EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

The Company	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
	2016			2015			2016		2015
Three months ended March 31,
Service cost	$	5.5		$	5.8		$	1.3	$	1.4
Interest cost	9.9			9.5			3.0		2.9
Expected return on assets	(14.1		)	(15.5		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	1.0			1.0			0.1		0.1
Amortization of actuarial losses	3.7			3.5			0.1		0.6
Net periodic benefit cost	$	6.0		$	4.3		$	4.5	$	5.0

SCEG

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

Consolidated SCE&G	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
	2016			2015			2016		2015
Three months ended March 31,
Service cost	$	4.5		$	4.6		$	1.0	$	1.1
Interest cost	8.4			8.0			2.5		2.3
Expected return on assets	(11.9		)	(13.0		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	0.8			0.8			0.1		0.1
Amortization of actuarial losses	3.1			3.0			0.1		0.4
Net periodic benefit cost	$	4.9		$	3.4		$	3.7	$	3.9