8-K

                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                       WASHINGTON, D. C.  20549



                               FORM 8-K



                            CURRENT REPORT

                PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

                    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report:  July 15, 1994


                South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



        South Carolina            1-3375               57-0248695
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission          (IRS Employer
  of incorporation)              File Number)     Identification No.)



1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina                   29201
(Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code (803) 748-3000




     (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



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                   South Carolina Electric & Gas Company


Item 5. Other Events.

    The consent filed as an Exhibit hereto is being filed in
connection with the change in identity of an expert referred to
in the Prospectus included in Registration No. 33-49421.

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                   South Carolina Electric & Gas Company


                                SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                              SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
                                               (Registrant)




July 15, 1994                      By: s/K. B. Marsh
                                          K. B. Marsh 
                                          Secretary



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                                                      Sequentially 
                                                        Numbered
               SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY      Pages
                                EXHIBIT INDEX                   
Number                                                          
    1. Underwriting Agreement
       Not Applicable
 
    2. Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,
       Liquidation or Succession
       Not Applicable
    
    4. Instruments Defining the Rights of Security
       Holders, Including Indentures
       Not Applicable

   16. Letter Re Change in Certifying Accountant        
       Not Applicable

   17. Letter Re Director Resignation           
       Not Applicable

   20. Other Documents or Statements to Security Holders
       Not Applicable

   23. Consents of Experts and Counsel
       Consent of Asbury H. Gibbes.......................    5

   24. Power of Attorney
       Not Applicable

   27. Financial Data Schedule
       Not Applicable

   99. Additional Exhibits
       Not Applicable



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EX-2

                                                   EXHIBIT 23


                    Registration No. 33-49421
              South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
                $700,000,000 First Mortgage Bonds


                       Consent of Counsel


    I hereby consent to reference being made to me as an expert
under the caption, "Legal Matters", in the Prospectus Supplement,
dated July 14, 1994, to the Prospectus, dated April 29, 1993, of
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and to like reference being
made to me in any subsequent Prospectus Supplement to such
Prospectus.




s/Asbury H. Gibbes
Asbury H. Gibbes
General Counsel
SCANA Corporation
July 15, 1994




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