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Governor nominates former US Attorney McCoy as Santee Cooper's next chairman

The Post and Courier | April 21, 2021

COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster picked Charleston Republican Peter McCoy Jr. to lead Santee Cooper, the troubled state-owned utility that is working to redeem itself from its $4 billion nuclear fiasco.



After stints as chairman of the S.C. House’s powerful Judiciary Committee and then as U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, McCoy is poised to lead Santee Cooper’s board, a part-time gig that pays $24,000 a year.

McCoy’s tenure as SC’s federal prosecutor set for fitting end with SCANA exec guilty

The Post and Courier   February 23, 2021

COLUMBIA — In September 2017, then-state Rep. Peter McCoy was listening to SCANA ratepayers from across South Carolina rail against the company’s high energy prices during a Statehouse committee hearing when a notification popped up on his phone with some pertinent news.

Human trafficking new focus for federal prosecutors under US Attorney Peter McCoy

The Post and Courier   October 11, 2020

CHARLESTON — In hindsight, Ayeshah Smith wishes she had seen the red flags.

The explosions of anger over trivial annoyances. The physical abuse that began two weeks into their relationship and slowly became more common.

Charleston lawmaker Peter McCoy rises to influential post in Statehouse

The Post and Courier | December 12, 2018

COLUMBIA — When House Speaker Jay Lucas was deciding who should lead a special committee to address South Carolina’s multi-billion dollar nuclear power debacle last year, he looked for a lawmaker he could trust to act thoughtfully but decisively.