Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. (DESC), a public utility headquartered in Cayce, South Carolina, is a South Carolina corporation organized in 1924. DESC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation which, effective January 2019, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy, Inc. DESC is engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity to approximately 753,000 customers in the central, southern and southwestern portions of South Carolina. Additionally, DESC sells natural gas to approximately 392,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in South Carolina.
The DESC IRP Stakeholder Working Group is a forum for DESC to solicit feedback directly from Stakeholders and build consensus around its IRP inputs and process. The Working Group Sessions and website will also provide Stakeholders with greater transparency into the technical modeling, input assumptions, and other factors that affect IRP results. DESC first implemented the IRP Stakeholder Group in 2021 as instructed by the South Carolina Public Service Commission.
DESC has partnered with Charles River Associates (CRA) to facilitate the IRP Stakeholder Group process. CRA will support DESC by coordinating meetings and materials, facilitating live Working Group Sessions, managing the Stakeholder Website, and assisting in the presentation of certain technical materials by providing perspectives on industry trends and best practices.