SCANA’s expense reporting is under scrutiny after the company continues to have difficulty justifying purchases listed as “operating expenses” for the now failed V.C. Summer nuclear project, which was partly funded by increased utility rates paid by SCE&G customers.
The S.C. Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) has “disallowed” 40+ SCANA expenses; saying they’re inappropriate to charge customers for. These expenditures include $198,000 reportedly spent on consulting services, a $14,000 trip to Maryland to reportedly retrieve a form that could have been mailed, $1,727 for a limo service + more.
SCANA says that it is in agreement with ORS’ disallowance of these expenses, most of which a company spokesman say came before 2013. In 2012, SCANA introduced a new program to teach its employees to code expenses more appropriately.
