UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

In the Matter of SCANA Corporation              CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO RULE
(File No. 70-9533)                               24 UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY
                                                 HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935


This   Certificate  of   Notification  is  filed  by  SCANA,  a  South  Carolina
corporation,  pursuant  to Rule 24 (17 C.F.R.  S250.24).  Such filing is made in
connection with SCANA's Form U-1 Application, as amended (the Application),  and
authorized by the order (the Order) of the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission
(the  Commission)  dated  February 14, 2000, in the  above-referenced  file. The
Order  directed  that  SCANA  file with the  Commission  quarterly  certificates
pursuant to Rule 24 within 60 days after each calendar quarter. This certificate
reports  transactions  from the period July 1, 2000 through  September 30, 2000.
Capitalized  terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning ascribed in the
Application.

1.       SCANA Common Stock sold during the quarter:

         None

2.       SCANA Common Stock issued or issuable under options  granted during the
         quarter under employee benefit plans and dividend reinvestment plans:

         No new shares of SCANA common  stock were issued  under such plans.  In
         the third  quarter,  2,389  options were granted  pursuant to the SCANA
         Corporation  Long-Term  Equity  Compensation  Plan.  There were 158,119
         options granted in the second quarter which were inadvertently  omitted
         from that Rule 24  Certificate.  170,742  shares of SCANA  common stock
         were  purchased in the open market for  issuance  pursuant to the SCANA
         Investor  Plus Plan and  348,651  shares  of SCANA  common  stock  were
         purchased in the open market for issuance  pursuant to employee benefit
         plans.

3. SCANA Common Stock  transferred  to a seller of securities of a company being
acquired:

                           None

                  4.       SCANA guarantees issued during the quarter:

         None

5. SCANA debt issued and Utility  Subsidiary  short-term  debt issued during the
quarter:

         A.  SCANA debt issuances:
              $300 million in  medium-term  notes issued  through  Credit Suisse
              First Boston Corporation  during the quarter,  at an interest rate
              of the  three-month  LIBOR plus 65 basis points  determined  as of
              July 11, 2000 and reset quarterly.

              The maximum amount of short-term indebtedness of SCANA outstanding
at any one time during the period was $91.4 million.






B. Utility Subsidiary short-term debt issuances:

              South Carolina Electric & Gas Company:
              Short-term  debt in the form of  commercial  paper issued  through
              Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch during the quarter, ranging from
              $0.7  million to $26.4  million,  at interest  rates  ranging from
              6.56% to 6.62%.

              The maximum  amount of short-term  indebtedness  of South Carolina
              Electric  & Gas  Company  outstanding  at any one time  during the
              period was $97.1 million.

              Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated:
              Short-term  bank loans  issued from First Union  National  Bank of
              N.C., Wachovia Bank of N. C., N.A., Branch Banking & Trust Co. and
              Bank of America, N.A. during the quarter, ranging from $0.5
              million to $16.5 million, at interest rates ranging from 7.0% to
              7.235%.

              Short-term  debt in the form of  commercial  paper issued  through
              Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch during the quarter, ranging from
              $1.0  million to $63.5  million,  at interest  rates  ranging from
              6.52% to 6.63%.

              The maximum  amount of short-term  indebtedness  of Public Service
              Company of North  Carolina,  Incorporated  outstanding  at any one
              time during the period was $125.0 million.

              South Carolina Generating Company, Inc.:
              None

6. Utility  Subsidiary  financings  consummated  during the quarter that are not
exempt under Rule 52:

         See item 5B above.

7. Forms U-6B-2 filed with the Commission during the quarter:

         None

8.       Consolidated  and separate  balance sheets as of the end of the quarter
         for each company that engaged in jurisdictional  financing transactions
         during the quarter.

         SCANA  Consolidated  Balance  Sheet  (Incorporated  by reference to the
         filing of SCANA Corporation on Form 10-Q for the period ended September
         30, 2000).

         South Carolina  Electric & Gas Company Balance Sheet  (Incorporated  by
         reference  to the filing of South  Carolina  Electric & Gas  Company on
         Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2000).

         Public Service  Company of North Carolina,  Incorporated  Balance Sheet
         (Incorporated  by reference to the filing of Public Service  Company of
         North  Carolina,  Incorporated  on  Form  10-Q  for  the  period  ended
         September 30, 2000).

         South Carolina Generating Company, Inc. Balance Sheet (Not applicable).






9.       Registration Statements filed with the Commission pursuant to the
         Securities Act of 1933 during the quarter.

         Public Service Company of North Carolina,  Incorporated  Form S-3 filed
         September 6, 2000  (Incorporated by reference to Public Service Company
         of North Carolina, Incorporated File No.
         333-45206), which has not yet been declared effective.





                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the  requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
SCANA  has duly  caused  this  Certificate  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            SCANA Corporation
                                                   Registrant





                                    by:      s/Mark R. Cannon
                                             Mark R. Cannon
                                                 (Name)
                                               Controller
                                                (Title)

Dated:  November 21, 2000