Why should South Carolina give away this money?

The Unit­ed States Con­gress approved this finan­cial aid to help those who were strug­gling to pay their bills, in this case for util­i­ty cus­tomers who are behind on their elec­tric bills. Every state was allo­cat­ed an amount for such a pro­gram as this. If South Car­oli­na does not use its allo­ca­tion, the funds may be real­lo­cat­ed to oth­er states.