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connecting the past // welcome to creedmoor // jobs for the future<br />
A publication of <strong>SCANA</strong> <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Columbia photographer<br />
Jay Browne captured<br />
an eagle flying through<br />
the Peak to Prosperity<br />
passage of the Palmetto<br />
Trail, which SCE&G<br />
volunteers helped build.
from the chairman<br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2012</strong> • volume 25, number 1<br />
A legacy of progress, service<br />
I am proud to serve as<br />
the seventh chairman<br />
of <strong>SCANA</strong> Corp. during<br />
what may be the busiest<br />
time in our history. Bill Timmerman retired as our<br />
chairman and CEO Nov. 30, leaving an outstanding<br />
legacy of progress, growth and service to our<br />
customers and communities.<br />
<strong>SCANA</strong> is the only Fortune<br />
500 company headquartered in<br />
South Carolina, serving three<br />
states with more than 1 million<br />
natural gas customers and 1.6<br />
million total customers.<br />
Two new nuclear units<br />
are waiting on final approval<br />
from the Nuclear Regulatory<br />
Commission.<br />
We recently partnered<br />
with Boeing in completing the<br />
sixth largest solar installation<br />
in the U.S. The site is the only<br />
location in the world currently<br />
assembling commercial aircraft<br />
with 100 percent renewable<br />
energy.<br />
Our businesses and<br />
employees live and work by the<br />
SACRED values that drive our<br />
company: Serve our community;<br />
Achieve; Communicate openly and<br />
honestly; Respect diversity and care<br />
for each other; Excel in customer<br />
service and safety; and Do what<br />
is right.<br />
At the same time, we<br />
understand fully that many of<br />
our customers struggle every<br />
day to pay for basic needs,<br />
including energy. Businesses<br />
have closed, jobs have been lost<br />
and homebuilding and buying<br />
have been affected by difficult<br />
economic conditions.<br />
Our economic development<br />
specialists work every day with<br />
others in the community to<br />
attract new jobs through new<br />
and expanding industries.<br />
We continue to focus on<br />
providing stunning customer<br />
service to all customers at all<br />
levels, from the senior citizen<br />
in a small apartment to the<br />
largest industry.<br />
We are pleased to share the<br />
stories of some of our most<br />
recent projects in this edition<br />
of Insights.<br />
Learn more about how<br />
we worked with Boeing to<br />
provide energy solutions<br />
with the amazing completion<br />
of our first solar project in<br />
only 10 months.<br />
Read about the jobs of the<br />
future and how to prepare for<br />
a career in the growing nuclear<br />
industry and our own V.C. Summer<br />
Nuclear Station specifically.<br />
A small town in North<br />
Carolina will benefit from the<br />
recent expansion of PSNC<br />
Energy’s natural gas pipeline.<br />
In this issue, we capture the<br />
flavor of Creedmoor and talk<br />
with the mayor about what<br />
natural gas service will mean<br />
to the community.<br />
This edition also features<br />
employees who turned an<br />
abandoned railroad bed into<br />
part of a nature trail from South<br />
Carolina’s mountains to the sea.<br />
We are pleased to continue<br />
our tradition of service to our<br />
customers and our communities as<br />
we move forward into the future.<br />
Kevin Marsh<br />
Editor<br />
Mary Green Brush<br />
Public Affairs and Corporate<br />
Communications Manager<br />
Eric Boomhower<br />
Vice President of<br />
Communications and Planning<br />
Cathy Love<br />
Insights is produced three<br />
times a year by the <strong>SCANA</strong><br />
Public Affairs Dept. <strong>SCANA</strong><br />
Corp. is a $13 billion energybased<br />
holding company<br />
with subsidiaries providing<br />
electric, natural gas and<br />
telecommunications services.<br />
Call 803-217-8833 if you have<br />
any comments, questions or<br />
ideas for articles, or email<br />
mgbrush@scana.com.<br />
Insights can be viewed on<br />
the <strong>SCANA</strong> home page at<br />
www.scana.com/insights.<br />
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All rights reserved.<br />
2 <strong>SCANA</strong> names new chairman<br />
Kevin Marsh becomes the seventh CEO in December<br />
4 Connecting the past<br />
V.C. Summer employees help build the Peak to<br />
Prosperity passage of the Palmetto Trail<br />
10 Take note of Creedmoor<br />
Music festival part of the charm of this North Carolina<br />
city where PSNC Energy has extended natural gas<br />
16 Energy partners<br />
SCE&G and Boeing make history with solar<br />
power in North Charleston, S.C.<br />
22 Jobs for the future<br />
Consider a career in the growing nuclear industry<br />
28 News<br />
Storm aid SCE&G helps fellow<br />
utilities restore power<br />
Working for jobs <strong>SCANA</strong> team<br />
helps bring in industry<br />
All product and company names herein may<br />
be trademarks of their registered owners.<br />
WINTER <strong>2012</strong> • INSIGHTS 1
<strong>SCANA</strong> names new<br />
chairman<br />
by Eric Boomhower //<br />
photo by robert clark<br />
Kevin Marsh in December became just the seventh chief executive officer <strong>SCANA</strong><br />
has known since becoming a NYSE-traded company in 1946.<br />
Marsh became chairman and CEO of <strong>SCANA</strong> — South<br />
Carolina’s only Fortune 500 company — Dec. 1. He<br />
succeeded Bill Timmerman, who retired at the end of<br />
November after more than 30 years working with the<br />
company, the past 14 as CEO.<br />
“I’m honored to have the opportunity to build on the<br />
tradition of leadership excellence established by those<br />
who’ve preceded me in this position,” said Marsh. “The<br />
legacy of our past leaders — Silas McMeekin, Arthur<br />
Williams, Virgil Summer, John Warren, Lawrence<br />
Gressette and Bill Timmerman — is evident in the<br />
strong, values-based culture we enjoy throughout<br />
<strong>SCANA</strong> today. I’m committed to ensuring that culture<br />
carries forward stronger than ever.”<br />
Marsh, 56, is a native of Atlanta, Ga., and earned a<br />
BBA degree in accounting at the University of Georgia<br />
in Athens. He began his career with Deloitte & Touche<br />
Certified Public Accountants in Columbia, S.C., in<br />
1977. While there, he was involved in the auditing of<br />
SCE&G, including the first V.C. Summer Station nuclear<br />
project. Marsh joined South Carolina Electric & Gas<br />
Company, principal subsidiary of <strong>SCANA</strong>, in 1984 as<br />
group manager of technical accounting and was named<br />
vice president and controller in 1989. He then served<br />
as vice president of corporate planning for SCE&G and<br />
vice president of finance, treasurer and controller for<br />
<strong>SCANA</strong>. In 1996 Marsh was named vice president and<br />
chief financial officer of <strong>SCANA</strong> and became senior vice<br />
president in 1998.<br />
While continuing as CFO, he served as president of<br />
<strong>SCANA</strong>’s North Carolina-based natural gas subsidiary,<br />
PSNC Energy, from October 2001 to March 2003,<br />
gaining valuable experience in the operations side of<br />
the utility business.<br />
In April 2006, Marsh was named president and COO<br />
of SCE&G. In January 2011, Marsh was elected president<br />
and COO of <strong>SCANA</strong> and as a member of <strong>SCANA</strong>’s Board<br />
of Directors, in addition to his role as president of<br />
SCE&G. Marsh said he’s excited by the challenges that<br />
lie ahead in his role as <strong>SCANA</strong>’s new CEO.<br />
“We have a lot of incredible things going on<br />
throughout the company,” said Marsh. “We have<br />
some significant challenges and some tremendous<br />
opportunities before us. With the fantastic people<br />
who make up the <strong>SCANA</strong> family working together, I’m<br />
confident we will continue adding to our company’s<br />
extraordinary history of success as an energizing force<br />
in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.”<br />
In addition to his responsibilities with <strong>SCANA</strong>,<br />
Marsh is a board member of First Citizens<br />
Bancorporation of South Carolina, Epworth Children’s<br />
Home and Citizens for Sound Conservation. Marsh and<br />
his wife, Sue, are members of Grace United Methodist<br />
Church of Columbia, S.C. They have two daughters and<br />
two grandchildren.<br />
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WINTER <strong>2012</strong> • INSIGHTS 3
SCE&G, Shaw Group<br />
and Westinghouse<br />
employees prepare<br />
to build a new 150-<br />
foot bridge on top<br />
of a former train<br />
trestle along the<br />
Palmetto Trail near<br />
Pomaria, S.C.<br />
Furman Miller, a quality control supervisor at V.C. Summer<br />
Nuclear Station, has played a key role in helping build and<br />
maintain the Peak to Prosperity passage of the Palmetto Trail.<br />
Connecting<br />
the past<br />
Trees, birds and<br />
a slice of history<br />
As Furman Miller walks along the quiet, deeply<br />
wooded path near Pomaria, S.C., time seems to<br />
stand still, but his passion for the Palmetto Trail does not. Surrounded<br />
by only the sounds of nature, his pride in the state’s largest bicycle and<br />
pedestrian project speaks volumes as he shares his experiences in helping<br />
build and maintain the Peak to Prosperity passage of the 425+ mile trail.<br />
It’s impossible not to share in his enthusiasm as he describes the area’s<br />
rich history and the work that has gone into making the trail one of South<br />
Carolina’s most interesting — and beautiful — destinations.<br />
by stephanie jones //<br />
photos by robert clark<br />
4 INSIGHTS • WINTER <strong>2012</strong><br />
WINTER <strong>2012</strong> • INSIGHTS 5
Working together as<br />
a team, employees<br />
from SCE&G,<br />
Shaw Group and<br />
Westinghouse<br />
completed<br />
construction of the<br />
150-foot bridge in<br />
eight hours.<br />
Don Drzewoszewski<br />
of Shaw and Steven<br />
Fipps of V.C. Summer<br />
enjoy working on<br />
the Palmetto Trail.<br />
“There’s so much history here — so much to see and do,”<br />
said Miller, a quality control supervisor at V.C. Summer<br />
Nuclear Station who, along with local resident Charles<br />
Weber, oversees trail maintenance along the Peak to<br />
Prosperity passage, the newest path along the Palmetto<br />
Trail. “It’s an easy walk and you can spend a day or even<br />
just an hour and enjoy the trail. It’s a great place to bring<br />
your family, play in the creeks and take in the scenery.”<br />
Although the Palmetto Trail is relatively new, its<br />
passages are steeped in history and provide a peek into<br />
the past while weaving through the small towns and<br />
large cities of the state. Featuring primitive pathways<br />
along mountaintops and treks through maritime,<br />
sandhill and Piedmont forests, the Palmetto Trail also<br />
includes urban bikeways, greenways and rail-to-trail<br />
conversions. Several passages include Revolutionary<br />
War battlefields, historic landmarks, unique buildings<br />
and much more.<br />
With nearly 290 miles open to the public, the<br />
Palmetto Trail is two-thirds complete. Built as a series<br />
of “passages,” each is accessible for single-day or multiday<br />
trips. The most popular part of the Palmetto Trail<br />
— the Peak to Prosperity passage — is located near V.C.<br />
Summer Nuclear Station. The trail runs from Alston on<br />
the banks of the Broad River in Fairfield County through<br />
Newberry County just short of Prosperity and provides<br />
ample areas for parking, camping and picnics.<br />
Yet the building of the Palmetto Trail wouldn’t<br />
have been possible without the countless number of<br />
volunteers who worked over the past several years to<br />
help clear, build, maintain and continually improve<br />
the trail. Together with fellow SCE&G employees and<br />
retirees, as well as employees from Shaw Group and<br />
Westinghouse, Miller has played a key role in rebuilding<br />
existing trestles and constructing new bridges to help<br />
fully connect the Palmetto Trail in the Midlands area.<br />
“It’s such a rewarding experience to see the<br />
phenomenal impact we’ve been able to make in<br />
a relatively short period of time, especially when<br />
groups such as SCE&G, Shaw and Westinghouse come<br />
together,” said Miller. “The opening up of this additional<br />
section of trail goes toward the completion goal of<br />
having the Palmetto Trail cross the entire state. It’s a<br />
win-win no matter which way you turn.”<br />
In May, a team of employees from SCE&G, Shaw<br />
Group and Westinghouse helped connect a key portion<br />
of the Peak to Prosperity passage by building a new<br />
150-foot bridge on top of a former train trestle along<br />
the trail.<br />
According to Jim Andersen, field engineering<br />
manager for Shaw Group, the teamwork associated with<br />
the building of the bridge helped the group to complete<br />
the task in eight hours while fostering communication<br />
among the three groups and enabling the volunteers to<br />
make a lasting impact on the local community.<br />
“This effort has been focused on bringing together<br />
all kinds of people,” said Anderson. “Our whole goal<br />
was to bring these engineering entities together for<br />
team building. We wanted to foster relationships while<br />
having a little bit of fun helping complete a portion of<br />
the Palmetto Trail.”<br />
Additional volunteers — including SCE&G employees<br />
and retirees — helped to deck and build a trail along<br />
another former train trestle along the Palmetto Trail.<br />
SCE&G provided funding for the completion of the<br />
580-foot trestle to make the path fully accessible<br />
for those who hike or bike along the trail. Located<br />
along Broad River Road near Peak, S.C., the trestle<br />
was recently renamed the SCE&G Trestle and will be<br />
maintained through the company’s sponsorship of the<br />
Palmetto Trail.<br />
Through the generous time and effort of hundreds<br />
of local volunteers and donations by local organizations<br />
and companies like SCE&G, the Palmetto Trail is<br />
nearing completion. Once finished, the trail, a signature<br />
project of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, will<br />
run from the mountains to the sea as one of only 16<br />
cross-state trails in the United States.<br />
“This has truly been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity<br />
— a chance to support conservation and protect the<br />
culture, history and natural beauty of our state,” said<br />
Miller. “It’s been wonderful to see so many of our<br />
employees want to contribute to the community and<br />
provide something so visible — something that everyone<br />
can enjoy for many years to come.”<br />
To learn more, visit www.palmettoconservation.org.<br />
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WINTER <strong>2012</strong> • INSIGHTS 7
Building the new<br />
bridge enabled<br />
the team to foster<br />
communication and<br />
build relationships<br />
with one another<br />
while giving back to<br />
the community.<br />
The 150-foot bridge<br />
built by SCE&G,<br />
Shaw Group and<br />
Westinghouse<br />
employees helps<br />
fully connect the<br />
Peak to Prosperity<br />
passage of the<br />
Palmetto Trail.<br />
Below, examples of<br />
geocaches that can<br />
be found along the<br />
Palmetto Trail.<br />
High-tech treasure hunting<br />
along the Palmetto Trail<br />
While exploring the history and<br />
beauty of the Palmetto Trail,<br />
visitors can also take part in<br />
a high-tech outdoor treasure<br />
hunting game — geocaching<br />
— that is played locally and<br />
around the world. Free and<br />
fun for participants of all<br />
ages, geocaching combines<br />
location-based gaming, social<br />
networking, treasure hunting,<br />
GPS navigation and outdoor<br />
recreation.<br />
When geocaching, players try to locate hidden containers,<br />
called geocaches, using GPS-enabled devices and then<br />
share their experiences online. Since its launch in 2000,<br />
approximately 1.4 million geocaches have been hidden<br />
around the world and found by more than 4 million people.<br />
The Palmetto Trail is home to several different geocaches,<br />
including a popular geocache known as “All Hands on Deck.”<br />
The hard-to-find cache includes a hint — “your two fingers are<br />
the key” — and requires a bit of creative thinking to locate it.<br />
Once found, the traditional geocache includes a logbook that<br />
contains information from the owners of the cache and notes<br />
from visitors. The cache also includes small trinkets for trade.<br />
Those who find the geocache may take one of the items in the<br />
container, but are encouraged to leave something of equal or<br />
greater value in its place for the next<br />
geocacher to find.<br />
Additional geocaches along the<br />
trail include micro geocaches — small<br />
caches that can be harder to find<br />
and often include only a logbook. The<br />
coordinates for each geocache along<br />
the Palmetto Trail are available online<br />
at www.geocaching.com, and after<br />
each adventure, participants can log<br />
their finds online and share tips and<br />
other information about their overall<br />
experience.<br />
The rules of geocaching are<br />
simple: 1) If you take something from<br />
the geocache, leave something of<br />
equal or greater value; 2) Write about<br />
your find in the cache logbook; and 3)<br />
Log the experience online.<br />
Visit www.geocaching.com to<br />
learn more about the game and<br />
begin taking part in this worldwide<br />
adventure.<br />
8 INSIGHTS • WINTER <strong>2012</strong><br />
WINTER <strong>2012</strong> • INSIGHTS 9
Five-year-old Emma<br />
Sides is using both<br />
her smile and a red<br />
umbrella to ward off<br />
the rain.<br />
Residents arrive weather-proofed for their city’s 20th annual Music Festival.<br />
Take note of<br />
Creedmoor<br />
Music festival part of<br />
Creedmoor charm<br />
Not even a little rain can dampen the<br />
enthusiasm of Creedmoor residents<br />
when it comes to local tradition. For one Saturday in September, this<br />
small city located in southern Granville County closes down Main<br />
Street for its annual Music Festival. An all-day event, the festival is a<br />
mix of musical performances plus arts and crafts booths, children’s<br />
activities and fair-style food. Held rain or shine, it’s a much-anticipated,<br />
city-wide affair for business owners, city officials and citizens.<br />
by Angie Townsend //<br />
photos by robert clark<br />
10 INSIGHTS • WINTER <strong>2012</strong><br />
WINTER <strong>2012</strong> • INSIGHTS 11
Young D.J. Snow<br />
sits patiently while<br />
barber John Preddy<br />
trims him up.<br />
And for the first time this year, PSNC Energy was<br />
a corporate sponsor of the 2011 Music Festival.<br />
That’s because the natural gas utility began serving<br />
Creedmoor this past August.<br />
“A pipeline expansion project put us in the position<br />
to finally reach Creedmoor’s city limits,” explained<br />
Scott Swindler, PSNC Energy’s general manager of<br />
operations and construction. “We had a pressing need<br />
to enhance our existing infrastructure in our Raleigh<br />
and Durham regions due to years of explosive growth<br />
there. Our goal was to get the construction work<br />
completed before <strong>2012</strong> and then make natural gas<br />
service available to the southern part of Granville<br />
County, including Creedmoor.”<br />
Construction began in November of 2010, and by<br />
spring of 2011 PSNC Energy had the large pipe in<br />
the ground and was putting gas in it. Swindler said,<br />
“Because our line was running so close to Creedmoor’s<br />
backyard, the feasibility of being able to serve the area<br />
became a reality.”<br />
While PSNC Energy’s marketing representative<br />
began knocking on the doors of Creedmoor homes<br />
and businesses to gauge interest, construction crews<br />
began installing smaller distribution pipe to carry gas<br />
to four schools in southern Granville County. The local<br />
school system was already a PSNC Energy customer<br />
and enjoyed gas service at its schools further north of<br />
Creedmoor, so their commitment was known months<br />
ahead of time.<br />
“Over a year ago, I put together a meeting that<br />
included my PSNC Energy representative, Lewis Powell;<br />
his manager, Jerry O’Keeffe; and my school maintenance<br />
staff,” said Dan Callaghan, Granville County Schools<br />
director of support services. “We were immediately<br />
on board with the opportunity to convert more of our<br />
existing schools to natural gas.<br />
“We knew the advantage of natural gas over other<br />
fuels. It’s cleaner, cheaper to use and has no delivery<br />
worries, but it’s especially so much cleaner on our boiler<br />
systems.”<br />
Callaghan’s enthusiasm for natural gas carries over to<br />
the cost of converting the school boilers.<br />
“When natural gas is significantly less than the price<br />
of oil, any costs associated with boiler conversion work<br />
are paid for during the first year of use,” explained<br />
Callaghan. “And the process for getting our four<br />
Creedmoor schools on gas by the time school started<br />
couldn’t have gone smoother.”<br />
Another satisfied customer was the City of<br />
Creedmoor itself.<br />
“It’s a win-win,” said the Honorable Darryl Moss,<br />
who was a city commissioner from 1989 to 1999 and<br />
has served as mayor since he initially ran for the office<br />
in 1999. Moss grew up in Creedmoor and left only long<br />
enough to earn his degree from The University of North<br />
Carolina at Chapel Hill.<br />
“I can remember, going as far back as my<br />
commissioner days, the desire for natural gas service,”<br />
said Moss, “so hearing that PSNC Energy was coming<br />
close to us with their pipeline construction project was<br />
great news.<br />
“The timing was right for us and for the utility to<br />
make gas service available to our<br />
community.”<br />
Having access to natural gas<br />
will give Mayor Moss’ hometown<br />
another strategic advantage in<br />
attracting economic development<br />
to the southern Granville County<br />
area. From a lifestyle perspective,<br />
Creedmoor offers the charm of<br />
a small Southern town with easy<br />
access to the high-tech environment<br />
of Research Triangle Park and both<br />
Raleigh and Durham.<br />
“Folks are beginning to see us in<br />
a different light,” said Moss. “Our<br />
growth rate was the second highest<br />
in the county in 2010, and we hope to<br />
develop a business park environment<br />
for our area.”<br />
If You’re Going...<br />
Located at the southern end of Granville County in North<br />
Carolina, the City of Creedmoor offers the best of city and<br />
country living. This small city of 4,124 is just a short scenic<br />
drive from the Raleigh and Durham<br />
metropolitan areas and is surrounded<br />
by horse pasture and farm land. It is<br />
home to two popular public recreation<br />
areas: Lake Rogers, a 175-acre lake<br />
that offers boating and fishing; and<br />
nearby Falls Lake, a 12,500-acre lake,<br />
owned and operated by the U.S. Army<br />
Corp of Engineers and the State of<br />
North Carolina.<br />
Creedmoor’s next Music Festival<br />
is scheduled for Sept. 15, <strong>2012</strong>. More<br />
information on the festival’s line-up<br />
of entertainment and this charming<br />
community can be found at<br />
www.cityofcreedmoor.org.<br />
Darryl Moss has<br />
been serving<br />
as mayor of his<br />
hometown since<br />
1999. With two<br />
recreational lakes<br />
close by, Creedmoor<br />
now enjoys its<br />
designation as a<br />
“Playful City USA<br />
Community.”<br />
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Everything from<br />
bluegrass to jazz<br />
can be heard at<br />
Creedmoor’s annual<br />
Music Festival. While<br />
music is the main<br />
attraction, the magic<br />
of face painting<br />
keeps 7-year-old<br />
Leleyanna Williamson<br />
sitting still.<br />
Students from<br />
South Granville<br />
High School’s<br />
marching band<br />
kick off the day’s<br />
activities. (Bottom)<br />
Vendor tents line<br />
Main Street selling<br />
everything from<br />
Tupperware ® to<br />
holiday decorations.<br />
Moss is also a fan of natural gas for its clean-burning<br />
quality. As a member of the state’s Environmental<br />
Management Commission and also leader of a<br />
community that sits in close contact with the Falls Lake<br />
watershed, Moss has always been interested in taking<br />
good care of the environment.<br />
“I want to be a good steward,” said Moss, “and I want<br />
our community to be as environmentally responsible as<br />
we can.”<br />
Former city mayor and current commissioner John<br />
Stallings agrees that acquiring natural gas service<br />
strengthens Creedmoor’s future opportunities for<br />
growth.<br />
Stallings should know. He ran a successful TV repair<br />
business in downtown Creedmoor for 36 years, served<br />
as mayor for a total of 15 years, and was a magistrate for<br />
18 years. Although not a Creedmoor native, he knows his<br />
community well.<br />
Most recently, he earned the distinction of becoming<br />
PSNC Energy’s first residential Creedmoor customer.<br />
“I wanted to get an inside perspective of the<br />
conversion process so I could advise others,” explained<br />
Stallings.<br />
Homeowners in Creedmoor, particularly those<br />
using propane, are very eager to use natural gas as<br />
the replacement fuel for their home’s energy needs —<br />
especially heat. However, the process of switching over<br />
is not as simple as installing a gas meter. Appliances have<br />
to be converted to operate on natural gas and sometimes<br />
have to be completely replaced. So while there is some<br />
initial investment on the front end of the conversion<br />
process, the payback will be experienced on the heating<br />
bill side for many cold winters to come.<br />
“There is a procedure for getting your home set up<br />
for natural gas,” added Stallings, “but I tell folks that<br />
they are going to be much better off in the long run.<br />
“I’m using it for not only heating, but also for<br />
water heat and drying clothes, and I’m very happy<br />
I converted now.”<br />
PSNC Energy’s pipeline expansion project, the first<br />
in more than 20 years, delivered exactly what the area<br />
needed. The company now has more flexibility as well<br />
as greater capacity to meet current and future demand<br />
across its eastern service area.<br />
Plus, natural gas conversions are expected to steadily<br />
continue in Creedmoor, and PSNC Energy plans to grow<br />
its services right along with the community… and enjoy<br />
more music each fall.<br />
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Energy<br />
partners<br />
SCE&G and Boeing have made<br />
history in North Charleston, S.C.<br />
“SCE&G partnered with Boeing to provide<br />
the technology and the energy for the only<br />
location in the world capable of assembling<br />
commercial aircraft with 100 percent<br />
renewable energy,” said SCE&G Vice<br />
President of Fossil/Hydro Jim Landreth.<br />
By Kim Asbill //<br />
photos by robert clark<br />
As it prepares to land at the nearby Joint Base Charleston, this C-17<br />
aircraft flies over the photovoltaic panels on the roof of the 642,720-<br />
square-foot Boeing South Carolina 787 Final Assembly building.<br />
The 2.6-megawatt D.C. rooftop photovoltaic system uses more than<br />
18,000 thin-film photovoltaic solar laminates to cover 10 acres on the<br />
14-acre Boeing South Carolina 787 Final Assembly building.<br />
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Working through tight security, FAA regulations,<br />
hurricane season, a summer of extremely high<br />
temperatures, safety issues, contracts, permits, a newly<br />
opened plant with a new workforce, and a tight time<br />
schedule, SCE&G completed construction on one of the<br />
largest single rooftop solar installations in the United<br />
States. The 2.6-megawatt D.C. rooftop photovoltaic<br />
system uses more than 18,000 thin-film photovoltaic<br />
solar laminates to cover 10 acres on the 14-acre Boeing<br />
Final Assembly building.<br />
“SCE&G, with no previous experience with this<br />
new technology, went from 0 to 200 miles an hour in<br />
10 short months, on the roof of an operating aircraft<br />
assembly plant, with FAA oversight, and was able to set<br />
a new standard for designing in electronic safety control<br />
features not previously installed in North America,”<br />
Landreth said. “Teamwork, openness to new and<br />
evolving technologies and creative problem solving have<br />
made this project a success.” SCE&G will operate the<br />
photovoltaic system for the next 20 years under terms of<br />
the Boeing contract.<br />
“From the SCE&G side of the house, our folks took<br />
this project on in addition to their regular workload,”<br />
Landreth said. SCE&G’s onsite fossil/hydro team<br />
included Jack Robinson, Pat Longshore, Antwon<br />
Cochran and Mike Wolk, who worked side by side with<br />
Boeing and the contractors in solving problems and<br />
documenting the buildout. “Our people have provided<br />
management oversight, as well as the documented<br />
quality control and quality assurance. This has allowed<br />
them to learn a new technology, keep the lessons learned<br />
in-house for future projects and control our costs.”<br />
Under the arrangement with Boeing, SCE&G will<br />
own and maintain the solar generation system and will<br />
supplement the solar-generated energy with power from<br />
its system resources, coupled with green attributes from<br />
its North Charleston biomass generator, to meet all of<br />
Boeing’s energy requirements.<br />
The solar installation on the roof will provide clean,<br />
renewable power for the Boeing site, and all of that<br />
power will stay within the Boeing site.<br />
“This project is a classic example of working with our<br />
customers to supply their energy needs, but with a new<br />
twist,” said <strong>SCANA</strong> Chairman and CEO Kevin Marsh.<br />
“SCE&G for the first time is supplying a facility with<br />
100 percent green power. I commend Boeing for their<br />
commitment to sustainability and for the opportunity<br />
they presented us to supply this site with renewable<br />
power.”<br />
After a bidding process in the spring, SCE&G<br />
selected Baker Renewable Energy as the engineering<br />
procurement contractor to install the rooftop solar<br />
facility. Baker subcontracted with White Electric, and<br />
together they performed the engineering, procurement<br />
and construction of the solar electric generator.<br />
“Baker actually came on site May 16, which was the<br />
first day that Boeing moved into this building,” Jack<br />
Robinson, SCE&G fossil/hydro project manager, said.<br />
“So the first opportunity to get on the roof was May 16,<br />
and they’ve been actively working since then.”<br />
Three teams worked all summer and into the fall to<br />
complete the project. A roofing team installed sheets<br />
of roofing membrane on top of the existing roof. A<br />
solar team installed the panels and helped with wire<br />
management. And an electrical team connected the<br />
wires that work with the sun to generate power.<br />
In addition to the team on the roof, a support team<br />
handled procurement, coordinated the crane lifts and<br />
directed the moving of all of the materials 120 feet from<br />
the ground to the roof.<br />
Landreth said the contractors delivered a highquality<br />
product. “The craftsmanship is excellent, and<br />
they have worked with us to upgrade the design safety<br />
characteristics and controls,” he said.<br />
A number of college<br />
students worked<br />
through the heat of<br />
the South Carolina<br />
summer on the Boeing<br />
roof to help complete<br />
the PV installation<br />
and electrical wiring<br />
for SCE&G’s solar<br />
project.<br />
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The first 787<br />
Dreamliner delivered<br />
to All Nippon Airways<br />
from Everett, Wash.,<br />
departs for Japan<br />
Sept. 27, 2011. Boeing<br />
will assemble and<br />
deliver 787s from<br />
its North Charleston<br />
facility as well,<br />
beginning in <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Jim Bryan, manager of<br />
economic development<br />
and local government<br />
in Charleston, was part<br />
of the SCE&G team<br />
that helped Boeing’s<br />
South Carolina facility<br />
achieve its goal of<br />
being a 100 percent<br />
renewable energy site.<br />
In the beginning<br />
To hear Jim Bryan tell the story, it all started with a walk in<br />
the dirt. On Oct. 1, 2010, then-SCE&G President Kevin Marsh,<br />
along with Charles McFadden and Jim Bryan with SCE&G’s<br />
economic development and local government department,<br />
were touring the North Charleston Boeing Dreamliner Final<br />
Assembly site. The Boeing site had already been publicly<br />
announced, and they were discussing infrastructure needs.<br />
While walking around the property, Bryan said Marco<br />
Cavazzoni, Boeing’s vice president and general manager of<br />
final assembly and delivery, made the comment, “Wouldn’t<br />
it be great if this facility could be powered with 100 percent<br />
green energy and a portion of that could come from solar?”<br />
“Customer service is one of our core values, so we<br />
instantly thought that we needed to find a way to make it<br />
happen,” Bryan said. “SCE&G cares about its customers and<br />
its customers achieving success.”<br />
SCE&G’s Bob Long remembers being pulled into the<br />
project at some point after that initial discussion. “My job<br />
was to understand Boeing’s request and determine if we<br />
could provide a solution. I met with Boeing to determine their<br />
business objectives, identified ways SCE&G could assist and<br />
recommended and negotiated a business case for SCE&G<br />
to provide on-site solar generation and supply the ‘green<br />
attributes’ to achieve Boeing’s objective for a 100 percent<br />
renewable energy site,” Long said.<br />
“For this project, renewable energy is a South Carolina<br />
solution, with resources grown and harvested, and energy<br />
created and delivered here in South Carolina,” he said.<br />
The visibility of the project — both the rooftop solar and<br />
the commitment to 100 percent renewable energy — has<br />
created an interest among other companies, who are asking<br />
if it is possible for their business plan.<br />
What does the future hold? Long says many companies are<br />
studying the value “green energy” adds to their brand. And<br />
some are setting minimum “green” targets and goals for their<br />
production and sales sites. As the renewable market matures,<br />
more will likely pursue similar projects, he said.<br />
Some of the hardest working crews on the roof this<br />
summer were actually college students. Richard Wright<br />
with Baker Renewable Energy said students from<br />
schools such as N.C. State, Clemson and Pennsylvania<br />
State were a part of this project. “It was steady; it was<br />
busy. It was great. Everybody enjoyed it, and everybody<br />
worked very hard,” Wright said.<br />
While it was a great experience for the college<br />
students, the weather conditions often made it a<br />
challenge, with many days in which temperatures<br />
reached 100+ degrees. Wright said it was about as hot as<br />
it could be. “We managed by starting early, working late,<br />
working in the evenings. Everybody was accommodating<br />
and obviously observing safe work practices,” he said.<br />
Robinson agreed that safety was the top priority.<br />
“The crews had to adapt, but they had safety at the<br />
forefront of this project. Hydration was very important.<br />
Sunscreen, too. We also created a break area on the top<br />
floor inside the building with industrial-sized fans so the<br />
workers could get out of the sun when they needed to.”<br />
Hurricane season also provided a challenge. “When<br />
Irene came through, SCE&G worked closely with Baker<br />
and Boeing in monitoring the storm and participating in<br />
site storm preparation. The challenge was to maintain<br />
production while developing a plan allowing adequate<br />
time to clear materials from the roof if storm conditions<br />
required,” Robinson said.<br />
Working together, SCE&G, Baker and White Electric<br />
completed the project Oct. 28. SCE&G and Boeing<br />
joined together to mark the milestone achievement with<br />
an official rooftop dedication ceremony.<br />
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Allison Cunningham, above at right, and fellow student Colby Kight discuss the new radiation<br />
protection certification program at Aiken Technical College with David Deal, department chair<br />
of industry and skilled trades.<br />
Jobs for the<br />
future<br />
Consider one of the careers available<br />
in the growing nuclear industry<br />
A move from wine sales to nuclear radiation protection<br />
may not be your typical career change, but it seems to be<br />
working for Allison Cunningham.<br />
Colby Kight dons a hazardous materials suit that<br />
would be worn when taking radiological readings.<br />
By elwood hamilton //<br />
photos by robert clark<br />
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Aiken Technical<br />
College is the<br />
first school in the<br />
Southeast to offer<br />
certification from the<br />
National Academy for<br />
Nuclear Training.<br />
A sign directs Aiken<br />
Technical College<br />
students to V.C.<br />
Summer’s Nuclear<br />
Learning Center.<br />
The first-year health physics student at Aiken Technical<br />
College is busy with school, two jobs and a young son<br />
after leaving behind a career in wine marketing and<br />
sales. And she loves every minute of it.<br />
“I always enjoyed my physics classes while I<br />
was getting my marketing degree [at Augusta State<br />
University],” she said. So, after she made her decision<br />
to move away from marketing, her former science<br />
professors recommended that she look into a career<br />
in the nuclear industry, beginning with ATC and its<br />
radiation protection program.<br />
Cunningham quickly enrolled in the two-year<br />
program and recently visited <strong>SCANA</strong>’s V.C. Summer<br />
Nuclear Station for the first time.<br />
“When I visited the plant, I thought, ‘Now this is<br />
cool,’” she said.<br />
Her future job prospects are bright. <strong>SCANA</strong> is in the<br />
midst of the largest hiring initiatives in the company’s<br />
history. When the plan to build two new nuclear units<br />
at V.C. Summer in Jenkinsville, S.C. was announced<br />
in 2006, everyone associated with the project knew it<br />
would be fast-paced.<br />
Not only were new nuclear licensing and preconstruction<br />
activities soon to begin, but <strong>SCANA</strong><br />
officials estimated that they had to be ready to fill up<br />
to 800 permanent positions for when the new reactors<br />
come online in 2016 and 2019.<br />
“What we did was look at our future staffing needs,<br />
identify the critical job areas that we had to fill and<br />
then go out and develop the pipeline for those areas,”<br />
said SCE&G’s Workforce Planning Manager Scott<br />
Macfarland.<br />
Those critical job areas include nuclear engineers,<br />
operators, nuclear technicians and radiation protection<br />
professionals like Cunningham.<br />
So <strong>SCANA</strong> leveraged its existing relationships with<br />
South Carolina colleges and universities — which<br />
include Clemson University, the University of South<br />
Carolina, South Carolina State University and Francis<br />
Marion University — and found itself some new partners<br />
along the way.<br />
Opportunities in the Midlands<br />
One of the first calls was made to Midlands Technical<br />
College, which already had an extensive engineering<br />
program. However, they didn’t have a nuclear<br />
engineering curriculum.<br />
“We knew from the beginning that we needed to<br />
partner with the Technical College System here in the<br />
state, and Midlands Technical College was the obvious<br />
choice,” said SCE&G Senior Vice President and Chief<br />
Nuclear Officer Jeff Archie.<br />
College leaders sat down with SCE&G and ironed out<br />
an overview of a nuclear operator training program that<br />
the school could implement in just a few years. Those<br />
early discussions bore fruit, with the first class having<br />
graduated from the nuclear systems technology program<br />
earlier this year.<br />
Jack Strange is one of the program’s promising<br />
students. He graduated from high school in Columbia<br />
early and made the jump straight into the nuclear<br />
program. He’s now completed several semesters and has<br />
his sights set on working at V.C. Summer.<br />
“Nuclear really spoke to me, and it seemed like<br />
something I would enjoy doing for the rest of my life.<br />
I like always being able to learn something new and<br />
interacting with new people,” he said.<br />
“It’s really been a great partnership, and I appreciate<br />
how well and closely SCE&G has worked with us,” said<br />
Midlands Technical College President Dr. Sonny White.<br />
“This was a very focused effort to do something that<br />
had not been done in 30 years, and that was to develop a<br />
nuclear operator training program to meet the needs at<br />
the existing plants and prepare nuclear operators for the<br />
new units.”<br />
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SCE&G worked with<br />
Midlands Technical<br />
College to create a<br />
nuclear engineering<br />
technician<br />
curriculum.<br />
Petrina Williams<br />
and Jack Strange,<br />
students at Midlands<br />
Technical College,<br />
discuss nuclear<br />
careers at V.C.<br />
Summer Nuclear<br />
Station with a plant<br />
employee.<br />
ATC offers certification<br />
At Aiken Technical College, a similar partnership<br />
was forged with tomorrow’s nuclear workforce in mind.<br />
Graduates from the radiation protection program are<br />
now eligible to receive certification from the National<br />
Academy for Nuclear Training, making it the first such<br />
certified initiative in South Carolina, North Carolina or<br />
Georgia.<br />
These certified workers can go to work at any U.S.<br />
nuclear plant with their training credits already in hand.<br />
“Earning the certificate significantly reduces the<br />
amount of training by the utility to only site specifics,”<br />
said David Deal, department chair of industry and<br />
skilled trades at ATC. “That equals a big cost savings<br />
for the employer and increased opportunities for our<br />
graduates. It’s a win-win situation for the employer and<br />
our graduates.”<br />
Interns lead the way<br />
In addition to fortifying its partnerships with<br />
technical colleges and universities, <strong>SCANA</strong> recently<br />
expanded its nuclear internship program to include<br />
high school students from Fairfield County. It’s never<br />
too soon to start attracting students in to the highly<br />
specialized nuclear industry. “It was a good summer for<br />
these students, and they learned a lot,” said Archie.<br />
Many of the V.C. Summer interns end up being<br />
offered full-time jobs once they graduate from college.<br />
After two years as an intern, Beth Quattlebaum took a<br />
full-time position as a nuclear licensing engineer. She<br />
said <strong>SCANA</strong>’s reputation, the stability of the U.S. nuclear<br />
industry and the company’s new nuclear project all<br />
played roles in her decision.<br />
“All of the responsibilities I had as an intern<br />
transitioned over into my current full-time position,”<br />
she said.<br />
The areas targeted by the program mirror the critical<br />
nuclear job groups identified by <strong>SCANA</strong>: engineering;<br />
chemistry; and health physics.<br />
Between its internship program, agreements with<br />
colleges and universities, and focus on developing a<br />
new nuclear workforce for the 21st century, <strong>SCANA</strong> is<br />
well-positioned to thrive during the upcoming nuclear<br />
renaissance.<br />
Educational partners<br />
build future workforce<br />
Partnerships with the following schools throughout the<br />
Southeast help strengthen the development of the company’s<br />
nuclear workforce:<br />
• South Carolina State University<br />
• Francis Marion University<br />
• Clemson University<br />
• University of South Carolina<br />
• Georgia Institute of Technology<br />
• Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College<br />
• York Technical College<br />
• Aiken Technical College<br />
• Midlands Technical College<br />
• Fairfield County Public Schools<br />
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updates from our companies & customers<br />
Working for jobs<br />
<strong>SCANA</strong> team helps bring in industry<br />
Storm recovery aid<br />
SCE&G helps fellow utilities restore power<br />
IN<br />
South Carolina’s days of darkness following Hurricane<br />
Hugo, thousands of contractors came to SCE&G’s<br />
assistance, helping to restore power to 300,000<br />
customers without electricity.<br />
Through mutual aid agreements, SCE&G crews and contractors<br />
help other utilities restore power in the wake of storms and other<br />
natural disasters. SCE&G contract crews headed to the Northeast at<br />
the end of October when early winter storms left millions without<br />
power. When Hurricane Irene struck in August, SCE&G storm crews,<br />
including 100 linemen and support staff, spent a week in Richmond,<br />
Va. assisting Dominion Virginia Power with power restoration<br />
efforts. When storms strike, this network of utilities is ready to go<br />
where needed to help get the lights back on as safely and quickly<br />
as possible.<br />
Twenty-four new industries<br />
and industrial expansions and<br />
hundreds of new jobs are the<br />
result of a busy year for <strong>SCANA</strong>’s<br />
economic development team and<br />
its partners. <strong>SCANA</strong> works with<br />
local governments and state,<br />
regional and local economic<br />
development allies to attract<br />
industries to South Carolina.<br />
“Even though the economy<br />
is still sluggish and the<br />
unemployment in South Carolina<br />
is still high, 2011 has been an<br />
excellent year for economic<br />
development and job recruitment<br />
within our service territory,” said<br />
Charles B. McFadden, senior vice<br />
president of governmental affairs<br />
and economic development.<br />
“The projects listed below<br />
represent billions of dollars in<br />
investment and thousands of<br />
jobs. Our economic development<br />
department, as well as our<br />
electric and gas operations,<br />
rate group and others, are to be<br />
commended for the role they play<br />
in recruiting these new projects<br />
and expansions.”<br />
Through the economic<br />
development department,<br />
<strong>SCANA</strong> provided 14 economic<br />
development grants, resulting in<br />
more than $2.875 billion in capital<br />
investment and the creation of<br />
7,327 jobs.<br />
Below are some highlights of<br />
<strong>SCANA</strong>’s economic development year:<br />
• Bridgestone Americas<br />
Tire manufacturer — double<br />
expansion and new plant —<br />
Graniteville, Aiken County —<br />
$1.2 billion investment, 850 jobs<br />
• Continental Tire<br />
New tire manufacturer — Sumter<br />
County — $528 million investment,<br />
1,500 jobs<br />
• Otis Elevator/United Technology<br />
New elevator manufacturer —<br />
Florence County — $40 million<br />
investment, 360 jobs<br />
• TigHitco<br />
New composite aircraft part<br />
manufacturer — Charleston County<br />
— $30 million investment, 350 jobs<br />
• Michelin expansion<br />
Tire manufacturer — Lexington<br />
County — $200 million investment,<br />
270 jobs<br />
• AQT Solar<br />
New solar panel manufacturer<br />
— Carolina Pines Industrial Park,<br />
Richland County — $300 million<br />
investment, 1,000 jobs<br />
• Showa Denko expansion<br />
Graphite electrodes — Dorchester<br />
County — $238 million investment,<br />
100 jobs<br />
• Masonite <strong>Corporation</strong> expansion<br />
Door manufacturer — Denmark,<br />
Bamberg County — $22 million<br />
investment, 159 jobs<br />
• New Breed Logistics<br />
New aerospace logistics and<br />
support company — Berkeley<br />
County — $7 million investment,<br />
150 jobs<br />
• Le Creuset expansion<br />
French cookware — Hampton<br />
County — $2 million investment,<br />
22 jobs<br />
Visit scana.com/ed for more<br />
economic development success<br />
stories.<br />
Nona’s Bakery<br />
in downtown<br />
Creedmoor, N.C., is<br />
a favorite spot for<br />
local coffee drinkers<br />
and customers<br />
looking for that<br />
extra special sweet.<br />
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