Dependable Power. Dependable People.

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Dependable Power. Dependable People.
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The mission of Santee Cooper is to be the
states leading resource for improving
the quality of life for the
people of South Carolina.
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Santee Cooper

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customer-focused with commitments to
Low-Cost / Dependable Power Dependable
People Quality Service Environmental Stewardship
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Santee Cooper Generation
Moncks Corner
Jefferies Hydro 1, 2, 3, 4 6 - 1942 - 128 MW
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Santee Cooper Generation
Moncks Corner
Jefferies Steam 1 2 - Oil - 1954 - 92
MW
Jefferies Steam 3 4 - Coal - 1970 - 306 MW
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Santee Cooper Generation
Georgetown
Winyah Steam 1 - Coal - 1975 - 295 MW
Winyah Steam 2 - Coal - 1977 - 295 MW
Winyah Steam 3 - Coal - 1980 - 295 MW
Winyah Steam 4 - Coal - 1981 - 270 MW
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Santee Cooper Generation
Conway
Grainger Steam 1 2 - Coal - 1966 - 170 MW
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Santee Cooper Generation
Cross
Cross Steam 2 - Coal - 1983 - 540 MW
Cross Steam 1 - Coal - 1995 - 620 MW
Projected
Cross Steam 3 - Coal - 2007 - 580
MW
Cross Steam 4 - Coal - 2009 - 580
MW
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Santee Cooper Generation
Schedule for Additional Generating Capability
Cross Steam 3 - Coal - 2007 - 600 MW
Class
Cross Steam 4 - Coal - 2009 - 600 MW
Class
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Pollution Control Technology
SO2
7 coal-fired units scrubbed for SO2 removal in
GA, SC, NC
5 of 7 are Santee Cooper units
NOX
Santee Cooper has committed to
? Spend 280 M to comply with NOX SIP
Call Requirements
? Install SCR Technology on Cross
Winyah Units and Low-NOX Burners on others
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NSR Settlement
JULY 2000 SANTEE COOPER, LIKE MANY OTHER COAL
FIRED UTILITIES, RECEIVED A SECTION 114 REQUEST
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF ITS COAL FIRED UNITS FROM THE
MID-1970S TO THE PRESENT
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2000-2002 TIME FRAME -PROVIDED A LARGE NUMBER OF
DOCUMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE 114 REQUEST - BEGAN
DISCUSSIONS WITH EPA REGARDING A POSSIBLE
RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH SANTEE
COOPERS BUSINESS PLAN -NO RESOLUTION WAS REACHED
DURING TIME FRAME -EPAS ENFORCEMENT POLICIES
BEGAN SHIFTING
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• 2003-2004 TIME FRAME
• -SANTEE COOPER BEGAN PERMITTING PROCESS WITH EPA
  AND DHEC FOR CROSS UNITS 3 AND 4
• A BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ISSUE AROSE WITH SOME
  CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AT THE PLANT SITE
• DHEC, EPA CONTACTED SANTEE COOPER ABOUT POTENTIAL
  ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY WITH REGARD TO NSR AND
  BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ISSUES
• -SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS RESUMED

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NSR Settlement
MARCH 2004 SANTEE COOPER REACHED A SETTLEMENT
WITH DHEC, EPA AND DOJ WHICH RESOLVES PAST AND
FUTURE NSR LIABILITY, RESOLVES BEGIN
CONSTRUCTION ISSUES AND IS CONSISTENT WITH ITS
BUSINESS PLAN FOR FUTURE POLLUTION
CONTROL CONSENT DECREE IS ENTERED JUNE 2004
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NSR Settlement
Agreement with EPA DHEC provides
? Certainty ? Operational Flexibility ?
Opportunity to move forward with projects
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THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS
? Pollution Controls ? Civil Penalties ?
Environmental Projects
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Santee Cooper has agreed to spend approximately
140 M on additional pollution controls
? Scrubbers and Scrubber Upgrades for SO2
Reduction ? Year-Round Operation of SCRs for
NOX Reduction ? Additional PM Controls
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Costs of Settlement Compare Favorably to Future
Control obligations
Largest Costs ? 2008 - 50M for Scrubbers at
Winyah 1 and 2 ? 2012 Possible Costs of 50 M
for Scrubber Upgrades at Winyah 3 and 4 and PM
Upgrades at Jefferies and Grainger
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Benefits of Additional Controls
? SO2 reductions allow significant savings in
purchase of SO2 credits ? Additional controls
allow fuel flexibility ? Pollutant reductions
allow for permitting through netting process
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Results of Additional Controls
? SO2 Reductions of 50 (measured in lbs.
per unit of electricity generated) ? NOX
Reductions of 70 ? State of the Art Controls
on nearly 90 of Santee Coopers coal-fired
generation
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Santee Cooper has agreed to
- Civil Penalties Totaling 2 Million
Dollars ? 1.3 Million to EPA ? .7 Million to
DHEC -Environmental Projects Totaling 4.5
Million
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? Environmentally Beneficial Projects -
Land Conservation Project - Energy
Efficient Technologies Project -
Demand-Side Management Project -
Clean-Diesel School Bus Retrofit Project -
Environmental Management System
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CHALLENGES OF SETTLEMENT
-COMPLICATED CONSENT DECREE SUBJECT TO
INTERPRETATION -LOTS OF RECORDKEEPING
REQUIREMENTS -LOTS OF DEADLINES -LESS MARGIN FOR
ERROR IN OPERATION
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BENEFITS OF SETTLEMENT
CLEAR PATH TO PERMITTING CROSS 3 AND 4 ? 1100
Megawatts of New Coal Fired Generation Permit
Unopposed and Un-appealed ? 1.4 Billion Dollars
of New Construction Underway Since January 2004
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BENEFITS OF SETTLEMENT
-Avoided Cost and Risk of High Profile
Environmental Suit -Resolved Potential NSR
Liability within Framework of Business
Plan -Maintained Operational Flexibility -Maintain
ed Support of Environmental Community
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DOJ SAID ABOUT SETTLEMENT
Todays settlement again demonstrates this
Administrations commitment to secure major
pollution reductions from coal fired plants. The
citizens of South Carolina will benefit from
significant improvements in air quality. Santee
Cooper deserves credit for stepping up to the
plate and resolving this matter in a way that
promotes the public interest.
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EPA SAID ABOUT SETTLEMENT
The people of South Carolina will soon benefit
from the responsible actions of Santee Cooper in
cleaning up the emissions from their facilities
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Light Reading
-Consent Decree can be downloaded at
www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/decrees
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Dependable Power. Dependable People.