SCE&G filed the lawsuit on June 29, claiming it would suffer "massive and irreparable harm, including millions of dollars in damages that cannot be recovered, a substantial loss of goodwill and other permanent injuries" if the rate cuts were allowed to go through. The utility said the rate cut did not follow state law allowing it to continue to collect money for the two reactors it spent a decade planning and constructing before abandoning the project in July 2017.