Santee Cooper's top in-house lawyer fired as utility continues to face uncertain future
Santee Cooper fired its chief legal officer this week as the state-run utility continues to weather the political backlash from a failed nuclear project and seeks to finalize a multi-million dollar legal settlement over those abandoned reactors.
Mike Baxley, a former judge and state lawmaker, was officially released from his position as Santee Cooper’s chief public affairs officer and general counsel on Friday.
The general counsel position was a role Baxley held since he joined the Mocks Corner-based utility in 2014, following a 14-year stint as a judge in South Carolina’s 4th Judicial Circuit.
Baxley declined to comment on exactly why he was let go. When contacted, he said: “The only comment appropriate for me to make at this time is my departure was not voluntary.”
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