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John McDermott

Reporter · US

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John McDermott jmcdermott@postandcourier.com

    ‘Unprecedented’ demand for power in SC fuels utility’s new energy plan (opens the original)

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    Santee Cooper’s new energy roadmap includes a commitment to start planning next year for another new power plant to replace its workhorse coal-burning generator near Georgetown. The forecast also showed no slowdown in demand from residential and commercial customers on the state-owned utility’s electrical system. Santee Cooper described its projected load growth through 2040 as “unprecedented,” requiring multiple big-ticket investments over the next decade, including the proposed $5 bill

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John McDermott jmcdermott@postandcourier.com

    Food Lion prowling around Moncks Corner for a 2nd store (opens the original)

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    Food Lion is still stalking a Moncks Corner property at a high-traffic intersection for a new supermarket. The chain filed a permit application in late August with the S.C. Department of Environmental Services for a previously disclosed location at Highway 17A and Black Tom Road. The submittal included a site plan showing the anchor-tenant grocery store with a small retail addition on one side of the building. The Post and Courier reported in April 2025 that Food Lion was eyeing the property aft

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · John McDermott jmcdermott@postandcourier.com

    Refuel sells 41 stores, including 17 in SC, in $261M deal (opens the original)

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    A North Charleston-based convenience store chain has finalized the $261 million sale of 41 of its retail locations in a rebalancing of its real estate holdings. Refuel Operating Co. is leasing back all of the properties under the newly announced deal with Getty Realty Corp. The sales included 17 South Carolina stores and at least two in the Charleston area. The others are in North Carolina, Texas and Mississippi. “The transactions create a more balanced mix of owned-versus-leased real estate whi

  4. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · John McDermott jmcdermott@postandcourier.com

    SC Ports’ container slump is approaching the 1-year mark (opens the original)

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    The Port of Charleston isn’t seeing much on the horizon that’ll bust its biggest moneymaker out of a nearly year-long slump, a turnaround complicated by a topsy-turvy raft of economic uncertainties, from the Iran war to global trade tensions, rising prices and tariffs. Container volume in July and August on the local waterfront declined for the 10th and 11th months in a row, according to new figures released Sept. 22. About 224,000 cargo boxes were loaded and offloaded at the S.C. State Port

  5. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · John McDermott jmcdermott@postandcourier.com

    SC Ports board votes on ex-CEO's nearly $1M payout — 13 months later (opens the original)

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    The S.C. State Ports Authority board this week ratified the severance package it agreed to pay its former top executive 13 months ago while disputing a lawsuit that alleges the nearly $1 million deal violated state transparency laws. Mount Pleasant resident Frank Heindel filed the complaint on Aug. 17, nearly a year to the day after Barbara Melvin abruptly quit as president and CEO of the maritime agency. He's seeking a ruling that the board violated the S.C. Freedom of Information Act by failin

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