.@postandcourier: Completing the VC Summer #nuclear reactors with private capital and at private risk will generate 2,200 MW of carbon-free energy and remove billions of dollars in sunk costs from the ratepayers' base, thereby reducing their monthly bills.

.@postandcourier: @SanteeCooper will negotiate to sell the two partially completed VC Summer #nuclear reactors to @Brookfield Asset Management, a private equity investment firm headquartered in New York with over $1 trillion of assets under management.

Upsides: -$4 billion in sunken costs currently being paid by ratepayers now shifting to private sector. -2200 MW for economic development, "clean" energy on the grid. -Offsets demand from incoming data centers. Will now be sent to full board for approval.

.@postandcourier: @SanteeCooper is finalizing its search for deep-pocketed private investors to purchase and complete two unfinished VC Summer reactors. CEO Jimmy Staton said details will emerge Friday: “It’s going to be a great conclusion for all of us.”

Info on S.C. energy! Thanks @SenTomDavisSC and @HerbkersmanBill for you work on this!

Important update from @SenTomDavisSC: One of the major leading ag production costs for family farmers is energy. Thank you and @henrymcmaster for your continued leadership on this vitally important issue! Food security is a matter of national security! 🇺🇸

☢️✅Props to @SenTomDavisSC... while everyone in S.C. politics was playing the blame game following the $10B #NukeGate debacle, he quietly worked to preserve our state's nuclear assets and pushed @SanteeCooper to enter into precisely this sort of agreement.

.@SanteeCooper advises members of the South Carolina Senate that it’s about to execute a contract with a consortium of private-sector companies to complete construction of two nuclear reactors at VC Summer — “a new model for nuclear construction that will protect ratepayers.”

.@ChrisNeiweem: “@SecRubio said, ‘Winning the AI Race is non-negotiable. America must continue to be the dominant force in artificial intelligence.’ I couldn’t agree more. I urge conservatives to think more broadly about the importance of data centers.” https://t.co/U4V1zyNqmQ

.@postandcourier: “Hilton Head Island dubbed ‘Top Island in the United States’ in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. With a final score of 96.39, Hilton Head ranked above the Florida Keys, Nantucket and multiple locations across Hawaii.”

The $50 billion Rural Health Fund provides South Carolina with an opportunity to strengthen healthcare delivery IF its unreasonable restrictions on nurse practitioners and physician assistants are removed; otherwise, grants meant for us will go elsewhere.

.@thestate: Eliminating barriers for non-MD healthcare professionals to provide care at full scope of competency is key to securing grants from a $50B rural health fund. South Carolina is one of ten states with barriers. I’ve filed legislation to fix this.

I enjoyed being the opening presenter today at the South Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants’ conference in Charleston and was honored to accept its 2025 Legislator of the Year award. PAs play a vital role in the delivery of quality healthcare in our state. ⁦@PAsofSC⁩

This morning I participated in a “hydrant turning” to celebrate @BJWSASC⁩’s expansion of its water treatment plant in Purrysburg. The plant’s treating capacity increased from 15 million gallons per day (MGD) to 30 MGD. Overall, this utility treats 54 MGD for my constituents!

I will speak at the Energy Legislative Roundtable hosted by @USC Center for Sustainable Growth and @Google at the Darla Moore School of Business in Columbia on November 11. #energy #sustainability #nuclear #solarenergy #windenergy #SmartGrid #energyefficiency #hydrogen #oilgas

Cannabis stocks soar after ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ socialed a video promoting its use as medicine. 40 states allow the use of medical cannabis products. My bill to allow such use in South Carolina has passed the state senate twice but died in the house.

.@VincentSheheen — my friend and former colleague in the South Carolina Senate, and the current Mayor of Camden — just released this song. I had no idea he wrote music, sang, and played guitar, let alone this well. Please give it a listen!

.@fitsnews: “Seven years ago, Sen. Tom Davis correctly said the state had a duty to preserve the two partially completed V.C. Summer reactors and determine if and under what conditions their completion might be feasible.” @SanteeCooper’s about to tell us.

There are 500+ residents in attendance at this evening’s meeting of the Beaufort County Council, many spilling out of the room into the hallway, most here to be heard regarding land-use and development issues.

.@fitsnews: States that don’t give APRNs “full practice authority” – the ability to handle patient needs within their scope of competency – will be penalized when applying for grants from @realDonaldTrump’s $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program.