Pushing Back the Darkness is a documentary describing the history of Santee Cooper, South Carolina's stateowned electric utility. The film traces the development of the plant, from the construction of the Santee Canal in 1800, to the Columbia Railway and Navigation Company's plan to build a small hydrogenerating plant, to 1934, when the legislature created the South Carolina Public Service Authority. Also, the story of how Santee Cooper delivers power to rural areas.

Executive Producer, Jerry Stafford
Producer, Varian Branden
Director, Jimmy McMahan
Writer, David Grant
Narrator, Stuart Culpepper

A production of SCETV.