| Energy companies expand solar power throughout S.C. Bank of America plans to help Duke Energy, NativeEnergy and Birdseye Renewable Energy expand their solar energy portfolio in low-to-moderate income communities across the Carolinas and Texas. S.C. unemployment drops to 8.7% in June May’s revised estimate stood at 12.4%. The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce’s monthly survey of households estimated that the number of South Carolinians working in June increased to 2,222,144. | 