Santee Cooper ranks 3rd nationally

Santee Cooper is the nation’s third largest publicly owned electric utility based on the amount of electricity generated, according to recent statistics from the American Public Power Association.

The APPA’s 2002 report says Santee Cooper generated 21,652,517 megawatt-hours during 2000, the latest reporting period used to compare municipally owned, state-owned and district-owned electric utility systems. Santee Cooper is South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility.

Santee Cooper was ranked 4th in the APPA’s 2001 report. In addition, Santee Cooper has been awarded the APPA’s 2001 Electric Utility Safety Award for safe operating practices. The utility giant also won a Job Creator Award from Gov. Jim Hodges for the 49 full- and part-time jobs created by its Rainey Generating Station in Anderson County.