The V.C. Sumner site has been a multi-decade slow motion financial and management catastrophe on many fronts[1][2][3]. It does not surprise me that the rot that apparently existed (and maybe still exists) at the top has filtered down into operational and maintenance issues.

One lesson for me is that excellence is a symptom of a healthy organization, not the other way around.

[1] https://www.chooseenergy.com/news/article/failed-v-c-summer-...

[2] https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-carolina-utility-agrees-t...

[3] https://theintercept.com/2019/02/06/south-caroline-green-new...