Investor Presentaiton
WHOLESALE REFORMS
Recommended Wholesale Reforms (continued)
Our regional market participation recommendation can be achieved without altering
core elements of South Carolina's current state-jurisdictional regulatory model:
South Carolina maintains oversight and regulation over the utility integrated resource plans,
resource siting, transmission siting, retail rate design, local distribution planning and
investment, and local reliability standards
• Local utilities remain vertically integrated: maintain ownership and operation of generation,
transmission, and distribution assets (no generation divestiture or transmission unbundling is
necessary)
• Retail rates remain bundled and state regulated; does not require that retail choice is
introduced for any customers
• South Carolina maintains the ability to pursue independent energy policy apart from other
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