EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

Components of net periodic benefit cost recorded by the Company were as follows: 

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
Millions of dollars	2012			2011			2012		2011
Three months ended June 30,
Service cost	$	4.9		$	4.6		$	1.2	$	1.1
Interest cost	10.6			11.1			3.0		3.0
Expected return on assets	(14.8		)	(16.2		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	1.8			1.8			0.3		0.3
Transition obligation amortization	—			—			0.1		0.2
Amortization of actuarial loss	4.6			3.0			0.2		0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	7.1		$	4.3		$	4.8	$	4.7
Six months ended June 30,
Service cost	$	9.7		$	9.2		$	2.5	$	2.2
Interest cost	21.3			22.2			6.0		6.0
Expected return on assets	(29.6		)	(32.4		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	3.5			3.6			0.5		0.6
Transition obligation amortization	—			—			0.3		0.4
Amortization of actuarial loss	9.3			6.0			0.4		0.2
Net periodic benefit cost	$	14.2		$	8.6		$	9.7	$	9.4

SCE&G

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

insurance programs, which provide benefits to active and retired employees.  Components of net periodic benefit cost recorded by Consolidated SCE&G were as follows:

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
Millions of dollars	2012			2011			2012		2011
Three months ended June 30,
Service cost	$	3.8		$	3.7		$	1.0	$	0.9
Interest cost	9.1			9.5			2.3		2.3
Expected return on assets	(12.6		)	(13.7		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	1.5			1.5			0.2		0.2
Amortization of actuarial loss	4.0			2.5			0.1		0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	5.8		$	3.5		$	3.6	$	3.5
Six months ended June 30,
Service cost	$	7.7		$	7.4		$	2.0	$	1.8
Interest cost	18.2			18.9			4.7		4.7
Expected return on assets	(25.2		)	(27.5		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	2.9			3.0			0.4		0.4
Amortization of actuarial loss	8.0			5.1			0.2		0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	11.6		$	6.9		$	7.3	$	7.0