COLUMBIA, S.C. AP – A power company and several municipalities are costing the state precious time and money in its federal lawsuit against North Carolina, South Carolina’s top prosecutor said.

“It was suggested that this one may be completed within two years,” Attorney General Henry McMaster told state lawmakers and environmental leaders on Wednesday. “But with the addition of these interveners, of course that has stretched it out. So we really don’t know. We’re in uncharted waters.”