SCANA Corporation
                                1426 Main Street
                         Columbia, South Carolina 29201


                                       January 22, 2002


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

          Re:  SCANA Corporation
               SEC File Number File No. 70-9521

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     I refer to the Application/Declaration on Form U-1 (File No. 70-9521), as
amended by post effective amendments as of the date hereof (the "Application/
Declaration"), under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
(the "Act"), filed by SCANA Corporation ("SCANA") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") with respect to the proposed transaction
described therein (the "Proposed Transaction"). The authorization requested in
the pending amendments to the Application/Declaration relates to an extension of
time for SCANA and its wholly owned subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company ("SCE&G"), to transfer SCE&G's interest in the bus transit system in the
City of Columbia South Carolina and other properties to the City of Columbia.

     I am Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of SCANA, and am familiar
with the corporate proceedings of SCANA and SCE&G in connection with the
Proposed Transaction. I have examined originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such records of SCANA and SCE&G and
such other documents, certificates and corporate or other records as I have
deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein. In
my examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal
capacity of all persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as
originals, the conformity to original documents of documents submitted to me as
copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

     The opinions expressed below with respect of the Proposed Transaction are
subject to the following additional assumptions and conditions:

     (a) Except as otherwise specifically set forth below, any regulatory
approvals required with respect to the Proposed Transaction shall have been
obtained and remain in full force and effect.



     (b) The Proposed Transaction shall have been duly authorized and approved,
to the extent required by the applicable governing corporate documents and
applicable state laws and by the Boards of Directors of SCANA and SCE&G.

     (c) The Commission shall have duly entered an appropriate order or orders
with respect to the Proposed Transaction as described in the
Application/Declaration granting and permitting the Application/Declaration to
become effective under the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and the
Proposed Transaction shall have been consummated in accordance with the
Application/Declaration.

     (d) The parties shall have obtained all consents, waivers and releases, if
any, required for the Proposed Transaction under all applicable governing
corporate documents, contracts, agreements, debt instruments, indentures,
franchises, licenses and permits.

     (e) No act or event other than as described herein shall have occurred
subsequent to the date hereof which would change the opinions expressed above.



     Based on the foregoing I am of the opinion that:

          1.  All state laws applicable to the Proposed Transaction will have
     been complied with;

          2.  The consummation of the Proposed Transaction will not violate the
     legal rights of the holders of any securities issued by SCANA or SCE&G or
     any associate company thereof.

     I am a member of the State Bar of South Carolina and the State Bar of
Georgia and do not purport to be an expert on, nor do I opine as to, the laws of
any jurisdiction other than the States of South Carolina and Georgia, and the
federal laws of the United States of America.

     I hereby consent to the use of this opinion in connection with the
Application/Declaration.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       /s/ H. Thomas Arthur, Esq.