35-CERT 1 cert.txt CERTIFICATION 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 orders (the Orders) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) dated February 14, 2000 and January 31, 2001, in the above-referenced file. The Orders 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 April 1, 2001 through June 30, 2001. 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. 8,530 options were granted pursuant to the SCANA Corporation Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan. 165,615 shares of SCANA common stock were purchased in the open market for issuance pursuant to the SCANA Investor Plus Plan and 243,072 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, Utility Subsidiary short-term debt and Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated long-term debt issued during the quarter: A. SCANA debt issuances: The maximum amount of short-term indebtedness of SCANA outstanding at any one time during the period was $50.0 million. $300 million aggregate principal amount of medium-term notes purchased by Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and UBS Warburg, LLC as principals. The fixed interest rate is 6.875%. 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, ranging in amount from $0.9 million to $28.2 million, at interest rates ranging from 3.75% to 5.00%. The maximum amount of short-term indebtedness of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company outstanding at any one time during the period was $63.5 million. Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated: None There was no short-term indebtedness of Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated outstanding at any time during the period. South Carolina Generating Company, Inc.: None C. Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated long-term debt issuances: None 6. Utility Subsidiary financings consummated during the quarter that are not exempt under Rule 52: See items 5B and 5C above. 7. Forms U-6B-2 filed with the Commission during the quarter: SCANA Corporation Form U-6B-2 filed May 18, 2001. 8. Consolidated and separate balance sheets as of the end of the quarter or each company that engaged in jurisdictionalfinancing 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 June 30, 2001). 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 June 30, 2001). 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 June 30, 2001). 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. None 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: August 28, 2001