ALBAMA: Lonnie Carter, Santee Cooper’s president back to back announced this that Daimler AG and Volvo Cars will build new manufacturing plants in the Charleston region were met with applause over the combined $1 billion investment and up to 5,360 new jobs at the vehicle factories not to mention hundreds more from suppliers moving to this area.
There’s also been a lot of hand-wringing over where the skilled workers will come from to fill those jobs.“Workforce is by far the biggest thing we hear from everybody,” Lonnie Carter, Santee Cooper’s president and CEO, said last week during the utility’s board of directors meeting. In addition to providing power, Santee Cooper works with other state agencies on economic development issues.
