SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three Year Period Ending 2003

                      FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)

          Statement Pursuant to Section 12(i) of Public Utility Holding
              Company Act of 1935 by a Person Regularly Employed or
            Retained by a Registered Holding Company or a Subsidiary
         Thereof and Whose Employment Contemplates Only Routine Expenses
                           as Specified in Rule 71(b)
            (To be filed in DUPLICATE. If acknowledgment is desired,
                              file in triplicate.)


     1. Name and business address of person filing statement.

                          James Johnson, Johnson Company
                          1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 10th Floor
                          Washington, DC  20004

     2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the undersigned
proposes to act in matters  included within the exemption  provided by paragraph
(b) of Rule U-71.

     3.  Registered  holding  companies  and  subsidiary  companies by which the
undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

                          SCANA Corporation and SCANA's subsidiaries


     4.  Position  or  relationship  in which the  undersigned  is  employed  or
retained  by each of the  companies  named in item 3, and brief  description  of
nature of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.

                          Title:  President

                          Description: Regulatory and legislative federal
                                       lobbying in the areas of electric, gas
                                       and telecommunications


     5. (a)  Compensation  received  during the current year and estimated to be
received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or others, directly
or  indirectly,  for  services  rendered  by the  undersigned,  from each of the
companies  designated  in item 3. (Use  column  (a) as  supplementary  statement
only.)

                  Salary or other compensation:

                              to be             Person or company from
Name of       received        received          whom received or
recipient        (a)             (b)            to be received

James Johnson                 $120,000/year     SCANA Corporation


     (b) Basis for compensation if other than salary.








     6. (To be answered in  supplementary  statement  only.  See  instructions.)
Expenses  incurred by the  undersigned  or other  person named in item 2, above,
during the calendar year in connection with the activities  described in item 4,
above, and the source or sources of reimbursement for same.

     (a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client:
     (b) Itemized list of all other expenses:


Date: January 24, 2001                              (Signed): /S/James Johnson