In light of the apparent cover up, The Post and Courier article reports:

It also could cause more problems for SCANA and its executives, who are being investigated by state law enforcement officers, a federal grand jury and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

"If they would have brought this forward, they knew their investors would have gone crazy," said Rep. Russell Ott, a Democrat from St. Matthews who helped lead a special House committee that investigated the nuclear project. "This is a cover up. This is deception at its core. The bottom line is they lied to everyone and they did it intentionally."