By Tony Bartelme, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Mar. 27--The price of gasoline isn't the only thing that's going up. Santee Cooper said Wednesday that the first phase of its proposed Pee Dee coal-fired power plant will cost $1.25 billion, up from its original estimate of $998 million.

By Almar Flotildes, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Aug. 8--Beginning this school year at Sangaree Middle, bright sunny days won't just mean that it's a great day for recess anymore.

By Sammy Fretwell, The State, Columbia, S.C. May 5--Environmentalists will fire their first shot Monday against a new coal-burning power plant for eastern South Carolina. The S.C. Coastal Conservation League plans to announce its opposition to Santee Cooper's proposed plant.

Sep. 25--Santee Cooper is turning trash into treasure by collecting methane gas produced in landfills and burning the gas to generate electricity.