CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ The state-owned utility Santee Cooper says it will buy an additional 1 percent of power from businesses that use renewable sources.
Mollie Gore with the Moncks Corner utility told The Post and Courier of Charleston that Santee Cooper already is looking at potential suppliers. Gore says most of the suppliers are located in South Carolina.
The utility plans to buy 50 megawatts of biomass-derived power. It already generates about 15 megawatts from plants that burn landfill fumes.
The purchase would provide enough power to serve 25,000 homes.
Santee Cooper generates about 5,500 megawatts of power, about 80 percent of it by burning coal. It would not say how much the new electricity would cost. But energy from renewable sources typically sells for a premium.
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Information from: The Post and Courier, http://www.charleston.net
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