Stephen Bryne, former official with South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G – taken over by Dominion Energy – admits fraud in the failed construction of two new nuclear reactors at the VC Summer site in South Carolina.
No surprise here – we always said SCE&G officials were lying about the mismanaged, failed nuclear reactor project. For lying and ripping off customers in South Carolina, we recommend big fines and JAIL TIME! Now, to charge Kevin Marsh, former SCANA CEO & Jimmy Addison, financial offer. For them, we recommend big fines and JAIL TIME!
Plea deal with the federal attorney: Byrne court plea June 8 2020
Federal charges: Byrne court charges June 8 2020
“THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY CHARGES:
At all times relevant to this Information:
1.The defendant, STEPHEN ANDREW BYRNE, along with others known and unknown to the United States Attorney, consisting of former SCANA Corporation (“SCANA”) executives, employees, and the lawyers who advised them, led a failed effort to construct two nuclear power generators in Fairfield County, South Carolina. As construction problems mounted, costs rose, and schedules slipped, the defendant, STEPHEN ANDREW BYRNE, and others, hid the true state of the project. Through intentional and material misrepresentations and omissions, the defendant, STEPHEN ANDREW BYRNE, deceived regulators and customers in order to maintain financing for the project and to financially benefit SCANA. The members of the conspiracy’s actions and the associated cover-up allowed the project to continue until the contractor went bankrupt and the project was abandoned, resulting in billions of dollars of loss.
Docket: 3:20-cr-00335-CRI =- Date Filed 06/08/20″
SCE&G/Dominion “lawyers who advised them” and who may have broken the law, with examples of filings with the South Carolina Public Service Commission with their names on them:
1. Chad Burgess, Director & Deputy General Counsel, Dominion Energy Southeast Services, Inc.
https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Attachments/Matter/800734dc-77c4-434e-a993-a7a2397f8211
https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Attachments/Matter/aeac7365-cad5-4e10-863c-addace13d6f7
2. Matthew Gissendanner, Assistant General Counsel Dominion Energy Southeast Services, Inc.
https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Attachments/Matter/e931fc48-4310-4825-b0a6-b277ca5cd958
3. Belton Zeigler, Womble, Bond, Dickinson, LLC
https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Attachments/Matter/4270fdb2-2b83-42f0-b8d6-56118ded11e5
4. Mitch Willoughby, Willoughby & Hoefer, P.A.
https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Attachments/Matter/2df1d87e-9e3f-44d7-a1aa-621e9fc577c8