AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS - SCEG	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS	AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS CGT transports natural gas to SCE&G to serve SCE&G’s retail gas customers and certain electric generation requirements. Transportation services totaled approximately $10.0 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. SCE&G had approximately $3.1 million and $2.5 million payable to CGT for transportation services at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. SCE&G purchases natural gas and related pipeline capacity from SEMI to serve its retail gas customers and certain electric generation requirements. Such purchases totaled approximately $25.4 million and $45.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. SCE&G’s payables to SEMI for such purposes were $3.5 million and $13.2 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. SCE&G owns 40% of Canadys Refined Coal, LLC, which is involved in the manufacturing and selling of refined coal to reduce emissions. SCE&G owned 10% of Cope Refined Coal, LLC through December 31, 2011. SCE&G accounts for these investments using the equity method. SCE&G’s receivables from these affiliates were $8.7 million at March 31, 2012 and $8.5 million at December 31, 2011. SCE&G’s payables to these affiliates were $8.8 million at March 31, 2012 and $8.6 million at December 31, 2011. SCE&G’s total purchases were $27.1 million and $13.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. SCE&G’s total sales were $26.9 million and $12.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Consolidated SCE&G participates in a utility money pool. Money pool borrowings and investments bear interest at short-term market rates. Consolidated SCE&G’s interest income and expense from money pool transactions was not significant for the three months ended March 31, 2012 or 2011. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, Consolidated SCE&G owed an affiliate $78.6 million and $58.5 million, respectively.

AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS - SCEG

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

CGT transports natural gas to SCE&G to serve SCE&G’s retail gas customers and certain electric generation requirements. Transportation services totaled approximately $10.0 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. SCE&G had approximately $3.1 million and $2.5 million payable to CGT for transportation services at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

SCE&G purchases natural gas and related pipeline capacity from SEMI to serve its retail gas customers and certain electric generation requirements. Such purchases totaled approximately $25.4 million and $45.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. SCE&G’s payables to SEMI for such purposes were $3.5 million and $13.2 million as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

SCE&G owns 40% of Canadys Refined Coal, LLC, which is involved in the manufacturing and selling of refined coal to reduce emissions. SCE&G owned 10% of Cope Refined Coal, LLC through December 31, 2011. SCE&G accounts for these investments using the equity method. SCE&G’s receivables from these affiliates were $8.7 million at March 31, 2012 and $8.5 million at December 31, 2011. SCE&G’s payables to these affiliates were $8.8 million at March 31, 2012 and $8.6 million at December 31, 2011. SCE&G’s total purchases were $27.1 million and $13.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. SCE&G’s total sales were $26.9 million and $12.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Consolidated SCE&G participates in a utility money pool. Money pool borrowings and investments bear interest at short-term market rates. Consolidated SCE&G’s interest income and expense from money pool transactions was not significant for the three months ended March 31, 2012 or 2011. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, Consolidated SCE&G owed an affiliate $78.6 million and $58.5 million, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for related party transactions, including the nature of the relationship(s), a description of the transactions, the amount of the transactions, the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms of the transaction from the previous period, stated interest rate, expiration date, terms and manner of settlement per the agreement with the related party, and amounts due to or from related parties. If the entity and one or more other entities are under common ownership or management control and this control affects the operating results or financial position, disclosure includes the nature of the control relationship even if there are no transactions between the entities. Disclosure may also include the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax expense for each statement of earnings presented where the entity is a member of a group that files a consolidated tax return, the amount of any tax related balances due to or from affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, the principal provisions of the method by which the consolidated amount of current and deferred tax expense is allocated to the members of the group and the nature and effect of any changes in that method. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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