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

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

Santee Cooper has initiated a process to seek proposals for the acquisition and completion of two partially constructed generating units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, S.C., in response to the increasing national interest in new nuclear power for meeting the growing demand for electricity.

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,

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, 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,

Nuclear-related stocks finished mostly higher Wednesday after South Carolina power provider Santee Cooper said it is seeking proposals for buyers to restart construction of a pair of reactors at its V.