Santee Cooper President and CEO Jimmy Staton Discusses Permitting Reform

As Congress considers permitting legislation to strengthen reliability, affordability, and resource adequacy amid unprecedented load growth, LPPC is actively engaged on behalf of its 29 member utilities across the United States.

In the first installment of LPPC’s Permitting Reform video series, Jimmy Staton, President and CEO of Santee Cooper, shares how clearer federal permitting rules, firmer deadlines, and a more efficient appeals process can help accelerate the critical infrastructure needed to support reliable baseload generation.

“We want everyone to have a fair say, but what slows down projects, makes them cost too much, and effectively kills them is the repeated appeals process. Throw it back, appeal it, throw it back, appeal again.”