltaic and solar thermal resources, wind resources, hydroelectric resources, geothermal resources, tidal and wave energy resources, recycling resources, hydrogen fuel derived from renewable resources, combined heat and power derived from renewable resources, and biomass resources as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2). (G) "Solar choice metering measurement" means the process, method, or calculation used for purposes of billing and crediting at the commission determined value. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." 2014 Act No. 236, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "SECTION 7. Each distribution electric cooperative board shall consider the general objectives of Section 58-40-10, et seq. and any methodology promulgated thereunder in adopting a net energy metering policy. Each distribution electric cooperative shall adopt a net energy metering policy and shall report their policy to the ORS within one year of the passage of this act. Provided, however, that the requirements of this section do not apply to an electric cooperative organized under the laws of a state other than South Carolina." 2014 Act No. 236, SECTION 9, provides as follows: "SECTION 9. If the application of the provisions of this act to any wholesale electrical contract existing on the date of its adoption is determined to impair unlawfully any term of such contract or to add material costs to either party, then that contract will be exempt from the terms of this act to the extent necessary to cure such impairment or to avoid the imposition of additional material costs." Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 62, SECTION 3, in (C), rewrote (1). 2019 Act No. 62, SECTION 4, added (G), relating to the definition of "Solar choice metering measurement". 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 14, designated (C)(2)(a) as (C)(2)(a)(i) and inserted (C)(2)(a)(ii) to (C)(2)(a)(iii). 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 35, in (F), inserted "as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2)" at the end of the subsection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-37-35 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 37 / Article 1 / Section 58-37-35
SECTION 58-37-35. Customer incentives.
Status: in_force

(A) An electrical utility may propose programs and customer incentives to encourage or promote demand-side management programs whereby a customer uses a customer-sited distributed energy resource, as defined in Section 58-39-120(C), or combination of such resources, to: (1) reduce the customer's electric consumption or demand from the electric grid, or (2) beneficially shape the customer's electric consumption or demand in a manner that reduces the customer's contribution to the electrical utility's system or local coincidental peak demand, subject to the associated load to utility management for reliability or economic purposes, or reduce future electrical utility system costs to serve its customers. Programs authorized pursuant to this section may also include distributed energy resources that draw additional power from the electric grid including, but not limited to, electric heat pumps with programmable or utility controlled thermostats, electric heat pump water heaters controlled through utility programs, smart home panels, advanced inverters, and energy storage devices located on the customer's side of the meter, provided that any programs or customer incentives otherwise meet the requirements of this section. These programs may also include a combination of resources, including renewable energy microgrids, to provide economic benefits to the utility system or to help address specific transmission or distribution issues that would otherwise require significant capital investment. (B) In evaluating a program or customer incentive proposed pursuant to this section to assure reasonableness, promotion of the public interest, and consistency with the objectives of Sections 58-27-845 and 58-37-20, the commission must apply the procedure approved pursuant to Section 58-37-20. An electrical utility must use standard utility practices for determining the percentage of customers that would or would not have adopted a distributed energy resource without any incentive allowed under this section to install and utilize the distributed energy resource as part of the associated demand-side management program. The electrical utility must designate the expected useful life of the distributed energy resource and evaluate the costs and benefits of demand-side measures over their useful lives in the program application based on industry-accepted standards. All initial program costs, benefits, and participation assumptions used in the electrical utility's cost-effectiveness evaluations must be reviewed by the commission to assure the electrical utility has presented a reasonable basis for its calculation. Electrical utilities must update the cost-effectiveness analysis based on the actual program costs, benefits, and participation as soon as practicably possible based on standard evaluation, measurement, and verification protocols, and the electrical utility's cost recovery must be reconciled accordingly. (C) For demand-side programs or customer incentives proposed in this section, the electrical utility may recover costs through the procedures in Section 58-37-20. The prohibition in Section 58-40-20(I) against recovery of lost revenues associated with distributed energy resources pursuant to Chapter 39, Title 58 is inapplicable to recovery of net lost revenues associated with a distributed energy resource that is installed as a result of a demand-side program incentive pursuant to this section or Section 58-37-20. (D) The commission may approve any program filed pursuant to this section if the commission finds the program to be cost effective pursuant to Section 58-37-10(3). For any demand-side programs or customer incentives submitted under this section with projected annual customer incentive amounts less than five million dollars per year for each of the first two program years, the commission must issue an order as expeditiously as practicable on the written submissions of the electrical utility but may require an evidentiary hearing where novel or complex issues of fact require special review by the commission. Nothing in this section prevents the commission from ordering an electrical utility to modify or terminate a program approved pursuant to this section based on the results of standard evaluation, measurement, and verification protocols. (E) The Energy Office must develop and publish materials intended to inform and educate the public regarding programs available to a customer pursuant to this section. The Energy Office must maintain a list of approved vendors who are qualified and in good standing to provide services associated with these programs. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 13.B, provides as follows: "B. All other sections of Chapter 37 may be cited as Article 1, entitled 'Planning for Energy Supply.'" 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-1170 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 8 / Section 58-27-1170
SECTION 58-27-1170. Commission may retain independent outside consultants; compensation.
Status: in_force

In connection with its responsibilities under this article, the commission may retain independent outside consultants to serve as advisors and counsel to the commission. Such consultants shall not have authority to direct how the electrical utility places the storm recovery bonds to market. Any such consultants will be subject to the same ex parte prohibitions contained in Chapter 3, Title 58 as are applicable to the employees of the commission. The commission shall endeavor to retain such consultants in order to best control costs ultimately paid by customers. The compensation paid to such consultants may not exceed compensation generally paid by the regulated industry for such specialists. The consultants' duty will be to the commission, and the consultants shall not have any financial interest in the storm recovery bonds or participate in the underwriting or secondary market trading of the storm recovery bonds. The commission is exempt from complying with the State Procurement Code in the selection and hiring of independent outside consultants authorized by this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-1230 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 9 / Section 58-9-1230
SECTION 58-9-1230. Certified copies of documents and orders as evidence.
Status: in_force

Copies of official documents and orders filed or deposited according to law in the office of the commission, certified by a commissioner or by the chief clerk of the commission under its official seal to be true copies of the original, shall be evidence in like manner as the originals in all matters before the commission and in the courts of this State. The commission may prescribe reasonable charges to be paid for furnishing authenticated copies of such documents and orders. Copies of documents that are not filed with the commission but are deposited with the Office of Regulatory Staff may be certified by the Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff under its official seal to be true copies of the original and shall be evidence in like manner as the originals in all matters before the commission and in the courts of this State. The Office of Regulatory Staff may prescribe reasonable charges to be paid for furnishing authenticated copies of such documents.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-3-280 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 58-3-280
SECTION 58-3-280. Restriction on employment of former commissioners by public utility.
Status: in_force

A commissioner must not be employed or retained by a public utility for a period of at least one year following his service as a commissioner. A person who violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-100 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 1 / Section 58-23-100
SECTION 58-23-100. Transfer of property pending suit shall be invalid.
Status: in_force

During the pendency of an action for damage against the holder of a certificate issued pursuant to Article 3 of this chapter any transfer of the property of such certificate holder shall be held to be invalid.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-1350 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 13 / Section 58-23-1350
SECTION 58-23-1350. Vehicles shall not be used for sleeping or certain other purposes.
Status: in_force

Drivers shall not permit such taxis to be used as sleeping quarters or lounging places or for the unnecessary gathering of persons other than passengers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-37-110 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 37 / Article 3 / Section 58-37-110
SECTION 58-37-110. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to SECTION 58-37-140, this section expires on May 12, 2035. (A) Given the importance of sufficient, reliable, safe, and economical energy to the health, safety, and well-being of the citizens of South Carolina and to the state's economic development and prosperity, the General Assembly finds that the prompt siting, permitting, and completion of energy infrastructure projects, energy corridor projects, and brownfield electrical generation projects are crucial to the welfare of the State. (B) All agencies are instructed to give expedited review of applications for energy infrastructure projects, to provide reasonable and constructive assistance to applicants to allow the applicants to comply with any law and regulatory requirements as expeditiously as possible, and to be guided by the policy goals established in subsection (A). (C) All agencies are instructed to give due weight to the reduction in the environmental, aesthetic, and socioeconomic impacts that are incurred to support the safe, reliable, and economic provision of energy to the people of South Carolina when energy infrastructure projects can be located in existing energy corridors or on brownfield energy sites, and shall consider the relative reductions in such impacts compared to greenfield projects in evaluating projects in existing energy corridors or on brownfield energy sites. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." The provisions of Article 3, Chapter 37, Title 58, expires ten years after its effective date, or on May 12, 2035, pursuant to SECTION 58-37-140.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-2790 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 23 / Section 58-17-2790
SECTION 58-17-2790. Discrimination in rates of freight as to other railroads prohibited.
Status: in_force

It shall not be lawful for any railroad company chartered by this State to discriminate in its rates of freight in favor of or against any railroad company which may connect with it, either at one of its terminal stations, or at any intermediate point on its line. In all cases the charges on freight of the same character, having the same original point of shipment and the same destination, shall be uniform to and from all lines making connections with such railroad at the same point.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-240 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-240
SECTION 58-31-240. Joint Bond Review Committee; annual reporting of real property transactions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this section: (A) "JBRC" means the Joint Bond Review Committee. (1) Prior to issuing any (1) bonds, (2) notes, or (3) other indebtedness, including any refinancing that does not achieve a savings in total debt service, the JBRC must approve, reject, or modify the issuance by the Authority. This section does not apply to the issuance of short-term or revolving-credit debt for the management of day-to-day operations and financing needs. (2) If the JBRC does not take action on the issuance within sixty days, the issuance is considered approved. (3) Issuance approved by the JBRC need not be issued immediately, and the debt may be issued across multiple series and over a three-year term. (B)(1) By September first of each year, the Authority shall provide an annual report regarding every transaction involving an interest in real property and executed during the preceding twelve months, including: (a) a summary of the key terms of all contracts effectuating or related to such transactions; and (b) parties involved in the transaction, including all entities or persons with any type of ownership interest or authority to control. (2) A transfer of any interest in real property by the Authority, regardless of the value of the transaction, requires approval, rejection, or modification by the JBRC. (3) The reporting and other requirements of this item do not apply to encroachment agreements, rights of way, or lease agreements made by the Authority for property within the Federal Energy Regulatory Project boundary. (C) The JBRC may adopt instructions which must be followed by the Authority for any submission pursuant to this section. (D) The requirements imposed on the Authority pursuant to this section are in addition to any other requirements of law. If any provision of this section conflicts with another provision of law, the provisions of this section shall control to the extent of the conflict. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 73, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "SECTION 4. Any transaction pursuant to this joint resolution by Santee Cooper that involves any transfer of interest in real property is subject to the provisions of Section 58-31-240."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-1820 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 15 / Section 58-17-1820
SECTION 58-17-1820. Rates to which chapter not applicable.
Status: in_force

Nothing in the General Railroad Law shall be taken as in any manner abridging or controlling the rates for freight charged by any railroad company in this State for carrying freight which comes from or goes beyond the boundaries of the State or on which less than local rates on any railroad carrying it are charged by such railroad, but such railroad companies shall possess the same power and right to charge such rates for carrying such freights as they possessed prior to December 19, 1892.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-12-40 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 12 / Article 2 / Section 58-12-40
SECTION 58-12-40. Easements or rights-of-way to contain provision contemplating use by cable television companies.
Status: in_force

Any easement or right-of-way obtained after June 29, 1976, by the State or any political subdivision thereof for the purpose of constructing a highway or public road and any easement or right-of-way obtained by any telephone or electric power company from the owner of any land who had previously granted an easement to this State or any political subdivision thereof for the purpose of constructing a highway or public road upon such land to which the easement or right-of-way relates shall clearly set forth the possibility that the easement or right-of-way may be used in the future by cable television companies for the purposes provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-415 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 3 / Section 58-27-415
SECTION 58-27-415. Franchise fee not to be paid or collected under "Stateline Accounts"; calculation of franchise fee.
Status: in_force

(A) The State shall not pay, nor shall any person, including a municipality or utility, impose, pay, or collect a franchise fee with respect to electrical power provided to the State by a utility under the "Stateline Accounts". The "Stateline Accounts" referenced in this section are those state electrical power accounts that arose from the 1925 agreement validated, ratified, and approved in Act 440 of 1925 (34 Stats. 852). (B) The utility shall exclude all gross sales revenue accrued from the Stateline Accounts when calculating any franchise fee owed to a municipality and shall therefore not include those Stateline Account gross sales revenues in the payment of the franchise fee to the municipality. The "Stateline Accounts" referenced in this section are those state electrical power accounts that arose from the 1925 agreement validated, ratified, and approved in Act 440 of 1925 (34 Stats. 852). Editor's Note 2008 Act No. 329, SECTION 2 provides as follows: "Section 58-27-415(A) takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Section 58-27-415(B) takes effect January 1, 2009."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-220 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 58-5-220
SECTION 58-5-220. Standardized system of accounts.
Status: in_force

The Office of Regulatory Staff may, in its discretion, subject to approval of the commission: (a) establish a standardized system of accounts to be kept by the public utilities subject to its jurisdiction; (b) classify such public utilities and establish a standardized system of accounts for each class; and (c) prescribe the manner in which such accounts shall be kept.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-150 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 58-27-150
SECTION 58-27-150. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The Commission may make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be proper in the exercise of its powers or for the performance of its duties under this chapter, all of which shall have the force of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-5-920 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 5 / Article 9 / Section 58-5-920
SECTION 58-5-920. Definitions.
Status: in_force

When used in this article: (a) The term "commission" means the Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina. (b) The term "commissioner" means one of the members of the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. (c) The term "corporation" includes all private or public corporations, business trusts, joint stock companies or associations, domestic or foreign, their lessees, assignees, trustees, receivers or other successors in interest, having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. (d) The term "Federal safety standards" shall mean the minimum standards of gas safety adopted by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-481, 49 U.S.C. Section 1672), as may be amended from time to time, and any rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory agency of the United States of America having jurisdiction thereof. (e) The term "gas" means natural gas, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive. (f) The term "gas utility" includes persons, corporations and gas authorities, municipalities, public service districts and other political subdivisions of this State and which are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission as provided for by Section 3(b) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968. (P.L. 90-481) (49 U.S.C. Section 1672(b)). Provided, however, that gas authorities, municipalities and public service districts and other political subdivisions of this State shall remain exempt from any economic regulation by the Commission. (g) The term "person" includes all individuals, partnerships or associations, cooperatives, lessees, assignees, trustees, receivers or other successors in interest, other than corporations. (h) The term "pipeline system" or "pipeline facilities" shall mean new and existing pipe rights-of-way and any equipment, facility or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas during the course of transportation; but the Commission is not authorized to prescribe the location or routing of any pipeline facility "rights-of-way." (i) The term "public" means the public generally, or any limited portion of the public, including a person or corporation. (j) The term "regulatory staff" means the executive director or the executive director and the employees of the Office of Regulatory Staff. (k) The term "transportation of gas" when used in this article means gathering, transmission, distribution, and storage of gas.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-37-140 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 37 / Article 3 / Section 58-37-140
SECTION 58-37-140. Expiration.
Status: in_force

This section expires on May 12, 2035, pursuant to its own terms. The provisions of this article shall expire ten years after its effective date. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." The provisions of Article 3, Chapter 37, Title 58, expires ten years after its effective date, or on May 12, 2035, pursuant to this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-920 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 58-23-920
SECTION 58-23-920. Insurance required of owners of motor vehicles transporting goods for hire.
Status: in_force

The owner or owners of all motor vehicles transporting goods of any kind for hire on the roads of this State are hereby required as a condition precedent for using the highways of this State to carry with some reputable insurance company liability insurance and property damage insurance in such sums as the Public Service Commission may determine. Any person or corporation violating the terms of this provision shall be fined in an amount of not less than one hundred dollars or not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and an amount of not less than five hundred dollars or not more than two thousand dollars for each subsequent offense or shall suffer imprisonment of a term of not less than thirty days or not more than one year for the first offense and for not less than six months or not more than three years for each subsequent offense. This section is cumulative and does not repeal any other provisions of this Code relating to this subject.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-810 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 7 / Section 58-9-810
SECTION 58-9-810. Promulgation of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The commission may make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be proper in the exercise of its powers or for the performance of the duties set forth in Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter, all of which shall have the force of law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-31-20 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 31 / Article 1 / Section 58-31-20
SECTION 58-31-20. Board of directors; advisory board.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The Public Service Authority consists of a board of twelve directors who reside in South Carolina and who have the qualifications stated in this section, as determined by the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee pursuant to Section 58-3-530(14), before being appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: one from each congressional district of the State; one from each of the counties of Horry, Berkeley, and Georgetown who reside in Authority territory and are customers of the Authority; and two from the State at large, one of whom must be chairman. Two of the directors must have substantial work experience within the operations of electric cooperatives or substantial experience on an electric cooperative board, including one of the two who must have substantial experience within the operations or board of a transmission or generation cooperative. Except to the extent they are serving in an ex-officio capacity, a director shall not serve as an employee or board member of an electric cooperative during his term as a director. Each director shall serve for a term of four years, except as provided in this section. At the expiration of the term of each director and of each succeeding director, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, must appoint a successor, who shall hold office for a term of four years or until his successor has been appointed and qualified. In the event of a director vacancy due to death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor must appoint the director's successor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the successor director shall hold office for the unexpired term. A director shall not be appointed for more than three consecutive full terms. An appointment to an unexpired partial term shall not be considered for purposes of determining term limits. (2) A director may not receive a salary for services as director until the Authority is in funds, but each director must be paid his actual expense in the performance of his duties, the actual expense to be advanced from the contingent fund of the Governor until the time the Public Service Authority is in funds, at which time the contingent fund must be reimbursed. After the Public Service Authority is in funds, the compensation and expenses of each member of the board must be paid from these funds, and the compensation and expenses must be fixed by the advisory board established in this section. The Authority may provide, at its expense, health insurance benefits to members of the board, through the state insurance plan or otherwise. (3) Members of the board of directors may be removed for cause, pursuant to Section 1-3-240(C), by the Governor of the State, the advisory board, or a majority thereof. A member of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina is not eligible for appointment as Director of the Public Service Authority during the term of his office. No more than two members from the same county may serve as directors at any time. (B) Candidates for appointment to the board must be screened by the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee and, prior to confirmation by the Senate, must be found qualified by meeting the minimum requirements contained in subsection (C). The review committee must submit a written report to the Clerk of the Senate setting forth its findings as to the qualifications of each candidate. A candidate must not serve on the board, even in an interim capacity, until he is screened and found qualified by the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee. (C)(1) Each member must possess abilities and experience that are generally found among directors of energy utilities serving this State and that allow him to make valuable contributions to the conduct of the authority's business. These abilities include substantial business skills and experience, but are not limited to: (a) general knowledge of the history, purpose, and operations of the Public Service Authority and the responsibilities of being a director of the authority; (b) the ability to interpret legal and financial documents and information so as to further the activities and affairs of the Public Service Authority; (c) with the assistance of counsel, the ability to understand and apply federal and state laws, rules, and regulations including, but not limited to, Chapter 4 of Title 30 as they relate to the activities and affairs of the Public Service Authority; and (d) with the assistance of counsel, the ability to understand and apply judicial decisions as they relate to the activities and affairs of the Public Service Authority. (2) Each member also must have: (a) a baccalaureate or more advanced degree from: (i) a recognized institution of higher learning requiring face-to-face contact between its students and instructors prior to completion of the academic program; (ii) an institution of higher learning that has been accredited by a regional or national accrediting body; or (iii) an institution of higher learning chartered before 1962; and (b) a background of substantial duration and an expertise in at least one of the following: (i) energy issues; (ii) consumer protection and advocacy issues; (iii) water and wastewater issues; (iv) finance, economics, and statistics; (v) accounting; (vi) engineering; or (vii) law. (D) For the assistance of the board of directors of the Public Service Authority, there is hereby established an advisory board to be known as the advisory board of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, to be composed of the Governor of the State, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the Comptroller General, and the Secretary of State, as ex officio members, who must serve without compensation other than necessary traveling expenses. The advisory board must perform any duties imposed on it pursuant to this chapter, and must consult and advise with the board of directors on any and all matters which by the board of directors may be referred to the advisory board. The board of directors must make annual reports to the advisory board, which reports must be submitted to the General Assembly by the Governor, in which full information as to all of the acts of said board of directors shall be given, together with financial statement and full information as to the work of the authority. On July first of each year, the advisory board must designate a certified public accountant or accountants for the purpose of making a complete audit of the affairs of the Authority, which must be filed with the annual report of the board of directors. The Public Service Authority must submit the audit to the General Assembly. (E)(1) The following shall be nonvoting ex officio members of the board of directors entitled to attend all meetings of the Authority board, including any executive sessions, except as set forth below: The Chairman of Central Electric Power Cooperative, or his designee, and one member of the Board of Central Electric Power Cooperative chosen by that board who is not the chairman or his designee. The ex officio members shall have the same obligations and duties as other members of the board, except the obligation to vote, and are subject to removal in the same manner as other board members. An ex officio member that has otherwise satisfied all obligations and duties owed to the Public Service Authority shall not be liable for matters directly related to either the process of voting nor a decision determined by a vote of the board of directors. (2) The ex officio members may be excluded from executive session where the following matters are being discussed: (a) negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements with a customer, including Central Electric Cooperative, Inc., or receiving legal advice involving a customer, Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., or one of its members; or (b) discussions regarding generation resources that will not be shared resources under any wholesale power supply agreement between the Authority and Central Electric Power Cooperative or receiving legal advice in relation thereto. Upon advice of counsel that a conflict may exist for an ex officio member of the board to attend an executive session or a portion thereof to discuss matters other than (a) and (b), the board may exclude, by a majority vote, the ex officio member from those portions of an executive session for which a conflict may exist. (3) When ex officio members are excluded from executive session, the reason for the conflict must be stated before the vote is taken and shall be recorded in official minutes or other records of the meeting. The ex officio member of the board must be given an opportunity to speak to the conflict and the underlying issue at the beginning of the executive session. After being provided the opportunity to speak as provided in this provision, the ex officio member must leave the room and may not participate in the remainder of the executive session on the issue giving rise to the conflict. Efforts should be taken to optimize participation of ex officio members by segmenting executive sessions. (4) Ex officio members will begin serving immediately upon a letter indicating their appointments is delivered to the board and to the Public Utilities Review Committee but must meet the qualifications set forth in Section 58-31-20(C) as verified by the Public Utilities Review Committee within six months of beginning service as an ex officio member. Ex officio members will be appointed for two-year terms but may be removed either by the Governor pursuant to Section 1-3-240(C)(1)(m) or the Board of Central Electric Power Cooperative. In the event that the Board of Central Electric Power Cooperative removes the ex officio member, the Public Service Authority Board of Directors must receive notice at least sixty days before the ex officio member's successor begins service on the Public Service Authority Board of Directors. An ex officio member will not be entitled to receive compensation from the Public Service Authority for his or her service as an ex officio member and will not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum. (F) In making appointments to the board of directors, the Governor, in making appointments and the Senate, in its advice and consent capacity, must give due consideration to race, gender, and other demographic factors to assure nondiscrimination, inclusion, and representation to the greatest extent possible of all segments of the population of this State. Editor's Note Section 3 of 1974 Act No. 988 (1974 (58) 2121), provides that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including SECTION 1 of this act [amending this section], the board of directors shall consist of all members serving on the board of directors on the effective date of this act, and all members serving on the board of directors on the effective date of this act are hereby specifically authorized to complete their respective terms of office as provided by the law or laws in effect prior to the effective date of this act." The act was approved April 18, 1974, and made effective on approval. 2005 Act No. 137, SECTION 10, provides as follows: "Responsibilities and duties of the directors of the Public Service Authority created by the provisions of this act are in addition to responsibilities and duties created by other provisions of law." 2005 Act No. 137, SECTION 11, provides in part as follows: "The provisions in SECTIONS 4 and 5 are effective for directors confirmed on or after this act's effective date. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the Senate Judiciary Committee shall act instead of the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee, mutatis mutandis, for any appointment made on or before July 1, 2005." Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 90, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-930 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 9 / Section 58-23-930
SECTION 58-23-930. Insurance not required of owners of certain motor vehicles subject to federal Surface Transportation Board.
Status: in_force

No owner of a motor vehicle using such vehicle as part of a terminal service in connection with the business of transporting goods by rail shall be required to carry liability or property damage insurance on such motor vehicle if such business of such owner is under the jurisdiction of the federal Surface Transportation Board and if the Surface Transportation Board has required and does require such owner to set up insurance reserves covering liability resulting from the conduct of such business, including liability arising out of and in connection with the operation of such motor vehicle and if such insurance reserves have been and are actually so set up. The owner of such a motor vehicle shall attach inside of the cab of such vehicle in a conspicuous place a certificate signed by such owner, or his duly authorized representative, setting forth that the business of such owner is under the jurisdiction of the federal Surface Transportation Board and that such board has required and does require such owner to set up insurance reserves. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 25, provides as follows: "SECTION 25. The Public Service Commission must make information readily available so that the general public can easily access information regarding the requirements in Articles 3 and 9 in Chapter 23, Title 58. This includes, but is not limited to, the commission posting on its website information regarding the following: list of certified companies, maximum rates, insurance, and complaint resolution." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 214, SECTION 18, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "federal Surface Transportation Board and if the Surface Transportation Board" for "Interstate Commerce Commission and if the Interstate Commerce Commission", and in the second undesignated paragraph, substituted "federal Surface Transportation Board and that such board" for "Interstate Commerce Commission and that such Commission".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-70 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 58-17-70
SECTION 58-17-70. Chapter amends charters granted since December 17, 1841.
Status: in_force

Railroad corporations established in this State prior to February 9, 1882, whether by special act or in conformity with the provisions of any general law, shall have the powers and privileges and be subject to the duties, liabilities, restrictions and other provisions contained in the General Railroad Law which, so far as inconsistent with charters granted since December 17, 1841, shall be deemed and taken to be in alteration and amendment thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-7-50 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 7 / Section 58-7-50
SECTION 58-7-50. Lease of property of gas company.
Status: in_force

Except as prohibited in section 7, article 9 of the Constitution of 1895, any gas company organized under the laws of this State may lease its property and franchises to any other gas company, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by a majority of the stockholders at a special meeting held after thirty days' advertisement thereof. Editor's Note Section 7, Article 9 of the Constitution of 1895, referred to in this Code section, no longer appears in the Constitution following the revision and rewriting of that article by amendment ratified by 1971 Act No. 64 (1971 (57) 47). Prior to the amendment that section read as follows: "No railroad, or other transportation company, and no telegraph or other transmitting corporation, or the lessees, purchasers or managers of any such corporation, shall consolidate the stock, property or franchises of such corporation with, or lease or purchase the works or franchises of, or in any way control, any other railroad or other transportation, telegraph or other transmitting company owning or having under its control a parallel or competing line; and the question whether railroads or other transportation, telegraph or other transmitting companies are parallel or competing lines shall, when demanded by the party complainant, be decided by a jury as in other civil causes."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-4-150 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 4 / Section 58-4-150
SECTION 58-4-150. South Carolina energy assessment and action plan.
Status: in_force

(A) To further advance and expand upon Executive Order 2023-18 which established the PowerSC Energy Resources and Economic Development Interagency Working Group, the Office of Regulatory Staff, in consultation with a stakeholder group that includes representatives of consumer, environmental, manufacturing, forestry, and agricultural organizations, natural gas and electrical utilities, the South Carolina Public Service Authority, and other affected state agencies, shall prepare a comprehensive South Carolina energy assessment and action plan, hereinafter referred to as "the plan." This plan must identify recommended actions over a ten-year period to ensure the availability of adequate, reliable, and economical supply of electric power and natural gas to the people and economy of South Carolina. For purposes of this section, natural gas and electrical utilities also includes any investor-owned electrical utility, a public utility as defined in Section 58-5-10, electric cooperatives, and any consolidated political subdivision that owns or operates in this State equipment or facilities for generating, transmitting, delivering, or furnishing electricity, but does not include an entity that furnishes electricity only to itself, its residents, or tenants when such current is not resold or used by others. (B) The Office of Regulatory Staff, in collaboration with the electrical utilities and the South Carolina Public Service Authority, shall aggregate data and analyses from their most recent integrated resource plans approved by the commission, and include any updates or associated filings and other available data in order to create a statewide comprehensive view of the availability of an adequate, reliable, and economical supply of energy resources to the people and economy of South Carolina. (C) The plan must detail factors, and make recommendations, essential to adequate, reliable, and economical supply of energy resources for the people and economy of South Carolina including, but not limited to: (1) projections of energy consumption in South Carolina, including the use of fuel resources and costs of electricity and generation resources across the electrical utilities' and the South Carolina Public Service Authority's balancing authority areas used to serve the State; (2) the adequacy of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution resources in this State to meet projections of energy consumption; (3) the adequacy of infrastructure utilized by natural gas industries in providing fuel supply to electric generation plants or otherwise for end-use customers; (4) the overall needs of the South Carolina electric grid and transmission system and details from the plans of each electrical utility and the South Carolina Public Service Authority to meet current and future energy needs in a cost-effective, reliable, economic, and environmental manner; (5) an assessment of state and local impediments to expanded use of generation or distributed resources and recommendations to reduce or eliminate such impediments; (6) how energy efficiency, demand-side management programs, and conservation initiatives across the electrical utilities' and the South Carolina Public Service Authority's balancing authority areas may be expanded to lower bills and reduce electric consumption; (7) details regarding potential siting of energy resource and transmission facilities in order to identify any disproportionate adverse impact of such activities on the environment, agricultural community, land use, and economically disadvantaged or minority communities; (8) details regarding commercial and industrial consumer clean energy goals and options available to such customers to achieve these goals, including: (a) an analysis of the barriers commercial and industrial consumers face in making such investments in this State; (b) an analysis of any electric and natural gas regulatory barriers to the recruitment and retention of commercial and industrial customers in this State; and (c) recommendations to address any barriers identified in items (a) and (b) in a manner that is consistent with the public interest and which is not duly impactful to nonparticipating customers as it pertains to rate and system impacts, and which is not unduly impactful to entities providing public utility services; and (9) an analysis of the potential for the South Carolina Public Service Authority and the state's electric utilities to construct generation facilities utilizing domestic wood products from South Carolina as a primary or auxiliary fuel source. (D) In preparing the plan the Office of Regulatory Staff may retain an outside expert to assist with compiling this report. (E) In addition to the information required by this section, the plan must include recommendations for legislative, regulatory, or other public and private actions to best ensure a reliable and reasonably priced energy supply in South Carolina that supports the continued growth and success of this State. In forming these recommendations, the Office of Regulatory Staff must confer with the stakeholder group to ensure the recommendations would likely achieve the intended result for the electric grid, electric generation, and natural gas resources serving South Carolina customers. (F) The plan must be submitted to the Public Utilities Review Committee for approval. (G) The provisions of this section are subject to funding. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026."
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-2020 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 15 / Section 58-17-2020
SECTION 58-17-2020. Commission shall fix storage charges on freight.
Status: in_force

The Commission shall fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for storage of freight made and charged by railroad companies doing business in this State and shall fix the time after the reception of freight at the place of destination at which such charges of storage shall begin, with power to vary the time according to the value and character of the freight stored, the nature of the place of destination, the residence of the consignee and such other circumstances as in its judgment should be considered in fixing such time.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-1630 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 23 / Article 16 / Section 58-23-1630
SECTION 58-23-1630. Primary automobile insurance; proof of coverage.
Status: in_force

(A) A TNC driver or TNC on the driver's behalf shall maintain primary automobile insurance that recognizes that the driver is a TNC driver or otherwise uses a personal vehicle to transport riders for compensation and covers the driver: (1) while the driver is logged on the TNC's digital network; or (2) while the driver is engaged in a prearranged ride. (B) The following automobile insurance requirements apply while a participating TNC driver is logged on the TNC's digital network and is available to receive transportation requests but is not engaged in a prearranged ride: (1) primary automobile liability insurance in the amount of at least fifty thousand dollars for death and bodily injury per person, at least one hundred thousand dollars for death and bodily injury per incident, and at least fifty thousand dollars for property damage; (2) uninsured motorist coverage as required by Section 38-77-150; and (3) the coverage requirements of this subsection may be satisfied by automobile insurance maintained by the TNC driver, automobile insurance maintained by the TNC, or both. (C) The following automobile insurance requirements apply while a TNC driver is engaged in a prearranged ride: (1) primary automobile liability insurance that provides at least one million dollars for death, bodily injury, and property damage; (2) uninsured motorist coverage as required by Section 38-77-150; and (3) the coverage requirements of this subsection may be satisfied by automobile insurance maintained by the TNC driver, automobile insurance maintained by the TNC, or both. (D) If insurance maintained by the TNC driver in subsections (B) or (C) has lapsed or does not provide the required coverage, insurance maintained by a TNC must provide the coverage required by this section beginning with the first dollar of a claim and has the duty to defend such claim. (E) Coverage under an automobile insurance policy maintained by the TNC may not be dependent upon a personal automobile insurer first denying a claim nor may a personal automobile insurer be required to first deny the claim. (F) Insurance required by this section may be placed with an authorized insurer or with an eligible surplus lines insurer pursuant to Section 38-45-90. (G) Insurance satisfying the requirements of this section may be considered to satisfy the financial responsibility requirements for a motor vehicle pursuant to Sections 56-9-10 through 56-9-630. (H) A TNC driver shall carry proof of coverage satisfying subsections (B) and (C) at all times during use of a vehicle in connection with a TNC's digital network. In the event of an accident, a TNC driver shall provide this insurance coverage to the directly interested parties, automobile insurers, and the investigating police officers, upon request, pursuant to Section 56-10-225. Upon such request, a TNC driver shall also disclose to directly interested parties, automobile insurers, and the investigating police officers, whether he was logged on the TNC's digital network or on a prearranged ride at the time of an accident. (I) If a TNC's insurer pays a claim covered under comprehensive coverage or collision coverage, the TNC shall cause its insurer to issue the payment directly to the business repairing the vehicle or jointly to the owner of the vehicle and the primary lienholder on the covered vehicle. The Office of Regulatory Staff shall not assess any fines as a result of a violation of this subsection.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-33-140 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 33 / Article 3 / Section 58-33-140
SECTION 58-33-140. Parties to certification proceedings; limited appearances; intervention.
Status: in_force

(1) The parties to a certification proceeding shall include: (a) the applicant; (b) the Office of Regulatory Staff, the Department of Environmental Services, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism; (c) each municipality and government agency entitled to receive service of a copy of the application under subsection (2) of Section 58-33-120 if it has filed with the commission a notice of intervention as a party within thirty days after the date it was served with a copy of the application; and (d) any person residing in a municipality entitled to receive service of a copy of the application under subsection (2) of Section 58-33-120, any domestic nonprofit organization, formed in whole or in part to promote conservation or natural beauty, to protect the environment, personal health, or other biological values, to preserve historical sites, to promote consumer interest, to represent commercial and industrial groups, or to promote the orderly development of the area in which the facility is to be located; or any other person, if such a person or organization has petitioned the commission for leave to intervene as a party, within thirty days after the date given in the published notice as the date for filing the application, and if the petition has been granted by the commission for good cause shown. (2) Any person may make a limited appearance in the sixty days after the date given in the published notice as the date for filing the application. No person making a limited appearance shall be a party or shall have the right to present oral testimony or argument or cross-examine witnesses. (3) The commission may, in extraordinary circumstances for good cause shown, and giving consideration to the need for timely start of construction of the facility, grant a petition for leave to intervene as a party to participate in subsequent phases of the proceeding, filed by a municipality, government agency, person, or organization which is identified in paragraphs (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of this section, but which failed to file a timely notice of intervention or petition for leave to intervene, as the case may be. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 20, in (1)(b), substituted "Department of Environmental Services" for "Department of Health and Environmental Control".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-9-1430 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 9 / Article 11 / Section 58-9-1430
SECTION 58-9-1430. Stay or suspension of order pending review.
Status: in_force

The pendency of proceedings to review shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the order of the Commission, but during the pendency of such proceedings the court, upon reasonable notice and after hearing, in its discretion may stay or suspend, either in whole or in part, the operation of the Commission's order on such terms as it deems just and in accordance with the practice of the court. Any party may secure from the court in which the review of the order of the Commission is in good faith sought an order suspending or staying the operation of the order of the Commission, pending a review of such order, by adequately securing all persons or corporations who will be affected by such suspension or stay against loss due to the delay in the enforcement of the order, in case the order under review is affirmed, the security to be approved and to be in such form and amount as shall be directed by the court granting the stay or suspension.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-15-430 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 58-15-430
SECTION 58-15-430. Canal companies may mortgage property and franchises and issue bonds.
Status: in_force

Any canal company organized under this chapter may mortgage its property and franchises and issue bonds on such terms and conditions and for such purposes and uses of the corporation as it may from time to time deem necessary if the consent of the Commission to the issue of any bonds shall be obtained.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-41-10 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 41 / Section 58-41-10
SECTION 58-41-10. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "AC" means alternating current as measured at the point of interconnection of the small power producer's facility to the interconnecting electrical utility's transmission or distribution system. (2) "Avoided costs" means the incremental costs to an electric utility of electric energy or capacity or both which, but for the purchase from the qualifying facility or qualifying facilities, such utility would generate itself or purchase from another source. (3) "Commission" means the South Carolina Public Service Commission. (4) "Electrical utility" is defined as set forth in Section 58-27-10(7), provided, however, that electrical utilities serving less than one hundred thousand customer accounts must be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. A renewable energy supplier participating in an electrical utility's voluntary renewable energy program pursuant to this chapter must not be considered an electrical utility for purposes of this chapter. (5) "Eligible customer" means a retail customer with a new or existing contract demand greater than or equal to one megawatt at a single-metered location or aggregated across multiple-metered locations. (6) "Generation credit" means a credit applied by an electrical utility to the bill of a participating customer that is equal to the value of the energy and capacity avoided by the electrical utility as a result of procuring energy and capacity from a renewable energy facility. (7) "Participating customer" means an eligible customer that elects to have a portion or all of its electricity needs supplied by a voluntary renewable energy program. (8) "Participating customer agreement" means an agreement between a participating customer, its electrical utility, and the renewable energy supplier establishing each party's rights and obligations under the electrical utility's voluntary renewable energy program. (9) "Power purchase agreement" means an agreement between an electrical utility and a small power producer for the purchase and sale of energy, capacity, and ancillary services from the small power producer's qualifying small power production facility. (10) "PURPA" means the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended. (11) "Renewable energy contract" means a power purchase agreement between an electrical utility and a renewable energy supplier that commits the parties to participating in an electrical utility's voluntary renewable energy program for the purchase and sale of energy and capacity. (12) "Renewable energy facility" means a facility for the production of electrical energy that utilizes a renewable generation resource as defined in Section 58-39-120(F), that is placed in service after the effective date of this chapter, and for which costs are not included in an electrical utility's rates. (13) "Renewable energy supplier" means the owner or operator of a renewable energy facility, including the affiliate of an electrical utility that contracts with a participating customer. (14) "Small power producer" means a person or corporation owning or operating a "qualifying small power production facility" as defined in 16 U.S.C. Section 796, as amended. (15) "Standard offer" means the avoided cost rates, power purchase agreement, and terms and conditions approved by the commission and applicable to purchases of energy and capacity by electrical utilities as provided in this chapter from small power producers up to two megawatts AC in size. (16) "Voluntary renewable energy program" means a tariff filed with the commission by an electrical utility that enables a participating commercial or industrial customer to receive and pay for electric service, that reflects the program cost, and that includes the environmental attributes specified in the participating customer agreement and renewable energy contract, including a generation credit for such renewable energy, from the electrical utility pursuant to the terms of the tariff. (17) "Energy storage facilities" means any commercially available technology that is capable of absorbing energy and storing it for a period of time for use at a later time including, but not limited to, electrochemical, thermal, and electromechanical technologies. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Energy Security Act.' " 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "SECTION 33. (A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include nuclear and advanced nuclear, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, fusion energy, and other technologies, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs. "(B) For an electrical utility to capture available tax or other financial or operational incentives for South Carolina ratepayers in a timely manner, the commission may find that actions by an electrical utility in pursuit of the directives in Section 58-37-35(A) are in the public interest, provided that the commission determines that such proposed actions are in the public interest and reasonably balance economic development and industry retention benefits, capacity expansion benefits, resource adequacy and diversification and potential risks, costs, and benefits to ratepayers and otherwise comply with all other legal requirements applicable to the electrical utility's proposed action. For the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Office of Regulatory Staff and the Public Service Authority's board of directors shall apply the same principles described in this subsection in evaluating and approving actions proposed by the management of the Public Service Authority to achieve the objectives of this section." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 41, provides as follows: "SECTION 41. (A) Five years after the effective date of this act, the Office of the Regulatory Staff shall prepare a report, to be filed with the Public Utilities Review Committee and the General Assembly, to address the implementation of Article 24, Chapter 27, Title 58 as it relates to the following areas: "(1) assessing the functioning of the procedures established by section with recommendation for any changes required to ensure their efficient functioning, to promote regulatory efficiency, and to make further the establishment of just, reasonable, and fair rates; "(2) assessing the effect of rates on ratepayers of all classes; "(3) assessing the reliability of the electric system and whether investments made by electric utilities increased reliability compared to any change in electric utility rates experienced by ratepayers within the same timeframe; and "(4) any other information requested by the General Assembly to be included within the report. "(B) The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage a qualified, independent third party to assist in preparation of the report. "(C) All expenses and charges incurred by the Office of Regulatory Staff in the performance of its duties within this section may be defrayed by assessments made by the Comptroller General against the regulated electrical utilities regulated and based upon twenty-five percent of the gross revenues collected by such electrical utilities from their business done wholly within this State in the manner set out in Section 58-4-60 for other corporations." 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 42, provides as follows: "SECTION 42. Upon passage of this act, Dominion Energy shall evaluate the process for converting the Wateree Generating Station from coal-fired generation to biomass-fired generation. Biomass-fired generation includes, but is not limited to, generation from the firing of wood pellets and wood chips. Dominion Energy must make a report concerning the conversion process to the Public Service Commission and General Assembly by no later than January 13, 2026." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 41, SECTION 16, added (17), defining "Energy storage facilities".
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-4-40 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 4 / Section 58-4-40
SECTION 58-4-40. Conflict of interest.
Status: in_force

(A) Unless otherwise provided by law, no person may serve as the Executive Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff if the commission regulates any business with which that person is associated. (B) If the commission regulates a business with which an employee of the Office of Regulatory Staff is associated, the employee must annually file a statement of economic interests notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8-13-1110. (C) No person may be an employee of the Office of Regulatory Staff if the Public Service Commission regulates a business with which he is associated and this relationship creates a continuing or frequent conflict with the performance of his official responsibilities.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-660 — SC Code / Title 58 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 58-17-660
SECTION 58-17-660. Rights, duties and the like of consolidated corporation.
Status: in_force

Upon the making and perfecting the agreement and act of consolidation, as provided in Section 58-17-620, and filing it, or a copy, with the Secretary of State as aforesaid, the several corporations parties thereto shall be deemed and taken to be one corporation by the name provided in such agreement and act, possessing within this State all the rights, privileges and franchises and subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of such corporations so consolidated.