| Dominion asks for 7.75% rate increase The rate increase, which must be approved by the S.C. Public Service Commission, would increase the average residential electric bill by $9.68 a month, according to the company. The new rates would go into effect in March 2021. Turbeville surgeon new chair of USC board of trustees Dr. Charlie Dorn Smith III was unanimously elected to the post on Friday. A member of the board since 2010 and a 1985 graduate of USC's School of Medicine, he replaces outgoing chair John C. von Lehe Jr. | 