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SCANA executives earned their bonuses

Top SCE&G officials, CFO Jimmy Addison, Generation and Transmission President Stephen Byrne and CEO Kevin Marsh, testify before the SC Public Service Commission.
Top SCE&G officials, CFO Jimmy Addison, Generation and Transmission President Stephen Byrne and CEO Kevin Marsh, testify before the SC Public Service Commission. tdominick@thestate.com

Of course SCANA executives received big bonuses working on the failed nuclear reactor project. The one mission of a corporation is to move money from its customers to its shareholders. If you have a 401(k), that is exactly what you want it doing.

By getting our so-called representatives to write them a blank check, they achieved spectacular success in that mission. They earned those bonuses.

If the folks in the State House want to investigate, I suggest they bring a mirror.

Bonuses for Santee Cooper executives are a little harder to justify since they are supposed to be working for us.

Michael Martin

Columbia

This story was originally published September 16, 2017 at 8:30 AM with the headline "SCANA executives earned their bonuses."

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