Some construction could soon begin on two new nuclar reactors at Plant Vogtle.

The U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control are holding a public workshop on Tuesday in North Augusta to discuss plans for shuttered nuclear reactors at the Savannah River Site.

South Carolina utility regulators will hold a series of public hearings on a proposal to build the state’s first two nuclear reactors in decades. South Carolina Electric & Gas is asking regulators for permission to begin charging customers higher rates now for its part of the $10 billion for the reactors it will build and operate with the state-owned utility Santee Cooper.