Coretta D. Bedsole has joined AARP South Carolina as Associate State Director for Advocacy. She has almost 30 year years of experience as a South Carolina state level lobbyist and will now serve as the chief advocate for South Carolina’s 50+ population.
SCE&G will accept the recommendation from the Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) and terminate its electric Weather Normalization Adjustment (eWNA) program on December 31, 2013; however, some January bills will include the eWNA because of cycle billing. The move comes after AARP intervened in SCE&G's 2012 rate hike questioning the effectiveness of the eWNA.
The Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration and local law enforcement agencies, will hold a press conference in the Lower Lobby of the State House on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., to discuss the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day initiative.