For any construction project with a project budget of at least five hundred million dollars and in order to maintain the financial integrity of significant expenditures affecting ratepayers, the Office of Regulatory Staff shall retain an independent construction analyst who shall monitor the construction project on a regular basis and who shall provide to the Office of Regulatory Staff, the Public Service Commission, the Public Utilities Review Committee, and the Joint Bond Review Committee regular reports as to the status of the construction efforts as needed, but at least on a quarterly basis.
S.C. Code Ann. § 58-33-200
Construction projects with a budget of over $500,000,000; monitoring; reports
Known as the Utility Facility Siting and Environmental Protection Act
The act spans §§ 58-33-10 to 58-33-430 (20 sections).
2025 Act No. 41 (H.3309), SECTION 40, eff May 12, 2025.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.