CONWAY, S.C. (WMBF) – The City of Conway is hoping the redevelopment of a former energy plant site will ignite a new kind of energy — by turning more than 800 acres of land into a major public resource.
City leaders gathered at the former Santee Cooper Grainger Generating Station Wednesday to announce their vision for the site, which has been closed to the public for years.
Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility company, has spent over a decade removing more than one million tons of coal ash from two ponds left behind by the now-demolished coal-fired plant…