United States

                       Securities and Exchange Commission

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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In the matter of                        |
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SCANA Corporation                       |  Certificate of Notification
                                        |  Pursuant to Rule 24 Under the Public
File No. 70-9521                        |  Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
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     SCANA  Corporation  ("SCANA")  submits this report in  connection  with the
order of the Securities and Exchange  Commission dated February 9, 2000 (Holding
Co. Act Release No.  27133)  ("Order") to inform the  Commission of its progress
with the divestiture of certain SCANA nonutility interests.

     Under the Order,  SCANA acquired  Public Service  Company of North Carolina
and  registered as a public  utility  holding  company under the Public  Utility
Holding  Company Act of 1935.  The Order states,  with respect to the nonutility
interests of SCANA, that:

     The  Commission  has examined the various  nonutility  interests  that
     SCANA  seeks to acquire  and has  concluded  that,  except for the Bus
     System and SCANA's interests in Palmetto Lyme, LLC  ("Palmetto"),  the
     statutory  requirements  for ownership are  satisfied.  The Commission
     does not find that the Bus Service is consistent with the standards of
     section  11(b)(1).  However,  the  Commission  notes  that  SCANA  has
     represented  that it will dispose of its  interests in the Bus Service
     within  two  years.   SCANA  requests  that  the  Commission   reserve
     jurisdiction over the retention by SCANA of its interests in Palmetto,
     pending completion of the record.

The Bus System

     Since the issuance of the Order,  SCANA has been in  negotiations  with the
City of Columbia,  South  Carolina  ("City") to sell the Bus System to the City.
Although  several rounds of  negotiations  have  occurred,  the parties have not
reached an agreement. It is unclear whether an agreement will be reached to sell
the Bus System by February 9, 2002, the deadline for divestiture self-imposed by
SCANA and memorialized in the Order.

     There are  several  reasons  for the slow  progress  to date.  Among  other
things,  litigation is pending in the South Carolina  courts over the Bus System
fares and certain route and scheduling changes.  Its resolution could affect the
negotiations  for the sale to the extent  that the  court's  ruling  affects the
entity value of the Bus  System./1/  SCANA has also been working to interest and
qualify  other  potential  bidders for the Bus System  such as regional  transit
systems; a process that necessarily takes time.

     Although SCANA remains  committed to divesting the Bus System,  its ability
to complete a divestiture  consistent with the interest of its  shareholders and
utility  customers within two years of the date of the Order will depend in part
on its ability to locate a bidder with which SCANA can come to reasonable terms.
If this task cannot be  accomplished  by the  deadline,  SCANA intends to file a
post-effective amendment requesting that the Commission grant it additional time
to complete the sale.

Palmetto

     SCANA owns a 49% membership  interest in Palmetto,  which is engaged in the
production and sale of Lyme.  SCANA is currently  negotiating with Chemical Lyme
Company, a Nevada corporation, to sell its Palmetto interest. If an agreement is
reached, the sale would be expected to close in the first quarter of 2001.

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/1/  South  Carolina  Electric  & Gas  Co.  v.  South  Carolina  Public  Service
     Commission, Court of Common Pleas, Civil Action No. 96-CP-40-4379.
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                                    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.

Dated:  January 9, 2001                       SCANA Corporation

                                              By: /s/ H. Thomas Arthur
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                                              Name:   H. Thomas Arthur

                                              Title:  Senior Vice President and
                                                      General Counsel