Efforts are underway to bring back the V.C. Summer nuclear construction project that cost ratepayers billions of dollars

Utility company Santee Cooper has launched a proposal process to acquire and finish the V.C. Summer Nuclear Units expansion project.

South Carolina’s state-owned utility is putting a pair of partially built nuclear reactors on the market. Santee Cooper announced Wednesday that it would solicit proposals from potential buyers of the two units,

The utility, Santee Cooper, is trying to sell two nuclear reactors that it abandoned in 2017 as tech companies seek new sources of electricity for data centers.

Santee Cooper plans to seek investors willing to buy the two unfinished reactors it abandoned at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station more than seven years ago

Construction of new reactors at Jenkinsville nuclear plant was abandoned in 2017, costing energy customers millions of dollars

South Carolina utility Santee Cooper is seeking buyers to restart construction of two stalled nuclear reactor projects nearly a decade after they were halted. Why it matters: Electricity providers are pursuing once-unthinkable energy projects to meet soaring demand from power-hungry AI and data centers.

Santee Cooper is now seeking proposals to acquire and complete, or propose alternatives, for two partially constructed nuclear units at the V.C. Summer Station.

Santee Cooper, the big power provider in South Carolina, has tapped financial advisers to look for buyers that can restart construction on a pair of nuclear reactors that were mothballed years ago. The state-owned utility is betting interest will be strong,