"Santee Cooper’s decision 10 years ago to invest in the project was for the right reasons. Our board had voluntarily set a goal to reduce Santee Cooper’s carbon footprint. At the time, the best way to do that was nuclear. Natural gas was four times as expensive as now, and renewables were twice as expensive as existing generation. In addition, demand for electricity before the great recession was growing. In the 10 years since then, all of that has changed. Third, even with changed facts, we would have completed the new units if Westinghouse had lived up to its contract to complete the project for an agreed fixed price."