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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
  x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005

OR
 
  o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from              to                     

Commission
Registrant, State of Incorporation,
I.R.S. Employer
File Number
Address and Telephone Number
Identification No.
     
1-8809
SCANA Corporation
57-0784499
 
(a South Carolina corporation)
 
 
1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
 
 
(803) 217-9000
 
     
1-3375
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
57-0248695
 
(a South Carolina corporation)
 
 
1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
 
 
(803) 217-9000
 
     
1-11429
Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated
56-2128483
 
(a South Carolina corporation)
 
 
1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
 
 
(803) 217-9000
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants: (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. SCANA Corporation Yes x No o South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Yes x No o  Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated Yes x No o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). SCANA Corporation Yes x  No o South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Yes o  No x  Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated Yes o  Nox
 
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
SCANA Corporation Yes o  No x  South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Yes o No x Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated Yes o No x 
 
            Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
 
 
Description of
Shares Outstanding
Registrant
Common Stock
at October 31, 2005
 
SCANA Corporation
 
 
Without Par Value
 
114,483,432
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
 
$4.50 Par Value
 
      40,296,147 (a)
 
Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated
Without Par Value
              1,000 (a)
 
(a)Owned beneficially and of record by SCANA Corporation.
 

This combined Form 10-Q is separately filed by SCANA Corporation, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated. Information contained herein relating to any individual company is filed by such company on its own behalf. Each company makes no representation as to information relating to the other companies.

Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H (1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and therefore is filing this form with the reduced disclosure format allowed under General Instruction H(2).
 



SEPTEMBER 30, 2005


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Page
   
Item 1.
Financial Statements
 
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 


SCANA Corporation Financial Section
3
 
4
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
20
 
 
32
 
33
 
35
 
36
 
37
 
46
 
54
 
55
 
56
 
58
 
59
 
60
 
64
     
Controls and Procedures
66
     
     
Legal Proceedings
67
     
Other Information
68
     
Exhibits
68
     
69
     
70

 























SCANA CORPORATION
FINANCIAL SECTION






















PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION




SCANA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)

   
   
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
Assets
     
Utility Plant In Service
 
$
8,854
 
$
8,373
 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
   
(2,623
)
 
(2,315
)
     
6,231
   
6,058
 
Construction work in progress
   
171
   
432
 
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization
   
33
   
42
 
Acquisition adjustments
   
230
   
230
 
Utility Plant, Net
   
6,665
   
6,762
 
               
Nonutility Property and Investments:
             
   Nonutility property, net of accumulated depreciation of $60 and $50
   
104
   
104
 
   Assets held in trust, net - nuclear decommissioning
   
51
   
49
 
   Investments
   
61
   
63
 
   Nonutility Property and Investments, Net
   
216
   
216
 
               
Current Assets:
             
   Cash and cash equivalents
   
171
   
119
 
   Receivables, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $13 and $16
   
546
   
687
 
   Receivables - affiliated companies
   
23
   
19
 
   Inventories (at average cost):
             
     Fuel
   
236
   
191
 
     Materials and supplies
   
75
   
70
 
     Emission allowances
   
55
   
9
 
   Prepayments and other
   
72
   
52
 
   Total Current Assets
   
1,178
   
1,147
 
               
Deferred Debits:
             
   Environmental
   
25
   
18
 
   Pension asset, net
   
299
   
285
 
   Other regulatory assets
   
408
   
404
 
   Other
   
167
   
164
 
   Total Deferred Debits
   
899
   
871
 
Total
 
$
8,958
 
$
8,996
 
 



 
   
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
Capitalization and Liabilities
     
           
Shareholders’ Investment:
         
   Common equity
 
$
2,642
 
$
2,451
 
   Preferred stock (Not subject to purchase or sinking funds)
   
106
   
106
 
   Total Shareholders’ Investment
   
2,748
   
2,557
 
Preferred Stock, net (Subject to purchase or sinking funds)
   
8
   
9
 
Long-Term Debt, net
   
2,937
   
3,186
 
   Total Capitalization
   
5,693
   
5,752
 
               
Current Liabilities:
             
   Short-term borrowings
   
367
   
211
 
   Current portion of long-term debt
   
184
   
204
 
   Accounts payable
   
330
   
381
 
   Accounts payable - affiliated companies
   
23
   
18
 
   Customer deposits and customer prepayments
   
64
   
66
 
   Taxes accrued
   
84
   
132
 
   Interest accrued
   
49
   
51
 
   Dividends declared
   
47
   
43
 
   Other
   
106
   
84
 
   Total Current Liabilities
   
1,254
   
1,190
 
               
Deferred Credits:
             
   Deferred income taxes, net
   
888
   
879
 
   Deferred investment tax credits
   
120
   
121
 
   Asset retirement obligation - nuclear plant
   
130
   
124
 
   Other asset retirement obligations
   
478
   
450
 
   Postretirement benefits
   
146
   
142
 
   Other regulatory liabilities
   
108
   
209
 
   Other
   
141
   
129
 
   Total Deferred Credits
   
2,011
   
2,054
 
               
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)
   
-
   
-
 
Total
 
$
8,958
 
$
8,996
 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.







SCANA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars, except per share amounts
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
                   
Operating Revenues:
                 
   Electric
 
$
615
 
$
492
 
$
1,468
 
$
1,306
 
   Gas - regulated
   
194
   
162
   
874
   
776
 
   Gas - nonregulated
   
318
   
203
   
942
   
750
 
   Total Operating Revenues
   
1,127
   
857
   
3,284
   
2,832
 
                           
Operating Expenses:
                         
   Fuel used in electric generation
   
217
   
139
   
482
   
355
 
   Purchased power
   
11
   
11
   
29
   
43
 
   Gas purchased for resale
   
447
   
300
   
1,484
   
1,206
 
   Other operation and maintenance
   
149
   
142
   
460
   
440
 
   Depreciation and amortization
   
89
   
68
   
423
   
198
 
   Other taxes
   
35
   
36
   
114
   
112
 
   Total Operating Expenses
   
948
   
696
   
2,992
   
2,354
 
                           
Operating Income
   
179
   
161
   
292
   
478
 
                           
Other Income (Expense):
                         
   Other income (expense), including allowance for equity funds
                         
      used during construction of $-, $2, $- and $13
   
13
   
(5
)
 
39
   
26
 
   Gain on sale of investments and assets
   
-
   
-
   
8
   
-
 
   Impairment on investments
   
-
   
(25
)
 
-
   
(25
)
   Interest charges, net of allowance for borrowed funds
                         
      used during construction of $1, $2, $2 and $8
   
(52
)
 
(50
)
 
(160
)
 
(151
)
   Total Other Expense
   
(39
)
 
(80
)
 
(113
)
 
(150
)
                           
Income Before Income Taxes, Earnings (Losses) from Equity
                         
   Method Investments and Preferred Stock Dividends
   
140
   
81
   
179
   
328
 
                           
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
   
36
   
24
   
(141
)
 
108
 
                           
Income Before Earnings (Losses) from Equity Method
   
104
   
57
   
320
   
220
 
   Investments and Preferred Stock Dividends
                         
Earnings (Losses) from Equity Method Investments
   
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(68
)
 
1
 
                           
Income Before Preferred Stock Dividends
   
102
   
56
   
252
   
221
 
Cash Dividends on Preferred Stock of Subsidiary
   
2
   
2
   
6
   
6
 
                           
Net Income  
 
$
100
 
$
54
 
$
246
 
$
215
 
                           
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share of Common Stock
 
$
.88
 
$
.48
 
$
2.16
 
$
1.93
 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (millions)
   
114.1
   
111.8
   
113.6
   
111.3
 
                           
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
               
 
SCANA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
         
   Net income
 
$
246
 
$
215
 
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided from operating activities:
             
      Losses (earnings) from equity method investments
   
68
   
(1
)
      Depreciation and amortization
   
425
   
207
 
      Amortization of nuclear fuel
   
4
   
16
 
      Gain on sale of assets and investments
   
(8
)
 
-
 
      Hedging activities
   
12
   
1
 
      Impairment of investments
   
-
   
25
 
      Allowance for equity funds used during construction
   
(1
)
 
(13
)
      Carrying cost recovery
   
(8
)
 
-
 
      Cash provided (used) by changes in certain assets and liabilities:
             
         Receivables, net
   
137
   
124
 
         Inventories
   
(125
)
 
(75
)
         Prepayments and other
   
(2
)
 
(20
)
         Pension asset
   
(13
)
 
(10
)
         Other regulatory assets
   
31
   
(24
)
         Deferred income taxes, net
   
22
   
80
 
         Regulatory liabilities
   
(156
)
 
30
 
         Postretirement benefits obligations
   
4
   
5
 
         Accounts payable
   
(39
)
 
(94
)
         Taxes accrued
   
(48)
   
(17
)
         Interest accrued
   
(2
)
 
1
 
      Changes in fuel adjustment clauses
   
(36
)
 
23
 
      Changes in other assets
   
12
   
2
 
      Changes in other liabilities
   
18
   
15
 
Net Cash Provided From Operating Activities
   
541
   
490
 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
             
   Utility property additions and construction expenditures
   
(285
)
 
(311
)
   Proceeds from sale of assets and investments
   
8
   
2
 
   Nonutility property additions
   
(11
)
 
(15
)
   Investments in affiliates and other
   
(26
)
 
(14
)
   Net Cash Used For Investing Activities
   
(314
)
 
(338
)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
             
   Proceeds from issuance of debt
   
197
   
124
 
   Proceeds from issuance of common stock
   
66
   
47
 
   Repayment of debt
   
(459
)
 
(109
)
   Repurchase of common stock
   
-
   
(4
)
   Redemption of preferred stock
   
(1
)
 
-
 
   Dividends on equity securities
   
(134
)
 
(125
)
   Short-term borrowings, net
   
156
   
(11
)
   Net Cash Used For Financing Activities
   
(175
)
 
(78
)
Net Increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents
   
52
   
74
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, January 1
   
119
   
117
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, September 30
 
$
171
 
$
191
 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
             
   Cash paid for - Interest (net of capitalized interest of $2 and $8)
 
$
163
 
$
151
 
                         - Income taxes
   
45
   
21
 
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
             
   Unrealized loss on securities available for sale, net of tax
   
-
   
(1
)
   Accrued construction expenditures
   
14
   
22
 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
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SCANA CORPORATION
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
 
(Unaudited)
 
           
   
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
                   
Net Income
 
$
100
 
$
54
 
$
246
 
$
215
 
                           
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of tax:
                         
   Unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale
   
-
   
11
   
-
   
(1
)
   Unrealized gains on hedging activities
   
7
   
3
   
11
   
1
 
Total Comprehensive Income (1)
 
$
107
 
$
68
 
$
257
 
$
215
 
                           
(1) Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) totaled $7.7 million and $(3.8) million as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. 
 
                           
                           
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
                 
                           

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SCANA CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2005
(Unaudited)

The following notes should be read in conjunction with the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in SCANA Corporation’s (SCANA, and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the Company) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. These are interim financial statements, and due to the seasonality of the Company’s business, the amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income are not necessarily indicative of amounts expected for the full year. In the opinion of management, the information furnished herein reflects all adjustments, all of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods reported.

1.       SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A.      Basis of Accounting

The Company accounts for its regulated utility operations, assets and liabilities in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 71, “Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation.” SFAS 71 requires cost-based rate-regulated utilities to recognize in their financial statements certain revenues and expenses in different time periods than do enterprises that are not rate-regulated. As a result, as of September 30, 2005 the Company has recorded approximately $433 million and $586 million of regulatory assets (including environmental) and liabilities, respectively. Information relating to regulatory assets and liabilities follows.

   
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
Accumulated deferred income taxes, net
 
$
125
 
$
126
 
Under-collections - electric fuel and gas cost adjustment clauses, net
   
58
   
41
 
Deferred purchased power costs
   
19
   
26
 
Deferred environmental remediation costs
   
25
   
18
 
Asset retirement obligation - nuclear decommissioning and related funding
   
80
   
76
 
Other asset retirement obligations
   
(478
)
 
(450
)
Deferred synthetic fuel tax benefits, net
   
-
   
(97
)
Storm damage reserve
   
(37
)
 
(33
)
Franchise agreements
   
55
   
58
 
Deferred regional transmission organization costs
   
12
   
14
 
Other
   
(12)
   
(16)
 
Total
 
$
(153
)
$
(237
)

Accumulated deferred income tax liabilities arising from utility operations that have not been included in customer rates are recorded as a regulatory asset. Accumulated deferred income tax assets arising from deferred investment tax credits are recorded as a regulatory liability.

Under-collections - electric fuel and gas cost adjustment clauses, net, represent amounts under-collected from customers pursuant to the fuel adjustment clause (electric customers) or gas cost adjustment clause (gas customers) as approved by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (SCPSC) or the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) during annual hearings.

Deferred purchased power costs - represents costs that were necessitated by outages at two of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G)’s base load generating plants in winter 2000-2001. The SCPSC approved recovery of these costs in base rates over three years beginning January 2005.

Deferred environmental remediation costs represent costs associated with the assessment and clean-up of manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites currently or formerly owned by the Company. Costs incurred at sites owned by SCE&G are being recovered through rates, of which approximately $11.9 million remain to be recovered. A portion of the costs incurred at sites owned by Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated (PSNC Energy) has been recovered through rates. Amounts incurred and deferred, net of insurance settlements, that are not currently being recovered by PSNC Energy through rates are approximately $1.7 million. Management believes that these costs and the estimated remaining costs of approximately $8.7 million will be recoverable by PSNC Energy.
 
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    Asset retirement obligation (ARO) - nuclear decommissioning and related funding represents the regulatory asset associated with the legal obligation to decommission and dismantle V. C. Summer Nuclear Station (Summer Station) as required by SFAS 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.” 
 
Other asset retirement obligations represent net collections through depreciation rates of estimated costs to be incurred for the future retirement of assets.
 
Deferred synthetic fuel tax benefits represented the deferral of partnership losses and other expenses offset by the tax benefits of those losses and expenses and accumulated synthetic fuel tax credits associated with SCE&G’s investment in two partnerships involved in converting coal to synthetic fuel. In 2005, under an accounting plan approved by the SCPSC, any tax credits generated from synthetic fuel produced by the partnerships and consumed by SCE&G and ultimately passed through to SCE&G, net of partnership losses and other expenses, have been used to offset the capital costs of constructing the back-up dam at Lake Murray.

The storm damage reserve represents an SCPSC approved reserve account for SCE&G capped at $50 million to be collected through rates. The accumulated storm damage reserve can be applied to offset incremental storm damage costs in excess of $2.5 million in a calendar year. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, no significant amounts have been drawn from this reserve account.

Franchise agreements represent costs associated with the 30-year electric and gas franchise agreements with the cities of Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina. These amounts are being amortized through cost of service rates over approximately 15 years.

Deferred regional transmission organization costs represent costs incurred by SCE&G in the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-mandated formation of GridSouth. The project was suspended in 2002. Effective January 2005, the SCPSC approved the amortization of these amounts through cost of service rates over approximately five years.

The SCPSC and the NCUC (collectively, state commissions) have reviewed and approved through specific orders most of the items shown as regulatory assets. Other items represent costs which are not yet approved for recovery by a state commission. In recording these costs as regulatory assets, management believes the costs will be allowable under existing rate-making concepts that are embodied in rate orders received by the Company. However, ultimate recovery is subject to state commission approval. In the future, as a result of deregulation or other changes in the regulatory environment, the Company may no longer meet the criteria for continued application of SFAS 71 and could be required to write off its regulatory assets and liabilities. Such an event could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, liquidity or financial position in the period the write-off would be recorded.

B.      Equity Compensation Plan

Under the SCANA Corporation Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan (the Plan), certain employees and non-employee directors may receive incentive and nonqualified stock options and other forms of equity compensation. The Company accounts for this equity-based compensation using the intrinsic value method under APB 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations. In addition, the Company has adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” and SFAS 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure.”

Options, all of which were granted prior to 2003, and all of which were fully vested as of September 30, 2005, were granted with exercise prices equal to the fair market value of SCANA’s common stock on the respective grant dates; therefore, no compensation expense has been recognized in connection with such grants. If the Company had recognized compensation expense for the issuance of options based on the fair value method described in SFAS 123, pro forma net income and earnings per share would have been as follows:

   
Three Months Ended
 
          Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
               September 30,
 
   
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Net income - as reported (millions)
 
$
100
 
$
54
 
$
246
 
$
215
 
Net income - pro forma (millions)
 
$
100
 
$
54
 
$
246
 
$
214
 
Basic and diluted earnings per share - as reported
 
$
.88
 
$
.48
 
$
2.16
 
$
1.93
 
Basic and diluted earnings per share - pro forma
 
$
.88
 
$
.48
 
$
2.16
 
$
1.92
 
 
 
    The Company also grants other forms of equity-based compensation to certain employees. The value of such awards is recognized as compensation expense under APB 25. Total expense recorded for these awards was approximately $1.6 million and $6.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively, and approximately $2.6 million and $7.4 million, respectively, for the corresponding periods ended September 30, 2004.

C.      Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Components of net periodic benefit income or cost recorded by the Company were as follows:

   
Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Three months ended September 30
                 
Service cost
 
$
3.1
 
$
2.7
 
$
0.9
 
$
0.9
 
Interest cost
   
9.7
   
9.4
   
2.4
   
2.9
 
Expected return on assets
   
(19.0
)
 
(17.7
)
 
-
   
-
 
Prior service cost amortization
   
1.8
   
1.7
   
0.1
   
0.5
 
Transition obligation amortization
   
0.2
   
0.2
   
0.2
   
0.2
 
Amortization of actuarial loss
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
0.5
 
Net periodic benefit (income) cost
 
$
(4.2
)
$
(3.7
)
$
3.6
 
$
5.0
 

Nine months ended September 30
                 
Service cost
 
$
9.2
 
$
8.3
 
$
2.7
 
$
2.4
 
Interest cost
   
28.7
   
28.1
   
8.0
   
8.7
 
Expected return on assets
   
(57.2
)
 
(53.2
)
 
-
   
-
 
Prior service cost amortization
   
5.2
   
4.9
   
0.6
   
1.0
 
Transition obligation amortization
   
0.6
   
0.6
   
0.6
   
0.6
 
Amortization of actuarial loss
   
-
   
-
   
0.9
   
1.5
 
Net periodic benefit (income) cost
 
$
(13.5
)
$
(11.3
)
$
12.8
 
$
14.2
 

D.      Earnings Per Share

Earnings per share amounts have been computed in accordance with SFAS 128, “Earnings Per Share.” Under SFAS 128, basic earnings per share are computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share are computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, after giving effect to securities considered to be dilutive potential common stock. The Company uses the treasury stock method in determining total dilutive potential common stock. The Company has no securities that would have an antidilutive effect on earnings per share.

E.      Transactions with Affiliates

SCE&G holds equity-method investments in two partnerships involved in converting coal to synthetic fuel. SCE&G had recorded as receivables from these affiliated companies approximately $23.5 million and $18.6 million at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. SCE&G had recorded as payables to these affiliated companies approximately $23.3 million and $17.8 million at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. SCE&G purchased approximately $70.2 million and $52.7 million of synthetic fuel from these affiliated companies for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. SCE&G purchased approximately $183.9 million and $142.9 million of synthetic fuel from these affiliated companies for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

F.      New Accounting Matters 

SFAS 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections,” was issued in June 2005. It requires retrospective application to financial statements of prior periods for every voluntary change in accounting principle unless such retrospective application is impracticable. SFAS 154 replaces Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion 20, “Accounting Changes,” and SFAS 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements,” although it carries forward some of their provisions. The Company will adopt SFAS 154 in the first quarter of 2006, and does not expect that the initial adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
 
   Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations,” was issued in March 2005 to clarify the term “conditional asset retirement” as used in SFAS 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.” It requires that a liability be recognized for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation when incurred, if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. Uncertainty about the timing or method of settlement of a conditional asset retirement obligation would be factored into the measurement of the liability when sufficient information exists, but such uncertainty would not be a basis upon which to avoid liability recognition. This interpretation is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. Accordingly, the Company will adopt FIN 47 in the fourth quarter of 2005. The impact FIN 47 may have on the Company’s assets and liabilities has not been determined but could be material. Due to the regulated nature of the businesses for which such conditional asset retirement obligations would be recognized, the Company does not expect that the initial adoption of FIN 47 will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

SFAS 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment,” was issued in December 2004 and will require compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial statements. With limited exceptions, the amount of compensation cost will be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the instruments issued. Compensation cost will be recognized over the period that an employee provides service in exchange for the award. SFAS 123(R) replaces SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” and supersedes APB 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission delayed the date for mandatory adoption of SFAS 123(R) until the first interim or annual reporting period of the first fiscal year beginning on or after June 15, 2005, although earlier adoption is allowed. The Company does not expect that the initial adoption of SFAS 123(R) will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
 
G.      Reclassifications

Certain amounts from prior periods have been reclassified to conform with the presentation adopted for 2005.

2.       RATE AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS
 
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G)

Electric

In a January 2005 order, the SCPSC granted SCE&G a composite increase in retail electric rates of approximately 2.89%, designed to produce additional annual revenues of approximately $41.4 million based on a test year calculation. The SCPSC lowered SCE&G's return on common equity from 12.45% to an amount not to exceed 11.4%, with rates set at 10.7%. The new rates became effective in January 2005. As part of its order, the SCPSC approved SCE&G's recovery of construction and operating costs for SCE&G's new Jasper County Electric Generating Station, recovery of costs of mandatory environmental upgrades primarily related to Federal Clean Air Act regulations and, beginning in January 2005, the application of current and anticipated net synthetic fuel tax credits to offset the cost of constructing the back-up dam at Lake Murray. Under the accounting methodology approved by the SCPSC, construction costs related to the Lake Murray Dam project were recorded in a special dam remediation account outside of rate base, and depreciation is being recognized against the balance in this account on an accelerated basis, subject to the availability of the synthetic fuel tax credits.
 
In the January 2005 order, the SCPSC also approved recovery over a five-year period of SCE&G's approximately $14 million of costs incurred in the formation of the GridSouth Regional Transmission Organization and recovery through base rates over three years of approximately $25.6 million of purchased power costs that were previously deferred. As a part of its order, the SCPSC extended through 2010 its approval of the accelerated capital recovery plan for SCE&G's Cope Generating Station. Under the plan, in the event that SCE&G would otherwise earn in excess of its maximum allowed return on common equity, SCE&G may increase depreciation of its Cope Generating Station up to $36 million annually without additional approval of the SCPSC. Any unused portion of the $36 million in any given year may be carried forward for possible use in the following year.
 

SCE&G's rates are established using a cost of fuel component approved by the SCPSC which may be modified periodically to reflect changes in the price of fuel purchased by SCE&G. SCE&G's cost of fuel component in effect during the period January 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 was as follows:

Rate Per KWh
Effective Date
$.01678
January-April 2004
$.01821
May-December 2004
$.01764
January-April 2005
$.02256
May-September 2005

Gas

In October 2005, the SCPSC granted SCE&G an overall increase of $22.9 million, or 5.69 percent, in retail gas base rates. The new rates are based on an allowed return on common equity of 10.25 percent, and became effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005.
 
SCE&G's rates are established using a cost of gas component approved by the SCPSC which may be modified periodically to reflect changes in the price of natural gas purchased by SCE&G. SCE&G's cost of gas component in effect during the period January 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 was as follows:

Rate Per Therm
Effective Date
$.877
January-October 2004
$.903
November 2004-September 2005
 
    In October 2005 the SCPSC approved an increase in SCE&G’s cost of gas component from a rate of $.903 per therm for all customer classes to rates of $1.29729, $1.22218 and $1.19823 per therm for residential, small and medium general service and large general service classes, respectively. These new rates are effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005. As a part of this proceeding, in order to moderate the effect of volatile natural gas prices on customers, the SCPSC approved a plan to defer certain under-collections of gas costs until November 2006.
 
 
Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated (PSNC Energy)

PSNC Energy’s rates are established using a benchmark cost of gas approved by the NCUC, which may be modified periodically to reflect changes in the market price of natural gas. PSNC Energy revises its tariffs with the NCUC as necessary to track these changes and accounts for any over- or under-collections of the delivered cost of gas in its deferred accounts for subsequent rate consideration. The NCUC reviews PSNC Energy’s gas purchasing practices annually.

PSNC Energy’s benchmark cost of gas in effect during the period January 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 was as follows:

Rate Per Therm
Effective Date
$.600
January-September 2004
$.675
October-November 2004
$.825
December 2004-January 2005
$.725
February-July 2005
$.825
August-September 2005
 
    In September 2005 the NCUC approved PSNC Energy’s request to increase the benchmark cost of gas from $.825 per therm to $1.100 per therm for service rendered on and after October 1, 2005. In October 2005 the NCUC approved PSNC Energy’s request to increase the benchmark cost of gas from $1.100 per therm to $1.275 per therm for service rendered on and after November 1, 2005.

In September 2005, in connection with the Company’s 2005 Annual Prudence Review, the NCUC determined that PSNC Energy’s gas costs, including all hedging transactions, were reasonable and prudently incurred during the 12-month review period ended March 31, 2005. The NCUC also authorized new rate decrements, effective October 1, 2005, to refund over-collections of certain gas costs included in deferred accounts.

 
    A state expansion fund, established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1991 and funded by refunds from PSNC Energy’s interstate pipeline transporters, provides financing for expansion into areas that otherwise would not be economically feasible to serve. In September 2005 the NCUC approved PSNC Energy’s request for disbursement of up to $1.1 million from the expansion fund to extend natural gas service to Louisburg, North Carolina. The project will be completed in 2006.

In March 2005 PSNC Energy refunded approximately $7.7 million in pipeline supplier refunds by a direct bill credit to various customers.

In January 2005 the NCUC authorized PSNC Energy to defer for subsequent rate consideration certain expenses incurred to comply with the U. S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline Integrity Management requirements. This accounting treatment was effective November 1, 2004.

South Carolina Pipeline Corporation (SCPC)

SCPC’s purchased gas adjustment for cost recovery and gas purchasing policies are reviewed annually by the SCPSC. In a July 2005 order, the SCPSC found that for the period January through December 2004 SCPC’s gas purchasing policies and practices were prudent and SCPC properly adhered to the gas cost recovery provisions of its gas tariff.

3.       DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES

In September 2005 SCANA renewed $100 million in committed short-term credit facilities. The credit facilities will expire on September 26, 2006.

In June 2005 $650 million in committed five-year revolving credit facilities for SCE&G, South Carolina Fuel Company, Inc. (Fuel Company) and PSNC Energy were amended to extend the term of the existing credit facilities by an additional year. The credit facilities now will expire on June 30, 2010.

On June 15, 2005 SCE&G retired at maturity $150 million in first mortgage bonds. These bonds bore interest at 7.50%. SCE&G used available cash, together with short-term borrowings, to effect the retirement.

During the second quarter of 2005, the Company terminated two interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $225 million.  Under the swap agreements, the Company received fixed rate interest of 5.81% and 6.25%, and paid variable rate interest.  The termination of these swap agreements did not significantly impact the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In March 2005 SCANA issued $100 million in senior unsecured floating rate medium-term notes maturing in March 2008. The interest rate on the floating rate notes is reset quarterly based on three-month LIBOR plus 15 basis points. The proceeds from the sale, together with available cash, were used for the redemption on April 1, 2005 of $200 million of floating rate medium-term notes due to mature in November 2006.

In March 2005 SCE&G issued $100 million in first mortgage bonds having an annual interest rate of 5.25% and maturing March 1, 2035. The proceeds from the sale of these bonds were used for the redemption on April 1, 2005 of $100 million in first mortgage bonds due April 1, 2025, which bore interest at 7.625%.

4.       RETAINED EARNINGS

The Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation do not limit the dividends that may be paid on its common stock. However, the Restated Articles of Incorporation of SCE&G contain provisions that, under certain circumstances, which the Company considers to be remote, could limit the payment of cash dividends on its common stock. In addition, with respect to hydroelectric projects, the Federal Power Act requires the appropriation of a portion of certain earnings therefrom. At September 30, 2005, of SCE&G’s approximately $1 billion in retained earnings, approximately $51 million were restricted by this requirement as to payment of cash dividends on SCE&G’s common stock.
 
 
5.       FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company utilizes various financial derivatives, including those designated as cash flow hedges related to natural gas. The Company also utilizes swap agreements to manage interest rate risk. These transactions are more fully described in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements in SCANA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

The Company recognizes gains (losses) as a result of qualifying cash flow hedges whose hedged transactions occur during the reporting period and records them, net of taxes, in cost of gas. The Company recognized a gain of $2.4 million and a loss of $(0.4) million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively, and recognized gains of $0.3 million and $3.3 million, respectively, for the corresponding periods ended September 30, 2004. The Company estimates that most of the September 30, 2005 unrealized gain balance of $8.2 million, net of tax, will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to earnings in 2005 and 2006 as a decrease to gas cost if market prices remain at current levels. As of September 30, 2005, all of the Company's cash flow hedges settle by their terms before the end of December 2007.
 
At September 30, 2005 the estimated fair value of the Company’s swaps totaled $0.3 million (gain) related to combined notional amounts of $47.4 million.

6.    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Reference is made to Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements appearing in SCANA’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. Commitments and contingencies at September 30, 2005 include the following:

A.    Nuclear Insurance

The Price-Anderson Indemnification Act (the Act) deals with public liability for a nuclear incident. The Act establishes the liability limit for third-party claims associated with any nuclear incident at $10.5 billion. Each reactor licensee is currently liable for up to $100.6 million per reactor owned for each nuclear incident occurring at any reactor in the United States, provided that not more than $15 million of the liability per reactor would be assessed per year. SCE&G’s maximum assessment, based on its two-thirds ownership of Summer Station, would be approximately $67.1 million per incident, but not more than $10 million per year.

SCE&G currently maintains policies (for itself and on behalf of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the one-third owner of Summer Station) with Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited. The policies, covering the nuclear facility for property damage, excess property damage and outage costs, permit retrospective assessments under certain conditions to cover insurer’s losses. Based on the current annual premium, SCE&G’s portion of the retrospective premium assessment would not exceed $15.8 million.

To the extent that insurable claims for property damage, decontamination, repair and replacement and other costs and expenses arising from a nuclear incident at Summer Station exceed the policy limits of insurance, or to the extent such insurance becomes unavailable in the future, and to the extent that SCE&G’s rates would not recover the cost of any purchased replacement power, SCE&G will retain the risk of loss as a self-insurer. SCE&G has no reason to anticipate a serious nuclear incident at Summer Station. However, if such an incident were to occur, it would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

B.    Environmental

In March 2005 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). CAIR requires the District of Columbia and 28 states, including South Carolina, to reduce nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions in order to attain mandated state levels. SCE&G has petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review CAIR. Several other electric utilities have filed separate petitions. The petitioners seek a change in the method CAIR uses to allocate sulfur dioxide emission allowances to a method the petitioners believe is more equitable. The Company believes that installation of additional air quality controls will be needed to meet the CAIR requirements. Compliance plans and cost to comply with the rule will be determined once the Company completes its review. Such costs will be material and are expected to be recoverable through rates.
 
 
   In March 2005 the EPA issued a final rule establishing a mercury emissions cap and trade program for coal-fired power plants that requires limits to be met in two phases, in 2010 and 2018. The Company is reviewing the final rule. Installation of additional air quality controls is likely to be required to comply with the mercury rule’s emission caps. Compliance plans and costs to comply with the rule will be determined once the Company completes its review. Such costs will be material and are expected to be recoverable through rates.

The Company maintains an environmental assessment program to identify and evaluate current and former sites that could require environmental cleanup. As site assessments are initiated, estimates are made of the amount of expenditures, if any, deemed necessary to investigate and clean up each site. These estimates are refined as additional information becomes available; therefore, actual expenditures could differ significantly from the original estimates. Amounts estimated and accrued to date for site assessments and cleanup relate solely to regulated operations.

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
 
  At SCE&G, site assessment and cleanup costs are deferred and are being recovered through rates (see Note 1). Deferred amounts, net of amounts previously recovered through rates and insurance settlements, totaled $11.9 million at September 30, 2005. The deferral includes the estimated costs associated with the following matters.

SCE&G owns a decommissioned MGP site in the Calhoun Park area of Charleston, South Carolina. The site is currently being remediated for contamination. SCE&G anticipates that the remaining remediation activities will be completed by mid-2006, with certain monitoring and retreatment activities continuing until 2011. As of September 30, 2005, SCE&G had spent approximately $21.0 million to remediate the Calhoun Park site and expects to spend an additional $0.8 million. In addition, the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior made an initial demand to SCE&G for payment of approximately $9 million for certain costs and damages relating to this site. Any cost arising from this matter is expected to be recoverable through rates.

SCE&G owns three other decommissioned MGP sites in South Carolina which contain residues of by-product chemicals. One of the sites has been remediated and will undergo routine monitoring until released by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The other sites are currently being investigated under work plans approved by DHEC. SCE&G anticipates that major remediation activities for the three sites will be completed in 2010. As of September 30, 2005, SCE&G had spent approximately $4.3 million related to these three sites, and expects to spend an additional $8.2 million.

SCE&G has been named, along with 27 others, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the Carolina Transformer Superfund site located in Fayetteville, NC.  The Carolina Transformer Company (CTC) conducted an electrical transformer rebuilding and repair operation at the site from 1967 to 1984.  During that time, SCE&G occasionally used CTC for the repair of existing transformers and the purchase of new transformers.  In 1984, EPA initiated a cleanup of PCB-contaminated soil and groundwater at the site.  EPA reports that it has spent $36 million to date.  SCE&G’s records indicated that only minimal quantities of used transformers were shipped to CTC, and it is not clear if any contained PCB-contaminated oil.  Although a basis for the allocation of clean-up costs among the 28 PRPs is unclear, SCE&G does not believe that its involvement at this site would result in an allocation of costs that would have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

    Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated

   The Company is responsible for environmental cleanup at five sites in North Carolina on which MGP residuals are present or suspected. The Company’s actual remediation costs for these sites will depend on a number of factors, such as actual site conditions, third-party claims and recoveries from other potentially responsible parties. The Company has recorded a liability and associated regulatory asset of approximately $8.7 million, which reflects its estimated remaining liability at September 30, 2005. Amounts incurred and deferred to date, net of insurance settlements, that are not currently being recovered through gas rates are approximately $1.7 million. Management believes that all MGP cleanup costs will be recoverable through gas rates.



C.      Claims and Litigation

In 1999 an unsuccessful bidder for the purchase of certain propane gas assets of the Company filed suit against SCANA in Circuit Court, seeking unspecified damages. The suit alleged the existence of a contract for the sale of assets to the plaintiff and various causes of action associated with that contract. On October 21, 2004, the jury issued an adverse verdict on this matter against SCANA for four causes of action for damages totaling $48 million.

Upon receiving the jury verdict prior to reporting results for the third quarter of 2004, it was the Company’s interpretation that the damages awarded with respect to certain causes of action were overlapping and that the plaintiff would be required to elect a single remedy. Therefore, it was the Company’s belief that a reasonably possible estimate of the total damages based on the amounts awarded by the jury would be in the range of $18 - $36 million. As such, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, in the third quarter of 2004 the Company accrued a liability of $18 million pre-tax, which was its reasonable estimate of the minimum liability that was probable if the final judgment were to be consistent with the jury verdict.

Post-verdict motions were heard in November 2004 and January 2005. In April 2005, post-trial motions were decided by the Court, and the plaintiff was ordered to elect a single remedy from the multiple jury awards. In response to the April 2005 election order, the plaintiff elected a remedy with damages totaling $18 million, and the Company placed the funds in escrow with the Clerk of Court to forestall the accrual of post-judgment interest. The funds held in escrow are recorded within prepayments and other assets on the balance sheet and appear as an investing activity in the statement of cash flows. The Company believes its accrued liability is still a reasonable estimate. However, the Company continues to believe that the verdict was inconsistent with the facts presented and applicable laws. Both parties have appealed the judgment.

The Company is also defending a claim for $2.7 million for reimbursement of legal fees and expenses under an indemnification and hold harmless agreement in the contract for the sale of the propane gas assets. A bench trial on the indemnification was held on January 14, 2005, and on August 9, 2005 an order was entered against the Company in the amount of $2.6 million. The Company filed a motion and amended motion to vacate or in the alternative to alter or amend or reconsider the order and is currently awaiting a decision. The Company has made provision for this potential loss and further believes that the resolution of this claim will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

On August 21, 2003, SCE&G was served as a co-defendant in a purported class action lawsuit styled as Collins v. Duke Energy Corporation, Progress Energy Services Company, and SCE&G in South Carolina's Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Since that time, the plaintiffs have dismissed defendants Duke Energy and Progress Energy and are proceeding against SCE&G only. The plaintiffs are seeking damages for the alleged improper use of electric transmission and distribution easements but have not asserted a dollar amount for their claims. Specifically, the plaintiffs contend that the licensing of attachments on electric utility poles, towers and other facilities to non-utility third parties or telecommunication companies for other than the electric utilities' internal use along the electric transmission and distribution line rights-of-way constitutes a trespass. The Company is confident of the propriety of SCE&G’s actions and intends to mount a vigorous defense. The Company further believes that the resolution of these claims will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

On May 17, 2004, the Company was served with a purported class action lawsuit styled as Douglas E. Gressette, individually and on behalf of other persons similarly situated v. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and SCANA Corporation. The case was filed in South Carolina’s Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Ninth Judicial Circuit (the Court). The plaintiff alleges the Company made improper use of certain easements and rights-of-way by allowing fiber optic communication lines and/or wireless communication equipment to transmit communications other than the Company’s electricity-related internal communications.  The plaintiff asserted causes of action for unjust enrichment, trespass, injunction and declaratory judgment. The plaintiff did not assert a specific dollar amount for the claims. The Company believes its actions are consistent with governing law and the applicable documents granting easements and rights-of-way. The Court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss and issued an order dismissing the case on June 29, 2005. The plaintiff has appealed. The Company intends to mount a vigorous defense and believes that the resolution of these claims will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.


A complaint was filed on October 22, 2003 against SCE&G by the State of South Carolina alleging that SCE&G violated the Unfair Trade Practices Act by charging municipal franchise fees to some customers residing outside a municipality’s limits. The complaint alleged that SCE&G failed to obey, observe or comply with the lawful order of the SCPSC by charging franchise fees to those not residing within a municipality. The complaint sought restitution to all affected customers and penalties of up to $5,000 for each separate violation. The State of South Carolina v. SCE&G claim has been settled by an agreement between the parties, and the settlement has been approved by the court. The allegations were also the subject of a purported class action lawsuit filed in December 2003, against Duke Energy Corporation, Progress Energy Services Company and SCE&G (styled as Edwards v. SCE&G), but that case has been dismissed by the plaintiff. In addition, SCE&G filed a petition with the SCPSC on October 23, 2003 pursuant to S. C. Code Ann. R.103-836. The petition requests that the SCPSC exercise its jurisdiction to investigate the operation of the municipal franchise fee collection requirements applicable to SCE&G’s electric and gas service, to approve SCE&G’s efforts to correct any past franchise fee billing errors, to adopt improvements in the system which will reduce such errors in the future, and to adopt any regulation that the SCPSC deems just and proper to regulate the franchise fee collection process. A hearing on this petition has not been scheduled. The Company believes that the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.
 
     The Company is also engaged in various other claims and litigation incidental to its business operations which management anticipates will be resolved without material loss to the Company.

7.       SEGMENT OF BUSINESS INFORMATION
 
The Company’s reportable segments are listed in the following table. The Company uses operating income to measure profitability for its regulated operations; therefore, net income is not allocated to the Electric Operations, Gas Distribution and Gas Transmission segments. The Company uses net income to measure profitability for its Retail Gas Marketing and Energy Marketing segments. Gas Distribution is comprised of the local distribution operations of SCE&G and PSNC Energy which meet SFAS 131 criteria for aggregation. All Other includes equity method investments and other nonreportable segments.

   
External
 
Intersegment
 
Operating
 
Net
 
Segment
 
Millions of dollars
 
Revenue
 
Revenue
 
Income (Loss)
 
Income (Loss)
 
Assets
 
                       
Three Months Ended September 30, 2005
                     
Electric Operations
 
$
615
 
$
1
 
$
186
   
n/a
       
Gas Distribution
   
140
   
-
   
(10
)
 
n/a
       
Gas Transmission
   
54
   
69
   
5
   
n/a
       
Retail Gas Marketing
   
77
   
-
   
n/a
 
$
(3
)
     
Energy Marketing
   
241
   
67
   
n/a
   
2
       
All Other
   
17
   
83
   
n/a
   
(1
)
     
Adjustments/Eliminations
   
(17
)
 
(220
)
 
(2
)
 
102
       
Consolidated Total
 
$
1,127
 
$
-
 
$
179
 
$
100
       
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
                     
Electric Operations
 
$
1,468
 
$
3
 
$
194
   
n/a
 
$
5,315
 
Gas Distribution
   
712
   
-
   
45
   
n/a
   
1,516
 
Gas Transmission
   
162
   
264
   
17
   
n/a
   
334
 
Retail Gas Marketing
   
408
   
-
   
n/a
 
$
20
   
125
 
Energy Marketing
   
534
   
110
   
n/a
   
1
   
143
 
All Other
   
52
   
238
   
n/a
   
(65
)
 
586
 
Adjustments/Eliminations
   
(52
)
 
(615
)
 
36
   
290
   
939
 
Consolidated Total
 
$
3,284
 
$
-
 
$
292
 
$
246
 
$
8,958
 



 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2004
                     
Electric Operations
 
$
492
 
$
1
 
$
168
   
n/a
       
Gas Distribution
   
114
   
-
   
(11
)
 
n/a
     
Gas Transmission
   
48
   
57
   
3
   
n/a
       
Retail Gas Marketing
   
70
   
-
   
n/a
 
$
(1
)
     
Energy Marketing
   
133
   
27
   
n/a
   
1
       
All Other
   
15
   
78
   
n/a
   
(27
)
   
Adjustments/Eliminations
   
(15
)
 
(163
)
 
1
   
81
       
Consolidated Total
 
$
857
 
$
-
 
$
161
 
$
54
     

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004
                     
Electric Operations
 
$
1,306
 
$
3
 
$
385
   
n/a
 
$
5,256
 
Gas Distribution
   
622
   
-
   
38
   
n/a
   
1,424
 
Gas Transmission
   
154
   
238
   
14
   
n/a
   
316
 
Retail Gas Marketing
   
379
   
-
   
n/a
 
$
23
   
110
 
Energy Marketing
   
371
   
64
   
n/a
   
-
   
55
 
All Other
   
44
   
220
   
n/a
   
(21
)
 
678
 
Adjustments/Eliminations
   
(44
)
 
(525
)
 
41
   
213
   
870
 
Consolidated Total
 
$
2,832
 
$
-
 
$
478
 
$
215
 
$
8,709
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
SCANA CORPORATION
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations appearing in SCANA Corporation’s (SCANA, and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the Company) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Statements included in this discussion and analysis (or elsewhere in this quarterly report) which are not statements of historical fact are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, “forward-looking statements” for purposes of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) that the information is of a preliminary nature and may be subject to further and/or continuing review and adjustment, (2) regulatory actions or changes in the utility and nonutility regulatory environment, (3) current and future litigation, (4) changes in the economy, especially in areas served by subsidiaries of SCANA, (5) the impact of competition from other energy suppliers, including competition from alternate fuels in industrial interruptible markets, (6) growth opportunities for SCANA’s regulated and diversified subsidiaries, (7) the results of financing efforts, (8) changes in the Company’s accounting policies, (9) weather conditions, especially in areas served by SCANA’s subsidiaries, (10) performance of SCANA’s pension plan assets, (11) inflation, (12) changes in environmental regulations, (13) volatility in commodity natural gas markets and (14) the other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in SCANA’s periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. SCANA disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Electric Operations

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (the “energy bill”) became law in August 2005.  Key provisions of the energy bill include the establishment of an electric reliability organization to enforce reliability standards for transmission systems, the restriction of standard market design (SMD) rulemaking by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the provision for continued reservation of electric transmission capacity needed to serve native load customers.  The energy bill also repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and provides for greater regulatory oversight by other federal and state authorities.  The energy bill requires FERC to put in place rules and regulations to fully implement applicable provisions of the energy bill. The Company is reviewing the energy bill and related rules proposed by FERC to determine the impact they may have on the Company’s operations. In a separate development, in July 2005 FERC terminated its proposed rule for SMD.  The Company cannot predict when or if FERC will advance other regulatory initiatives related to the national energy market or what conditions such initiatives would impose on utilities.

Gas Distribution

In October 2005, the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (SCPSC) granted South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) an overall increase of $22.9 million, or 5.69 percent, in retail gas base rates. The new rates are based on an allowed return on common equity of 10.25 percent, and became effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005.

In February 2005, the Natural Gas Stabilization Act of 2005 (Stabilization Act) became law in South Carolina. The Stabilization Act allows natural gas distribution companies to request annual adjustments to rates to reflect changes in revenues and expenses and changes in investment. Such annual adjustments are subject to certain qualifying criteria and review by the SCPSC.

Gas Transmission

SCANA plans to merge two of its subsidiaries, South Carolina Pipeline Corporation (SCPC) and SCG Pipeline, Inc., into a new company to be called Carolina Gas Transmission Corporation (CGT). CGT will operate as an open access, transportation-only interstate pipeline company. The merger is subject to approval by FERC. SCPC is reviewing the major issues relating to the merger with its customers in an attempt to reach agreement with them prior to filing the application with FERC. SCANA does not expect a final decision regarding the merger from FERC before the summer of 2006.

Retail Gas Marketing

In June 2005 the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC) voted to retain SCANA Energy as Georgia’s regulated provider of natural gas for a two-year period ending August 31, 2007, with an option by the GPSC to extend the term for an additional year. In connection with this contract extension, SCANA Energy has agreed to file financial and other information periodically with the GPSC, and such information will be available at www.psc.state.ga.us.

SCANA Energy and SCANA's other natural gas distribution, transmission and marketing segments maintain gas inventory and also utilize forward contracts and financial instruments, including futures contracts and options, to manage their exposure to fluctuating commodity natural gas prices. As a part of this risk management process, at any given time, a portion of SCANA's projected natural gas needs has been purchased or otherwise placed under contract. Since SCANA Energy operates in a competitive market, it may be unable to sustain its current levels of customers and/or pricing, thereby reducing expected margins and profitability. Further, there can be no assurance that Georgia’s gas delivery regulatory framework will remain unchanged as dynamic market conditions evolve.
 
SCANA Energy, pursuant to a written agreement, has maintained a long-standing marketing alliance with Cobb Energy Management Corporation (Cobb Energy), an affiliate of Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (Cobb EMC), and other Georgia electric membership cooperatives (collectively, the EMCs) under the terms of which the parties work in an exclusive relationship to attract, retain and serve customers for SCANA Energy.  In July 2005, Southern Company Gas, the natural gas marketing affiliate of Southern Company, announced that it had signed a letter of intent to negotiate the sale of its business to a soon to be formed affiliate of Cobb EMC.  In anticipation of this proposed transaction, in October 2005, the Cobb EMC affiliate applied to the GPSC to become a licensed natural gas marketer. Also in connection with this proposed transaction, Cobb Energy, on behalf of itself and the EMCs, entered into discussions with SCANA Energy to modify the marketing alliance.

As a result of those discussions, effective October 31, 2005, SCANA Energy and the EMCs amended the marketing alliance so that, in an orderly fashion in 2006, the EMCs will transition to SCANA Energy certain call center and customer-related administrative functions, such as billing and collections, which are currently being provided to a portion of SCANA Energy’s customers by the EMCs. During the process and subsequent to the completion of the transition, certain other requirements also must be met by the EMCs until such time as the marketing alliance expires in October 2008.

SCANA Energy believes that its current customer service and billing systems have the capacity to accommodate the additional customers and that it will have the resources in place to assume responsibility for providing these services for its customers. SCANA Energy expects that the transition will have minimal impact on its customers or related customer service functions. However, as noted above, there can be no assurance that SCANA Energy will be able to maintain its current level of customers, and therefore, no assurance that its current level of profitability will be sustained.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
AS COMPARED TO THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 2004

Earnings Per Share

The Company's reported earnings are prepared in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that, in addition to reported earnings under GAAP, the Company's GAAP-adjusted net earnings from operations provides a meaningful representation of its fundamental earnings power and can aid in performing period-over-period financial analysis and comparison with peer group data. In management's opinion, GAAP-adjusted net earnings from operations is a useful indicator of the financial results of the Company's primary businesses. This measure is also a basis for management's provision of earnings guidance and growth projections, and it is used by management in making resource allocation and other budgetary and operational decisions. This non-GAAP performance measure is not intended to replace the GAAP measure of net earnings, but is offered as a supplement to it. A reconciliation of reported (GAAP) earnings per share to GAAP-adjusted net earnings from operations per share is provided in the table below:


   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
   
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Reported (GAAP) earnings per share
 
$
.88
 
$
.48
 
$
2.16
 
$
1.93
 
Add (Deduct):
                         
Charges related to pending litigation
   
-
   
.10
   
-
   
.10
 
Investment impairment
   
-
   
.13
   
-
   
.13
 
Gain from sale of telecommunications investment
   
-
   
-
   
(.03
)
 
-
 
                           
GAAP-adjusted net earnings from operations per share
 
$
.88
 
$
.71
 
$
2.13
 
$
2.16
 

Discussion of adjustments:

The charge related to pending litigation recognized in 2004 resulted from an unfavorable verdict in a case in which an unsuccessful bidder for the purchase of certain of SCANA’s propane gas assets in 1999 alleged breach of contract and related claims. Both parties have appealed the judgment.

The Company’s investment in Knology, Inc. (Knology) experienced an other-than-temporary impairment in 2004, resulting in a $.13 per share charge. The Company’s investment in Knology was monetized in December 2004. The 2005 realized gain on telecommunications investment of $.03 resulted from the receipt in 2005 of additional proceeds from the 2003 sale of the Company’s investment in ITC Holding Company. These additional proceeds had been held in escrow pending resolution of certain contingencies.

Management believes that all of the above adjustments are appropriate in determining the non-GAAP financial performance measure. Management utilizes such measure itself in exercising budgetary control, managing business operations and determining eligibility for incentive compensation payments. Such non-GAAP measure is based on management’s decision that the telecommunications investments are not part of the Company’s core businesses and will not be available to provide earnings on a long-term basis. The non-GAAP measure also provides a consistent basis upon which to measure performance by excluding the effects on per share earnings of transactions involving the Company’s telecommunications investments and litigation charge related to the sale of a prior business.

Third Quarter

GAAP-adjusted net earnings from operations per share increased primarily due to increases in electric margins of $.25, offset by increased depreciation and amortization expense of $.02, increased operations and maintenance expenses of $.03, increased interest expense of $.01 and the effects of dilution of $.02. Accelerated depreciation on the Lake Murray back-up dam and recognition of synthetic fuel tax credits and related items had no effect on net income, as discussed below.

Year to Date

GAAP-adjusted net earnings from operations per share decreased primarily due to increases in electric margins of $.27 and gas margins of $.06, offset by increased depreciation and amortization expense of $.14, increased operations and maintenance expenses of $.11, increased interest expense of $.05 and the effects of dilution of $.04. Accelerated depreciation on the Lake Murray back-up dam and recognition of synthetic fuel tax credits and related items had no effect on net income, as discussed below.

Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits

SCE&G holds equity-method investments in two partnerships involved in converting coal to synthetic fuel, the use of which fuel qualifies for federal income tax credits. These synthetic fuel production facilities were placed in operation in 2000 and 2001. Under an accounting plan approved by the SCPSC in June 2000, the synthetic fuel tax credits generated by the partnerships and passed through to SCE&G, net of partnership losses and other expenses, were to be deferred until the SCPSC approved their application to offset capital costs of projects required to comply with legislative or regulatory actions.

  
      In a January 2005 order, the SCPSC approved SCE&G’s request to apply these synthetic fuel tax credits to offset the construction costs of the Lake Murray Dam project. Under the accounting methodology approved by the SCPSC, construction costs related to the project were recorded in utility plant in service in a special dam remediation account outside of rate base, and depreciation is recognized against the balance in this account on an accelerated basis, subject to the availability of the synthetic fuel tax credits.

The level of depreciation expense and related tax benefit recognized in the income statement will be equal to the available synthetic fuel tax credits, less partnership losses and other expenses, net of taxes. As a result, the balance of unrecovered costs in the dam remediation account is declining as accelerated depreciation is recorded. Although these entries collectively have no impact on consolidated net income, they can have a significant impact on individual line items within the income statement. In addition, SCE&G is allowed to record non-cash carrying costs on the unrecovered investment, which is described further at Other Income. See also Other Matters - Synthetic Fuel. The accelerated depreciation, synthetic fuel tax credits, partnership losses and the income tax benefit arising from such losses recognized by SCE&G during 2005 are as follows:

   
Recognized
     
Factors Increasing (Decreasing)
 
3rd Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Net Income (millions)
 
2005
 
2005
 
           
Depreciation and amortization expense
 
$
(17.2
)
$
(200.8
)
               
Income tax benefits:
             
From synthetic fuel tax credits
   
12.9
   
168.1
 
From accelerated depreciation
   
6.6
   
76.8
 
From partnership losses
   
1.3
   
27.2
 
Total income tax benefits
   
20.8
   
272.1
 
               
Losses from Equity Method Investments
   
(3.6
)
 
(71.3
)
               
Impact on Net Income
   
-
   
-
 

Pension Income

Pension income was recorded on the Company’s financial statements as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
                   
Income Statement Impact:
                 
Reduction in employee benefit costs
 
$
0.9
 
$
0.4
 
$
3.2
 
$
2.2
 
Other income
   
3.0
   
3.1
   
9.0
   
8.1
 
Balance Sheet Impact:
                         
Reduction in capital expenditures
   
0.2
   
0.1
   
0.9
   
0.7
 
Component of amount due to Summer Station co-owner
   
0.1
   
0.1
   
0.4
   
0.3
 
Total Pension Income
 
$
4.2
 
$
3.7
 
$
13.5
 
$
11.3
 

For the last several years, the market value of the Company’s retirement plan (pension) assets has exceeded the total actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits. Pension income for the third quarter and year to date 2005 increased compared to the corresponding periods in 2004, primarily as a result of positive investment returns.
 
 



Other Income

Included in other income is an allowance for funds used during construction (AFC). AFC is a utility accounting practice whereby a portion of the cost of both equity and borrowed funds used to finance construction (which is shown on the balance sheet as construction work in progress) is capitalized. The Company includes an equity portion of AFC in nonoperating income and a debt portion of AFC in interest charges (credits) as noncash items, both of which have the effect of increasing reported net income. AFC for the three months ended September 30, 2005 decreased compared to the same period of 2004, primarily due to completion of the back-up dam at Lake Murray. AFC for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 decreased primarily due to completion of the Jasper County Electric Generating Station in May 2004 and the discontinuation of AFC on the back-up dam at Lake Murray effective December 31, 2004, as authorized by the January 2005 SCPSC rate order.

Also included in other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 is a recovery of carrying costs through synthetic fuel tax credits of approximately $2.8 million and $8.4 million, respectively, which was recorded under provisions of the January 2005 SCPSC rate order.

Dividends Declared

The Company’s Board of Directors has declared the following dividends on common stock during 2005:

Declaration Date
Dividend Per Share
Record Date
Payment Date
       
February 17, 2005
$.39
March 10, 2005
April 1, 2005
May 5, 2005
$.39
June 10, 2005
July 1, 2005
July 27, 2005
$.39
September 9, 2005
October 1, 2005
November 2, 2005
$.39
December 9, 2005
January 1, 2006

Electric Operations

Electric Operations is comprised of the electric operations of SCE&G, South Carolina Generating Company, Inc. (GENCO) and South Carolina Fuel Company, Inc. (Fuel Company). Electric operations sales margins (including transactions with affiliates) were as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Operating revenues
 
$
615.6
   
25.1
%
$
491.9
 
$
1,468.5
   
12.4
%
$
1,306.4
 
Less: Fuel used in generation
   
217.1
   
56.0
%
 
139.2
   
482.1
   
35.9
%
 
354.7
 
Purchased power
   
11.5
   
7.5
%
 
10.7
   
29.1
   
(32.6
)%
 
43.2
 
Margin
 
$
387.0
   
13.1
%
$
342.0
 
$
957.3
   
5.4
%
$
908.5
 

Third Quarter

Margin increased by $16.8 million due to favorable weather, by $12.9 million due to increased retail electric rates that went into effect in January 2005, by $7.8 million due to customer growth, and by $7.3 million in increased off-system sales.

Year to Date

Margin increased by $32.2 million due to increased retail electric rates that went into effect in January 2005, by $9.2 million due to increased off-system sales and by $18.8 million due to customer growth. These increases were offset by $12.0 million due to unfavorable weather.


Gas Distribution

Gas Distribution is comprised of the local distribution operations of SCE&G and Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated (PSNC Energy). Gas distribution sales margins (including transactions with affiliates) were as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Operating revenues
 
$
139.7
   
22.4
%
$
114.1
 
$
711.0
   
14.1
%
$
623.0
 
Less: Gas purchased for resale
   
103.4
   
28.1
%
 
80.7
   
520.3
   
17.5
%
 
442.7
 
Margin
 
$
36.3
   
8.7
%
$
33.4
 
$
190.7
   
5.8
%
$
180.3
 

Third Quarter and Year to Date

Margin increased primarily due to customer growth.

Gas Transmission

Gas Transmission is comprised of the operations of SCPC. Gas transmission sales margins (including transactions with affiliates) were as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Operating revenues
 
$
123.1
   
16.2
%
$
105.9
 
$
426.0
   
8.6
%
$
392.1
 
Less: Gas purchased for resale
   
110.2
   
18.2
%
 
93.2
   
386.0
   
9.8
%
 
351.6
 
Margin
 
$
12.9
   
1.6
%
$
12.7
 
$
40.0
   
(1.2
)%
$
40.5
 

Third Quarter

Margin increased primarily as a result of higher margins on industrial customers.

Year to Date

Margin decreased slightly due to lower transportation volumes.

Retail Gas Marketing

Retail Gas Marketing is comprised of SCANA Energy, which operates in Georgia’s natural gas market. Retail Gas Marketing revenues and net income were as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Operating revenues
 
$
76.9
   
9.7
%
$
70.1
 
$
407.7
   
7.5
%
$
379.1
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(3.0
)
 
*
 
$
(0.5
)
$
20.3
   
(12.5
)%
$
23.2
 
*Greater than 100%

Third Quarter
 
    Operating revenues increased primarily as a result of higher average retail prices due to higher commodity gas costs. Net loss increased primarily due to lower sales margins.

Year to Date

Operating revenues increased primarily as a result of higher average retail prices due to higher commodity gas costs. Net income decreased primarily due to increased bad debt expense and higher operating and customer service expenses offsetting higher margins.

Energy Marketing

Energy Marketing is comprised of the Company’s non-regulated marketing operations, excluding SCANA Energy. Energy Marketing operating revenues and net income were as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Operating revenues
 
$
307.7
   
*
 
$
100.6
 
$
644.2
   
48.4
%
$
434.2
 
Net income
 
$
1.9
   
58.3
%
$
1.2
 
$
0.9
   
*
 
$
0.2
 
* Greater than 100%

Third Quarter and Year to Date

Operating revenues increased primarily as a result of higher commodity prices which more than offset decreased volumes. Net income increased slightly primarily due to higher margins.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses, which arose from the operating segments previously discussed, were as follows:
 
   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Other operation and maintenance
 
$
148.8
   
4.7
%
$
142.1
 
$
460.5
   
4.7
%
$
440.0
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
89.0
   
30.3
%
 
68.3
   
422.8
   
*
   
197.6
 
Other taxes
   
35.3
   
(0.8
)%
 
35.6
   
113.4
   
0.5
%
 
112.8
 
Total
 
$
273.1
   
11.0
%
$
246.0
 
$
996.7
   
32.8
%
$
750.4
 
* Greater than 100%

Third Quarter

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased primarily due to increased electric generation and gas distribution expenses of $4.3 million, increased customer billing expense of $1.0 million and higher expenses related to regulatory matters of $1.3 million and increased amortization of regulatory assets of $0.8 million. Depreciation and amortization increased approximately $17.2 million due to accelerated depreciation of the back-up dam at Lake Murray (previously explained at Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits) and increased $1.4 million due to normal net property additions. In addition, as a result of the January 2005 rate order, SCE&G received approval to amortize previously deferred purchased power costs and to implement new depreciation rates, resulting in $4.1 million of additional depreciation and amortization expense in the period.

Year to Date

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased primarily due to increased major maintenance expenses of $7.6 million, increased expenses associated with the Jasper County Electric Generating Station which was completed in May 2004 totaling $2.5 million, increased nuclear operating and maintenance expenses of $3.4 million, higher expenses related to regulatory matters of $2.3 million and higher amortization of regulatory assets of $2.7 million. Depreciation and amortization increased approximately $200.8 million due to accelerated depreciation of the back-up dam at Lake Murray (previously explained at Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits) and increased $6.6 million due to the completion of the Jasper County Electric Generating Station in May 2004 and $4.3 million due to normal net property changes. In addition, as a result of the January 2005 rate order, SCE&G received approval to amortize previously deferred purchased power costs and to implement new depreciation rates, resulting in $12.8 million of additional depreciation and amortization expense in the period.
 
Interest Expense

Interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased primarily due to reduced AFC of $0.8 million and $5.4 million, respectively, and higher interest rates.
 
Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 decreased primarily due to the application of synthetic fuel tax credits, as previously discussed at Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The Company anticipates that its contractual cash obligations will be met through internally generated funds, the incurrence of additional short-term and long-term indebtedness and sales of additional equity securities. The Company expects that it has or can obtain adequate sources of financing to meet its projected cash requirements for the foreseeable future. The Company’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the 12 months ended September 30, 2005 was 2.00.

Cash requirements for the Company’s regulated subsidiaries arise primarily from their operational needs, funding their construction programs and payment of dividends to SCANA. The ability of the regulated subsidiaries to replace existing plant investment, as well as to expand to meet future demand for electricity and gas, will depend on their ability to attract the necessary financial capital on reasonable terms. Regulated subsidiaries recover the costs of providing services through rates charged to customers. Rates for regulated services are generally based on historical costs. As customer growth and inflation occur and these subsidiaries continue their ongoing construction programs, rate increases will be sought. The future financial position and results of operations of the regulated subsidiaries will be affected by their ability to obtain adequate and timely rate and other regulatory relief, if requested.

In a January 2005 order, the SCPSC granted SCE&G a composite increase in retail electric rates of approximately 2.89%, designed to produce additional annual revenues of approximately $41.4 million based on a test year calculation. The SCPSC lowered SCE&G's return on common equity from 12.45% to an amount not to exceed 11.4%, with rates set at 10.7%. The new rates became effective in January 2005. As part of its order, the SCPSC approved SCE&G's recovery of construction and operating costs for SCE&G's new Jasper County Electric Generating Station, recovery of costs of mandatory environmental upgrades primarily related to Federal Clean Air Act regulations and the application of current and anticipated net synthetic fuel tax credits to offset the cost of constructing the back-up dam at Lake Murray (as previously discussed in Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits). The SCPSC also approved recovery over a five-year period of SCE&G's approximately $14 million of costs incurred in the formation of the GridSouth Regional Transmission Organization and recovery through base rates over three years of approximately $25.6 million of purchased power costs that were previously deferred. As a part of its order, the SCPSC extended through 2010 its approval of the accelerated capital recovery plan for SCE&G's Cope Generating Station. Under the plan, in the event that SCE&G would otherwise earn in excess of its maximum allowed return on common equity, SCE&G may increase depreciation of its Cope Generating Station up to $36 million annually without additional approval of the SCPSC. Any unused portion of the $36 million in any given year may be carried forward for possible use in the following year.

In October 2005, the SCPSC granted SCE&G an overall increase of $22.9 million, or 5.69 percent, in retail gas base rates. The new rates are based on an allowed return on common equity of 10.25 percent, and became effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005.

In October 2005 the SCPSC approved an increase in SCE&G’s cost of gas component from a rate of $.903 per therm for all customer classes to rates of $1.29729, $1.22218 and $1.19823 per therm for residential, small and medium general service and large general services classes, respectively. These new rates are effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005. As a part of this proceeding, in order to moderate the effect of volatile natural gas prices on customers, the SCPSC approved a plan to defer certain under-collections of gas costs until November 2006.



The following table summarizes how the Company generated and used funds for property additions and construction expenditures during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004:

   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
           
Net cash provided from operating activities
 
$
541
 
$
490
 
Net cash used for financing activities
   
(175
)
 
(78
)
Cash provided from sale of investments and assets
   
8
   
2
 
Cash and cash equivalents available at the beginning of the period
   
119
   
117
 
               
Funds used for utility property additions and construction expenditures
 
$
(285
)
$
(311
)
Funds used for nonutility property additions
   
(11
)
 
(15
)
Funds used for investments
   
(26
)
 
(14
)

The Company’s issuance of various securities, including long-term and short-term debt, is subject to customary approval or authorization by state and federal regulatory bodies, including state public service commissions and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS

In September 2005 SCANA renewed $100 million in short-term committed credit facilities. The credit facilities will expire on September 26, 2006.

In June 2005 $650 million in committed five-year revolving credit facilities for SCE&G, Fuel Company and PSNC Energy were amended to extend the term of the existing credit facilities by an additional year. The credit facilities now will expire on June 30, 2010. None of the five-year credit facilities requires the borrower to make a representation as to “no material adverse change” related to financial condition or material litigation at the time of a borrowing, and none of the facilities contains covenants based on credit ratings under which lenders could refuse to advance funds.

On June 15, 2005 SCE&G retired at maturity $150 million in first mortgage bonds. These bonds bore interest at 7.50%. SCE&G used available cash, together with short-term borrowings, to effect the retirement.

During the second quarter of 2005, the Company terminated two interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $225 million.  Under the swap agreements, the Company received fixed rate interest of 5.81% and 6.25%, and paid variable rate interest.  The termination of these swap agreements did not significantly impact the Company's results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

In March 2005 SCANA issued $100 million in senior unsecured floating rate medium-term notes maturing in March 2008. The interest rate on the floating rate notes is reset quarterly based on three-month LIBOR plus 15 basis points. The proceeds from the sale, together with available cash, were used for the redemption on April 1, 2005 of $200 million of floating rate medium-term notes due to mature in November 2006.

In March 2005 SCE&G issued $100 million in first mortgage bonds having an annual interest rate of 5.25% and maturing March 1, 2035. The proceeds from the sale of these bonds were used for the redemption on April 1, 2005 of $100 million in first mortgage bonds due April 1, 2025 which bore interest at 7.625%.

CAPITAL PROJECTS

In May 2005 SCE&G substantially completed construction of a back-up dam at Lake Murray in order to comply with new federal safety standards mandated by FERC. Construction of the project and related activities cost approximately $275 million, excluding AFC.



ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

In March 2005 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). CAIR requires the District of Columbia and 28 states, including South Carolina, to reduce nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions in order to attain mandated state levels. SCE&G has petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review CAIR. Several other electric utilities have filed separate petitions. The petitioners seek a change in the method CAIR uses to allocate sulfur dioxide emission allowances to a method the petitioners believe is more equitable. The Company believes that installation of additional air quality controls will be needed to meet the CAIR requirements. Compliance plans and cost to comply with the rule will be determined once the Company completes its review. Such costs will be material and are expected to be recoverable through rates.

In March 2005 the EPA issued a final rule establishing a mercury emissions cap and trade program for coal-fired power plants that requires limits to be met in two phases, in 2010 and 2018. The Company is reviewing the final rule. Installation of additional air quality controls is likely to be required to comply with the mercury rule’s emission caps. Compliance plans and costs to comply with the rule will be determined once the Company completes its review. Such costs will be material and are expected to be recoverable through rates.

For other information on environmental matters, see Note 6B to condensed consolidated financial statements.

OTHER MATTERS

Synthetic Fuel

SCE&G holds equity-method investments in two partnerships involved in converting coal to synthetic fuel, the use of which fuel qualifies for federal income tax credits. These synthetic fuel production facilities were placed in operation in 2000 and 2001. Under an accounting plan approved by the SCPSC in June 2000, the synthetic fuel tax credits generated by the partnerships and passed through to SCE&G, net of partnership losses and other expenses, were to be deferred until the SCPSC approved their application to offset capital costs of projects required to comply with legislative or regulatory actions.

The aggregate investment in these partnerships as of September 30, 2005 is approximately $3.5 million, and through September 30, 2005, they have generated and passed through to SCE&G approximately $168.0 million in such tax credits. As previously described at Earnings Per Share, in a January 2005 order, the SCPSC approved SCE&G’s request to apply these synthetic fuel tax credits to offset the construction costs of the Lake Murray Dam project. Under the accounting methodology approved by the SCPSC, construction costs related to the project were recorded in utility plant in service in a special dam remediation account outside of rate base, and depreciation is recognized against the balance in this account on an accelerated basis, subject to the availability of the synthetic fuel tax credits.

The level of depreciation expense and related income tax benefit recognized in the income statement is equal to the available synthetic fuel tax credits, less partnership losses and other expenses, net of taxes. As a result, the balance of unrecovered costs in the dam remediation account is declining as accelerated depreciation is recorded. Although these entries collectively have no impact on consolidated net income, they can have a significant impact on individual line items within the income statement.

Depreciation on the Lake Murray Dam remediation account will be matched to available synthetic fuel tax credits on a quarterly basis until the balance in the dam remediation account is zero or until all of the available synthetic fuel tax credits have been utilized. The synthetic fuel tax credit program expires at the end of 2007.

The ability to utilize the synthetic fuel tax credits is dependent on several factors, one of which is the average annual domestic wellhead price per barrel of crude oil as published by the U.S. Government. Under a phase-out provision included in the program, if the domestic wellhead reference price of oil per barrel for a given year is below an inflation-adjusted benchmark range for that year, all of the synthetic fuel tax credits that have been generated in that year would be available for use. If that price is above the benchmark range, none of the tax credits would be available. If that price falls within the benchmark range, a certain percentage of the credits would be available.



The lower end of the inflation-adjusted benchmark range for 2004 was approximately $51 per barrel, while the upper end of that range was approximately $64. Since the reference price of oil for 2004 was less than $37, all of the synthetic fuel tax credits the Company had recorded and deferred through 2004 were available for use. While the benchmark price range for 2005 has been estimated at between $52 and $65 per barrel, the 2005 reference price will not be known until April 2006. During 2005 and subject to continuing review of the estimated benchmark range and reference price of oil for 2005, the Company intends to continue to record synthetic fuel tax credits as they are generated and to apply those credits quarterly to allow the recording of accelerated depreciation related to the balance in the dam remediation project account. The Company cannot predict what impact, if any, the price of oil may have on the Company’s ability to earn and utilize synthetic fuel tax credits in the future. However, the disruptions in the oil and gas markets in the third quarter of 2005 raise significant uncertainty as to the continued availability of the credits, particularly in 2006 and 2007.

In order to continue to earn these tax credits in future years SCANA also must be subject to a regular federal income tax liability in 2005 in an amount at least equal to the credits generated in 2005. This tax liability could be insufficient if the Company’s consolidated taxable income were to be significantly reduced as the result of realizing lower income or large deductions. Under provisions of the recently enacted energy bill, any credits generated in 2006 and 2007 in excess of the Company’s tax liability for such years would be subject to carry back or carry forward provisions. The availability of these synthetic fuel tax credits is also subject to coal availability and other operational risks related to the generating plants.

In March 2004, one of the partnerships, S. C. Coaltech No. 1 L.P. received a “No Change” letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) related to its synthetic fuel operations for the tax year 2000. After review of testing procedures and supporting documentation and conducting an independent investigation, the IRS found that the partnership produces a qualifying fuel under section 29 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and found no reason to challenge the first placed-in-service status of the facility. This letter supports the Company’s position that the synthetic fuel tax credits have been properly claimed.

As noted above, the disruptions in the oil and gas markets in the third quarter of 2005 raise significant uncertainty as to the continued availability of the credits, particularly in 2006 and 2007. If it is determined that available credits are not sufficient to fully recover the construction costs of the dam remediation, regulatory action to allow recovery of those remaining costs may be sought. As of September 30, 2005, remaining unrecovered costs, based on management’s recording of accelerated deprecation and related tax benefits on its reasonable assumption that 2005’s credits will not be subjected to the phase-out provisions, were $98.3 million.

Finally, should synthetic fuel tax credit availability be curtailed under the above phase-out provisions, the level of payment Primesouth receives in connection with its operation of a synthetic fuel plant for a third party could be adversely impacted.
 
 
 
 

 
 
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

All financial instruments held by the Company described below are held for purposes other than trading.

    Interest rate risk - The table below provides information about long-term debt issued by the Company and other financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt obligations the table presents principal cash flows and related weighted average interest rates by expected maturity dates. For interest rate swaps, the figures shown reflect notional amounts and related maturities. Fair values for debt and swaps represent quoted market prices.

As of September 30, 2005
   
Expected Maturity Date
   
Millions of dollars
         
           
There-
 
Fair
Liabilities
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
After
Total
Value
                 
Long-Term Debt:
               
Fixed Rate ($)
3.7
174.4
68.6
158.6
143.6
2,532.8
3,081.7
3,404.5
Average Fixed Interest Rate (%)
7.78
8.50
6.96
8.12
8.21
6.15
6.50
n/a
Variable Rate ($)
     
100.0
   
100.0
100.0
Average Variable Interest Rate (%)
     
4.02
   
4.02
n/a
                 
Interest Rate Swaps:
               
Pay Variable/Receive Fixed ($)
-
3.2
28.2
3.2
3.2
9.6
47.4
0.6
Average Pay Interest Rate (%)
-
6.63
7.28
6.63
6.63
6.63
7.02
n/a
Average Receive Interest Rate (%)
-
8.75
7.11
8.75
8.75
8.75
7.77
n/a

While a decrease in interest rates would increase the fair value of debt, it is unlikely that events which would result in a significant realized loss will occur.

    Commodity price risk - The following table provides information about the Company’s financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in natural gas prices. Weighted average settlement prices are per 10,000 mmbtu. Fair value represents quoted market prices.

Expected Maturity:
             
         
Options
 
Futures Contracts
   
Purchased Call
Purchased Put
Sold Put
2005
Long ($)
Short ($)
   
(Long) ($)
(Short) ($)
(Long) ($)
               
Settlement Price (a)
14.18
14.35
 
Strike Price (a)
7.87
8.01
7.40
Contract Amount
7.4
1.6
 
Contract Amount
15.8
0.4
0.1
Fair Value
12.5
2.7
 
Fair Value
11.2
-
-
               
2006
             
               
Settlement Price (a)
13.61
14.56
 
Strike Price (a)
8.41
-
-
Contract Amount
11.2
11.4
 
Contract Amount
8.1
-
-
Fair Value
16.5
17.0
 
Fair Value
5.1
-
-
               
(a) Weighted average
             

Swaps
2005
2006
2007
       
Commodity Swaps:
     
Pay fixed/receive variable ($)
10.7
23.0
4.8
Average pay rate (a)
8.993
9.164
8.127
Average received rate (a)
14.112
12.945
9.943
       
Basis Swaps:
     
Pay variable/receive variable ($)
58.3
143.4
-
Average pay rate (a)
14.093
11.794
-
Average received rate (a)
14.092
11.786
-
       
(a) Weighted average
     
 
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SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)

    
   
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
Assets
     
Utility Plant In Service
 
$
7,569
 
$
7,096
 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
   
(2,223
)
 
(1,934
)
     
5,346
   
5,162
 
Construction work in progress
   
147
   
417
 
Nuclear fuel, net of accumulated amortization
   
33
   
42
 
Utility Plant, Net
   
5,526
   
5,621
 
               
Nonutility Property and Investments:
             
   Nonutility property, net of accumulated depreciation
   
27
   
27
 
   Assets held in trust, net - nuclear decommissioning
   
51
   
49
 
   Investments
   
6
   
6
 
   Nonutility Property and Investments, Net
   
84
   
82
 
               
Current Assets:
             
   Cash and cash equivalents
   
14
   
20
 
   Receivables, net of allowance for uncollected accounts of $2 and $1
   
334
   
267
 
   Receivables - affiliated companies
   
35
   
19
 
   Inventories (at average cost):
             
      Fuel
   
54
   
35
 
      Materials and supplies
   
69
   
64
 
      Emission allowances
   
55
   
9
 
   Prepayments and other
   
14
   
30
 
   Total Current Assets
   
575
   
444
 
               
Deferred Debits:
             
   Environmental
   
15
   
11
 
   Pension asset, net
   
299
   
285
 
   Due from affiliates - pension and postretirement benefits
   
23
   
23
 
   Other regulatory assets
   
395
   
376
 
   Other
   
139
   
138
 
   Total Deferred Debits
   
871
   
833
 
   Total
 
$
7,056
 
$
6,980
 
 









 
   
September 30,
 
 December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
Capitalization and Liabilities
     
           
Shareholders’ Investment:
         
   Common equity
 
$
2,341
 
$
2,164
 
   Preferred stock (Not subject to purchase or sinking funds)
   
106
   
106
 
   Total Shareholders’ Investment
   
2,447
   
2,270
 
Preferred Stock, net (Subject to purchase or sinking funds)
   
8
   
9
 
Long-Term Debt, net
   
1,843
   
1,981
 
Total Capitalization
   
4,298
   
4,260
 
               
Minority Interest
   
82
   
81
 
               
Current Liabilities:
             
   Short-term borrowings
   
350
   
153
 
   Current portion of long-term debt
   
179
   
198
 
   Accounts payable
   
97
   
106
 
   Accounts payable - affiliated companies
   
95
   
113
 
   Customer deposits and customer prepayments
   
33
   
32
 
   Taxes accrued
   
108
   
152
 
   Interest accrued
   
30
   
35
 
   Dividends declared
   
40
   
38
 
   Other
   
53
   
44
 
   Total Current Liabilities
   
985
   
871
 
               
Deferred Credits:
             
   Deferred income taxes, net
   
743
   
744
 
   Deferred investment tax credits
   
119
   
119
 
   Asset retirement obligation - nuclear plant
   
130
   
124
 
   Other asset retirement obligations
   
385
   
363
 
   Due to affiliates - pension and postretirement benefits
   
13
   
14
 
   Postretirement benefits
   
146
   
142
 
   Other regulatory liabilities
   
85
   
198
 
   Other
   
70
   
64
 
   Total Deferred Credits
   
1,691
   
1,768
 
 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)
   
-
   
-
 
 
Total
 
$
7,056
 
$
6,980
 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 


SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)

   
                          Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
   
                            September 30,
 
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
                   
Operating Revenues:
                 
   Electric
$
616
 
$
493
 
$
1,471
 
$
1,310
 
   Gas
 
80
   
62
   
321
   
275
 
   Total Operating Revenues
 
696
   
555
   
1,792
   
1,585
 
                         
Operating Expenses:
                       
   Fuel used in electric generation
 
217
   
139
   
482
   
355
 
   Purchased power
 
12
   
11
   
29
   
43
 
   Gas purchased for resale
 
68
   
51
   
260
   
217
 
   Other operation and maintenance
 
111
   
103
   
332
   
315
 
   Depreciation and amortization
 
78
   
57
   
389
   
164
 
   Other taxes
 
32
   
32
   
103
   
102
 
   Total Operating Expenses
 
518
   
393
   
1,595
   
1,196
 
                         
Operating Income
 
178
   
162
   
197
   
389
 
                         
Other Income (Expense):
                       
   Other income, including allowance for equity funds
 
7
   
5
   
19
   
20
 
      used during construction of $-, $2, $- and $11
                       
   Interest charges, net of allowance for borrowed funds
                       
      used during construction of $1, $2, $2 and $7
 
(35
)
 
(34
)
 
(109
)
 
(104
)
   Gain on sale of assets
 
-
   
-
   
1
   
-
 
Total Other Expense
 
(28
)
 
(29
)
 
(89
)
 
(84
)
                         
Income Before Income Taxes, Losses from Equity Method
                       
   Investments, Minority Interest and Preferred Stock Dividends
 
150
   
133
   
108
   
305
 
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
 
39
   
46
   
(166
)
 
104
 
                         
Income Before Losses from Equity Method Investments,
                       
   Minority Interest and Preferred Stock Dividends
 
111
   
87
   
274
   
201
 
Losses from Equity Method Investments
 
(4
)
 
-
   
(72
)
 
(1
)
Minority Interest
 
1
   
2
   
4
   
5
 
                         
Net Income
 
106
   
85
   
198
   
195
 
Preferred Stock Cash Dividends Declared
 
2
   
2
   
6
   
6
 
                         
Earnings Available for Common Shareholder
$
104
 
$
83
 
$
192
 
$
189
 
                         
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
                       

 
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                                                                                         (Unaudited)  
       Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
         
   Net income
 
$
198
 
$
195
 
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided from operating activities:
             
      Losses from equity method investments
   
72
   
1
 
      Minority interest
   
4
   
5
 
      Depreciation and amortization
   
389
   
164
 
      Amortization of nuclear fuel
   
4
   
16
 
      Allowance for equity funds used during construction
   
-
   
(11
)
      Carrying cost recovery
   
(8
)
 
-
 
      Gain on sale of assets
   
(1
)
 
-
 
      Cash provided (used) by changes in certain assets and liabilities:
         
 
         Receivables, net
   
(83
)
 
43
 
         Inventories
   
(98
)
 
(35
)
         Prepayments
   
16
   
(6
)
         Pension asset
   
(13
)
 
(10
)
         Other regulatory assets
   
27
   
(23
)
         Deferred income taxes, net
   
11
 
 
52
 
         Regulatory liabilities
   
(163
)
 
27
 
         Postretirement benefits obligations
   
4
   
5
 
         Accounts payable
   
(15
)
 
(95
)
         Taxes accrued
   
(44
)
 
(33
)
         Interest accrued
   
(5
)
 
(2
)
   Changes in fuel adjustment clauses
   
(46
)
 
30
 
   Changes in other assets
   
(13
)
 
(5
)
   Changes in other liabilities
   
3
   
14
 
Net Cash Provided From Operating Activities
   
239
   
332
 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
             
   Utility property additions and construction expenditures
   
(247
)
 
(269
)
   Increase in nonutility property
   
-
   
(5
)
   Proceeds from sale of assets
   
1
   
2
 
   Investments in affiliates
   
(14
)
 
(14
)
   Net Cash Used For Investing Activities
   
(260
)
 
(286
)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
             
   Proceeds from issuance of debt
   
97
   
124
 
   Repayment of debt
   
(253
)
 
(102
)
   Redemption of preferred stock
   
(1
)
 
-
 
   Dividends on equity securities
   
(117
)
 
(124
)
   Distribution to parent
   
-
   
(29
)
   Contribution from parent
   
95
   
21
 
   Short-term borrowings - affiliate, net
   
(3
)
 
(5
)
   Short-term borrowings, net
   
197
   
25
 
   Net Cash Provided From (Used For) Financing Activities
   
15
   
(90
)
Net Decrease In Cash and Cash Equivalents
   
(6
)
 
(44
)
Cash and Cash Equivalents, January 1
   
20
   
56
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, September 30
 
$
14
 
$
12
 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
             
   Cash paid for - Interest (net of capitalized interest of $2 and $7)
 
$
103
 
$
100
 
                         - Income taxes
   
23
   
30
 
Non Cash Investing and Financing Activities:
             
   Accrued construction expenditures
   
12
   
21
 
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
             
 
36

SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2005
(Unaudited)

  The following notes should be read in conjunction with the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in South Carolina Electric & Gas Company’s (SCE&G, and together with its consolidated affiliates, the Company) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. These are interim financial statements, and due to the seasonality of the Company’s business, the amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income are not necessarily indicative of amounts expected for the full year. In the opinion of management, the information furnished herein reflects all adjustments, all of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods reported.

1.     SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A.    Variable Interest Entity

Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46 (Revised 2003) (FIN 46), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” requires an enterprise’s consolidated financial statements to include entities in which the enterprise has a controlling financial interest. SCE&G has determined that it has a controlling financial interest in South Carolina Generating Company, Inc. (GENCO) and South Carolina Fuel Company, Inc. (Fuel Company), and accordingly, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SCE&G, GENCO and Fuel Company. The equity interests in GENCO and Fuel Company are held solely by SCANA Corporation (SCANA), the Company’s parent. Accordingly, GENCO’s and Fuel Company’s equity and results of operations are reflected as minority interest in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

GENCO owns and operates a coal-fired electric generating station with a 615 megawatt net generating capacity (summer rating). GENCO’s electricity is sold solely to SCE&G under the terms of a power purchase and related operating agreement. Fuel Company acquires, owns and provides financing for SCE&G’s nuclear fuel, fossil fuel and sulfur dioxide emission allowances. The effects of these transactions are eliminated in consolidation. Substantially all of GENCO’s property (carrying value of approximately $261 million) serves as collateral for its long-term borrowings.

B.    Basis of Accounting

The Company accounts for its regulated utility operations, assets and liabilities in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 71, “Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation.” SFAS 71 requires cost-based rate-regulated utilities to recognize in their financial statements certain revenues and expenses in different time periods than do enterprises that are not rate-regulated. As a result, as of September 30, 2005, the Company has recorded approximately $410 million and $470 million of regulatory assets (including environmental) and liabilities, respectively. Information relating to regulatory assets and liabilities follows.

   
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
Accumulated deferred income taxes, net
 
$
122
 
$
121
 
Under-collections - electric fuel and gas cost adjustment clauses, net
   
58
   
31
 
Deferred purchased power costs
   
19
   
26
 
Deferred environmental remediation costs
   
15
   
11
 
Asset retirement obligation - nuclear decommissioning and related funding
   
80
   
76
 
Other asset retirement obligations
   
(385
)
 
(363
)
Deferred synthetic fuel tax benefits, net
   
-
   
(97
)
Storm damage reserve
   
(37
)
 
(33
)
Franchise agreements
   
55
   
58
 
Deferred regional transmission organization costs
   
12
   
14
 
Other
   
1
   
(18)
 
Total
 
$
(60
)
$
(174
)
 
 
37
    Accumulated deferred income tax liabilities arising from utility operations that have not been included in customer rates are recorded as a regulatory asset. Accumulated deferred income tax assets arising from deferred investment tax credits are recorded as a regulatory liability.

Under-collections - electric fuel and gas cost adjustment clauses, net, represent amounts under-collected from customers pursuant to the fuel adjustment clause (electric customers) or gas cost adjustment clause (gas customers) as approved by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (SCPSC) during annual hearings.

Deferred purchased power costs - represents costs that were necessitated by outages at two of SCE&G’s base load generating plants in winter 2000-2001. The SCPSC approved recovery of these costs in base rates over three years beginning in January 2005.

Deferred environmental remediation costs represent costs associated with the assessment and clean-up of manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites currently or formerly owned by SCE&G. Costs incurred by SCE&G at such sites are being recovered through rates, of which approximately $11.9 million remain.

Asset retirement obligation (ARO) - nuclear decommissioning and related funding represents the regulatory asset associated with the legal obligation to decommission and dismantle V. C. Summer Nuclear Station (Summer Station) as required by SFAS 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.”

Other asset retirement obligations represent net collections through depreciation rates of estimated costs to be incurred for the future retirement of assets.

Deferred synthetic fuel tax benefits represented the deferral of partnership losses and other expenses offset by the tax benefits of those losses and expenses and accumulated synthetic fuel tax credits associated with SCE&G’s investment in two partnerships involved in converting coal to synthetic fuel. In 2005, under an accounting plan approved by the SCPSC, any tax credits generated from synthetic fuel produced by the partnerships and ultimately passed through to SCE&G, net of partnership losses and other expenses, have been used to offset the capital costs of constructing the back-up dam at Lake Murray.
 
The storm damage reserve represents an SCPSC approved reserve account capped at $50 million to be collected through rates. The accumulated storm damage reserve can be applied to offset incremental storm damage costs in excess of $2.5 million in a calendar year. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, no significant amounts have been drawn from this reserve account.

Franchise agreements represent costs associated with the 30-year electric and gas franchise agreements with the cities of Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina. These amounts are being amortized through cost of service rates over approximately 15 years.

Deferred regional transmission organization costs represent costs incurred by SCE&G in the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-mandated formation of GridSouth. The project was suspended in 2002. Effective January 2005, the SCPSC approved the amortization of these amounts through cost of service rates over approximately five years.

The SCPSC has reviewed and approved through specific orders most of the items shown as regulatory assets. Other items represent costs which are not yet approved for recovery by the SCPSC. In recording these costs as regulatory assets, management believes the costs will be allowable under existing rate-making concepts that are embodied in rate orders received by SCE&G. However, ultimate recovery is subject to SCPSC approval. In the future, as a result of deregulation or other changes in the regulatory environment, the Company may no longer meet the criteria for continued application of SFAS 71 and could be required to write off its regulatory assets and liabilities. Such an event could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, liquidity or financial position in the period the write-off would be recorded.

 
C.      Transactions with Affiliates

SCE&G has entered into agreements with certain affiliates to purchase all gas for resale to its distribution customers and to purchase electric energy. SCE&G purchases natural gas for resale and for electric generation from South Carolina Pipeline Corporation (SCPC) and had approximately $24.7 million and $49.5 million payable to SCPC for such gas purchases at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

SCE&G holds equity-method investments in two partnerships involved in converting coal to synthetic fuel. The Company had recorded as receivables from these affiliated companies approximately $23.5 million and $18.6 million at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. SCE&G had recorded as payables to these affiliated companies approximately $23.3 million and $17.8 million at September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. SCE&G purchased approximately $70.2 million and $52.7 million of synthetic fuel from these affiliated companies for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. SCE&G purchased approximately $183.9 million and $142.9 million of synthetic fuel from these affiliated companies for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2005, the Company purchased approximately 342 miles of gas distribution pipeline from SCPC at its net book value, which totaled approximately $20.9 million.

D.      Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Components of net periodic benefit income or cost recorded by the Company were as follows:

   
Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Three months ended September 30
                 
Service cost
 
$
3.1
 
$
2.7
 
$
0.9
 
$
0.9
 
Interest cost
   
9.7
   
9.4
   
2.4
   
2.9
 
Expected return on assets
   
(19.0
)
 
(17.7
)
 
-
   
-
 
Prior service cost amortization
   
1.8
   
1.7
   
0.1
   
0.5
 
Transition obligation amortization
   
0.2
   
0.2
   
0.2
   
0.2
 
Amortization of actuarial loss
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
0.5
 
Amount attributable to Company affiliates
   
(0.5
)
 
(0.5
)
 
(1.0
)
 
(1.4
)
Net periodic benefit (income) cost
 
$
(4.7
)
$
(4.2
)
$
2.6
 
$
3.6
 

Nine months ended September 30
                 
Service cost
 
$
9.2
 
$
8.3
 
$
2.7
 
$
2.4
 
Interest cost
   
28.7
   
28.1
   
8.0
   
8.7
 
Expected return on assets
   
(57.2
)
 
(53.2
)
 
-
   
-
 
Prior service cost amortization
   
5.2
   
4.9
   
0.6
   
1.0
 
Transition obligation amortization
   
0.6
   
0.6
   
0.6
   
0.6
 
Amortization of actuarial loss
   
-
   
-
   
0.9
   
1.5
 
Amount attributable to Company affiliates
   
(1.4
)
 
(1.3
)
 
(3.6
)
 
(4.1
)
Net periodic benefit (income) cost
 
$
(14.9
)
$
(12.6
)
$
9.2
 
$
10.1
 

E.      Equity Compensation Plan

The Company participates in the SCANA Corporation Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan (the Plan), under which certain employees and non-employee directors may receive incentive and nonqualified stock options and other forms of equity compensation. SCANA accounts for this equity-based compensation using the intrinsic value method under APB 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and related interpretations. In addition, SCANA has adopted the disclosure provisions of SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” and SFAS 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure.”

 
    Options, all of which were granted prior to 2003, and all of which were fully vested as of September 30, 2005, were granted with exercise prices equal to the fair market value of SCANA’s common stock on the respective grant dates; therefore, no compensation expense has been recognized in connection with such grants. If SCANA had recognized compensation expense for the issuance of options based on the fair value method described in SFAS 123, the Company’s pro forma net income would have been unchanged from net income as reported for each of the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

SCANA also grants other forms of equity-based compensation to certain employees of the Company. The value of such awards is recognized as compensation expense under APB 25. Total expense recorded for these awards was approximately $1.2 million and $4.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively, and approximately $1.7 million and $4.7 million for the corresponding periods ended September 30, 2004, respectively.

F.      New Accounting Matters

SFAS 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections,” was issued in June 2005. It requires retrospective application to financial statements of prior periods for every voluntary change in accounting principle unless such retrospective application is impracticable. SFAS 154 replaces Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion 20, “Accounting Changes,” and SFAS 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements,” although it carries forward some of their provisions. The Company will adopt SFAS 154 in the first quarter of 2006, and does not expect that the initial adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations,” was issued in March 2005 to clarify the term “conditional asset retirement” as used in SFAS 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.” It requires that a liability be recognized for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation when incurred, if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. Uncertainty about the timing or method of settlement of a conditional asset retirement obligation would be factored into the measurement of the liability when sufficient information exists, but such uncertainty would not be a basis upon which to avoid liability recognition. This interpretation is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. Accordingly, the Company will adopt FIN 47 in the fourth quarter of 2005. The impact FIN 47 may have on the Company’s assets and liabilities has not been determined but could be material. Due to the regulated nature of the business for which such conditional asset retirement obligations would be recognized, the Company does not expect that the initial adoption of FIN 47 will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

SFAS 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment,” was issued in December 2004 and will require compensation costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the financial statements. With limited exceptions, the amount of compensation cost will be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the instruments issued. Compensation cost will be recognized over the period that an employee provides service in exchange for the award. SFAS 123(R) replaces SFAS 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” and supersedes APB 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission delayed the date for mandatory adoption of SFAS 123(R) until the first interim or annual reporting period of the first fiscal year beginning on or after June 15, 2005, although earlier adoption is allowed. The Company does not expect that the initial adoption of SFAS 123(R) will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

G.      Reclassifications

Certain amounts from prior periods have been reclassified to conform with the presentation adopted for 2005.

 
2.   RATE AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS

         Electric

In a January 2005 order, the SCPSC granted SCE&G a composite increase in retail electric rates of approximately 2.89%, designed to produce additional annual revenues of approximately $41.4 million based on a test year calculation. The SCPSC lowered SCE&G's return on common equity from 12.45% to an amount not to exceed 11.4%, with rates set at 10.7%. The new rates became effective in January 2005. As part of its order, the SCPSC approved SCE&G's recovery of construction and operating costs for SCE&G's new Jasper County Electric Generating Station, recovery of costs of mandatory environmental upgrades primarily related to Federal Clean Air Act regulations and, beginning in January 2005, the application of current and anticipated net synthetic fuel tax credits to offset the cost of constructing the back-up dam at Lake Murray. Under the accounting methodology approved by the SCPSC, construction costs related to the Lake Murray Dam project were recorded in a special dam remediation account outside of rate base, and depreciation is being recognized against the balance in this account on an accelerated basis, subject to the availability of the synthetic fuel tax credits.

In the January 2005 order, the SCPSC also approved recovery over a five-year period of SCE&G's approximately $14 million of costs incurred in the formation of the GridSouth Regional Transmission Organization and recovery through base rates over three years of approximately $25.6 million of purchased power costs that were previously deferred. As a part of its order, the SCPSC extended through 2010 its approval of the accelerated capital recovery plan for SCE&G's Cope Generating Station. Under the plan, in the event that SCE&G would otherwise earn in excess of its maximum allowed return on common equity, SCE&G may increase depreciation of its Cope Generating Station up to $36 million annually without additional approval of the SCPSC. Any unused portion of the $36 million in any given year may be carried forward for possible use in the following year.

SCE&G's rates are established using a cost of fuel component approved by the SCPSC which may be modified periodically to reflect changes in the price of fuel purchased by SCE&G. SCE&G's cost of fuel component in effect during the period January 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 was as follows:

Rate Per KWh
Effective Date
$.01678
January-April 2004
$.01821
May-December 2004
$.01764
January-April 2005
$.02256
May-September 2005

Gas
 
      In October 2005, the SCPSC granted SCE&G an overall increase of $22.9 million, or 5.69 percent, in retail gas base rates. The new rates are based on an allowed return on common equity of 10.25 percent, and became effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005.

SCE&G's rates are established using a cost of gas component approved by the SCPSC which may be modified periodically to reflect changes in the price of natural gas purchased by SCE&G. SCE&G's cost of gas component in effect during the period January 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 was as follows:

Rate Per Therm
Effective Date
$.877
January-October 2004
$.903
November 2004-September 2005

In October 2005 the SCPSC approved an increase in SCE&G’s cost of gas component from a rate of $.903 per therm for all customer classes to rates of $1.29729, $1.22218 and $1.19823 per therm for residential, small and medium general service and large general service classes, respectively. These new rates are effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005. As a part of this proceeding, in order to moderate the effect of volatile natural gas prices on customers, the SCPSC approved a plan to defer certain under-collections of gas costs until November 2006.


3.       DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES

In June 2005 $525 million in committed five-year revolving credit facilities for SCE&G and Fuel Company were amended to extend the term of the existing credit facilities by an additional year. The credit facilities now will expire on June 30, 2010.

On June 15, 2005 SCE&G retired at maturity $150 million in first mortgage bonds. These bonds bore interest at 7.50%. SCE&G used available cash, together with short-term borrowings, to effect the retirement.
 
    In March 2005 SCE&G issued $100 million in first mortgage bonds having an annual interest rate of 5.25% and maturing March 1, 2035. The proceeds from the sale of these bonds were used for the redemption on April 1, 2005 of $100 million in first mortgage bonds due April 1, 2025, which bore interest at 7.625%.

4.       RETAINED EARNINGS

SCE&G’s Restated Articles of Incorporation contain provisions that, under certain circumstances, which SCE&G considers remote, could limit the payment of cash dividends on its common stock. In addition, with respect to hydroelectric projects, the Federal Power Act requires the appropriation of a portion of certain earnings therefrom. At September 30, 2005, of SCE&G’s approximately $1 billion in retained earnings, approximately $51 million were restricted by this requirement as to payment of cash dividends on common stock.

5.      COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Reference is made to Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements appearing in SCE&G’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. Commitments and contingencies at September 30, 2005 include the following:

A. Nuclear Insurance

The Price-Anderson Indemnification Act (the Act) deals with public liability for a nuclear incident. The Act establishes the liability limit for third party claims associated with any nuclear incident at $10.5 billion. Each reactor licensee is currently liable for up to $100.6 million per reactor owned for each nuclear incident occurring at any reactor in the United States, provided that not more than $15 million of the liability per reactor would be assessed per year. SCE&G’s maximum assessment, based on its two-thirds ownership of Summer Station, would be approximately $67.1 million per incident, but not more than $10 million per year.

SCE&G currently maintains policies (for itself and on behalf of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the one-third owner of Summer Station) with Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited. The policies, covering the nuclear facility for property damage, excess property damage and outage costs, permit retrospective assessments under certain conditions to cover insurer’s losses. Based on the current annual premium, SCE&G’s portion of the retrospective premium assessment would not exceed $15.8 million.

To the extent that insurable claims for property damage, decontamination, repair and replacement and other costs and expenses arising from a nuclear incident at Summer Station exceed the policy limits of insurance, or to the extent such insurance becomes unavailable in the future, and to the extent that SCE&G’s rates would not recover the cost of any purchased replacement power, SCE&G will retain the risk of loss as a self-insurer. SCE&G has no reason to anticipate a serious nuclear incident at Summer Station. However, if such an incident were to occur, it would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

 
B.  Environmental

In March 2005 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). CAIR requires the District of Columbia and 28 states, including South Carolina, to reduce nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions in order to attain mandated state levels. SCE&G has petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review CAIR. Several other electric utilities have filed separate petitions. The petitioners seek a change in the method CAIR uses to allocate sulfur dioxide emission allowances to a method the petitioners believe is more equitable. The Company believes that installation of additional air quality controls will be needed to meet the CAIR requirements. Compliance plans and cost to comply with the rule will be determined once the Company completes its review. Such costs will be material and are expected to be recoverable through rates.

In March 2005 the EPA issued a final rule establishing a mercury emissions cap and trade program for coal-fired power plants that requires limits to be met in two phases, in 2010 and 2018. The Company is reviewing the final rule. Installation of additional air quality controls is likely to be required to comply with the mercury rule’s emission caps. Compliance plans and costs to comply with the rule will be determined once the Company completes its review. Such costs will be material and are expected to be recoverable through rates.

   SCE&G maintains an environmental assessment program to identify and evaluate current and former sites that could require environmental cleanup. As site assessments are initiated, estimates are made of the amount of expenditures, if any, deemed necessary to investigate and clean up each site. These estimates are refined as additional information becomes available; therefore, actual expenditures could differ significantly from the original estimates. Amounts estimated and accrued to date for site assessments and cleanup relate solely to regulated operations.

At SCE&G, site assessment and cleanup costs are deferred and are being recovered through rates (see Note 1). Deferred amounts, net of amounts previously recovered through rates and insurance settlements, totaled $11.9 million at September 30, 2005. The deferral includes the estimated costs associated with the following matters.

SCE&G owns a decommissioned MGP site in the Calhoun Park area of Charleston, South Carolina. The site is currently being remediated for contamination. SCE&G anticipates that the remaining remediation activities will be completed by mid-2006, with certain monitoring and retreatment activities continuing until 2011. As of September 30, 2005, SCE&G had spent approximately $21.0 million to remediate the Calhoun Park site and expects to spend an additional $0.8 million. In addition, the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior made an initial demand to SCE&G for payment of approximately $9 million for certain costs and damages relating to this site. Any cost arising from this matter is expected to be recoverable through rates.

SCE&G owns three other decommissioned MGP sites in South Carolina which contain residues of by-product chemicals. One of the sites has been remediated and will undergo routine monitoring until released by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The other sites are currently being investigated under work plans approved by DHEC. SCE&G anticipates that major remediation activities for the three sites will be completed in 2010. As of September 30, 2005, SCE&G had spent approximately $4.3 million related to these three sites, and expects to spend an additional $8.2 million.

SCE&G has been named, along with 27 others, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the Carolina Transformer Superfund site located in Fayetteville, NC.  The Carolina Transformer Company (CTC) conducted an electrical transformer rebuilding and repair operation at the site from 1967 to 1984.  During that time, SCE&G occasionally used CTC for the repair of existing transformers and the purchase of new transformers.  In 1984, EPA initiated a cleanup of PCB-contaminated soil and groundwater at the site.  EPA reports that it has spent $36 million to date.  SCE&G’s records indicated that only minimal quantities of used transformers were shipped to CTC, and it is not clear if any contained PCB-contaminated oil.  Although a basis for the allocation of clean-up costs among the 28 PRPs is unclear, SCE&G does not believe that its involvement at this site would result in an allocation of costs that would have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

 
C.      Claims and Litigation

On August 21, 2003, SCE&G was served as a co-defendant in a purported class action lawsuit styled as Collins v. Duke Energy Corporation, Progress Energy Services Company, and SCE&G in South Carolina's Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. Since that time, the plaintiffs have dismissed defendants Duke Energy and Progress Energy and are proceeding against SCE&G only. The plaintiffs are seeking damages for the alleged improper use of electric transmission and distribution easements but have not asserted a dollar amount for their claims. Specifically, the plaintiffs contend that the licensing of attachments on electric utility poles, towers and other facilities to non-utility third parties or telecommunication companies for other than the electric utilities' internal use along the electric transmission and distribution line rights-of-way constitutes a trespass. SCE&G is confident of the propriety of its actions and intends to mount a vigorous defense. SCE&G further believes that the resolution of these claims will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

On May 17, 2004, SCE&G was served with a purported class action lawsuit styled as Douglas E. Gressette, individually and on behalf of other persons similarly situated v. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and SCANA Corporation. The case was filed in South Carolina’s Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Ninth Judicial Circuit (the Court). The plaintiff alleges that SCE&G made improper use of certain easements and rights-of-way by allowing fiber optic communication lines and/or wireless communication equipment to transmit communications other than SCE&G’s electricity-related internal communications. The plaintiff asserted causes of action for unjust enrichment, trespass, injunction and declaratory judgment. The plaintiff did not assert a specific dollar amount for the claims. SCE&G believes its actions are consistent with governing law and the applicable documents granting easements and rights-of-way. The Court granted SCE&G’s motion to dismiss and issued an order dismissing the case on June 29, 2005. The plaintiff has appealed. SCE&G intends to mount a vigorous defense and believes that the resolution of these claims will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

A complaint was filed on October 22, 2003 against SCE&G by the State of South Carolina alleging that SCE&G violated the Unfair Trade Practices Act by charging municipal franchise fees to some customers residing outside a municipality’s limits. The complaint alleged that SCE&G failed to obey, observe or comply with the lawful order of the SCPSC by charging franchise fees to those not residing within a municipality. The complaint sought restitution to all affected customers and penalties up to $5,000 for each separate violation. The State of South Carolina v. SCE&G claim has been settled by an agreement between the parties, and the settlement has been approved by the court. The allegations were also the subject of a purported class action lawsuit filed in December 2003, against Duke Energy Corporation, Progress Energy Services Company and SCE&G (styled as Edwards v. SCE&G), but that case has been dismissed by the plaintiff. In addition, SCE&G filed a petition with the SCPSC on October 23, 2003 pursuant to S. C. Code Ann. R.103-836. The petition requests that the SCPSC exercise its jurisdiction to investigate the operation of the municipal franchise fee collection requirements applicable to SCE&G’s electric and gas service, to approve SCE&G’s efforts to correct any past franchise fee billing errors, to adopt improvements in the system which will reduce such errors in the future, and to adopt any regulation that the SCPSC deems just and proper to regulate the franchise fee collection process. A hearing on this petition has not been scheduled. The Company believes that the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

The Company is also engaged in various other claims and litigation incidental to its business operations which management anticipates will be resolved without material loss to the Company.



6.       SEGMENT OF BUSINESS INFORMATION

The Company’s reportable segments are listed in the following table. The Company uses operating income to measure profitability for its regulated operations. Therefore, net income is not allocated to the Electric Operations and Gas Distribution segments. Intersegment revenues were not significant. All Other includes equity method investments.
   
2005
 
2004
 
       
Operating
 
Net
         
Operating
 
Net
     
   
External
 
Income
 
Income
 
Segment
 
External
 
Income
 
Income
 
Segment
 
Millions of Dollars
 
Revenue
 
(Loss)
 
(Loss)
 
Assets
 
Revenue
 
(Loss)
 
(Loss)
 
Assets
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
                                                 
Electric Operations
 
$
616
 
$
186
   
n/a
       
$
493
 
$
168
   
n/a
       
Gas Distribution
   
80
   
(7
)
 
n/a
         
62
   
(4
)
 
n/a
       
All Other
   
-
   
-
 
$
(3
)
       
-
   
-
   
-
       
Adjustments/Eliminations
   
-
   
(1
)
 
107
         
-
   
(2
)
$
83
       
Consolidated Total
 
$
696
 
$
178
 
$
104
       
$
555
 
$
162
 
$
83
       
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
                                                 
Electric Operations
 
$
1,471
 
$
194
   
n/a
 
$
5,315
 
$
1,310
 
$
385
   
n/a
 
$
5,256
 
Gas Distribution
   
321
   
5
   
n/a
   
388
   
275
   
6
   
n/a
   
340
 
All Other
   
-
   
-
 
$
(72
)
 
3
   
-
   
-
 
$
(1
)
 
3
 
Adjustments/Eliminations
   
-
   
(2
)
 
264
   
1,350
   
-
   
(2
)
 
190
   
1,198
 
Consolidated Total
 
$
1,792
 
$
197
 
$
192
 
$
7,056
 
$
1,585
 
$
389
 
$
189
 
$
6,797
 


SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations appearing in South Carolina Electric & Gas Company’s (SCE&G, and together with its consolidated affiliates, the Company) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Statements included in this discussion and analysis (or elsewhere in this quarterly report) which are not statements of historical fact are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, “forward-looking statements” for purposes of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) that the information is of a preliminary nature and may be subject to further and/or continuing review and adjustment, (2) regulatory actions or changes in the utility regulatory environment, (3) current and future litigation, (4) changes in the economy, especially in SCE&G’s service territory, (5) the impact of competition from other energy suppliers, including competition from alternate fuels in industrial interruptible markets, (6) growth opportunities, (7) the results of financing efforts, (8) changes in the Company’s accounting policies, (9) weather conditions, especially in areas served by SCE&G, (10) performance of SCANA Corporation’s (SCANA) pension plan assets and the impact on SCE&G’s results of operations, (11) inflation, (12) changes in environmental regulations and (13) the other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in SCE&G’s periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Electric Operations

 The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (the “energy bill”) became law in August 2005.  Key provisions of the energy bill include the establishment of an electric reliability organization to enforce reliability standards for transmission systems, the restriction of standard market design (SMD) rulemaking by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the provision for continued reservation of electric transmission capacity needed to serve native load customers.  The energy bill also repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and provides for greater regulatory oversight by other federal and state authorities.  The energy bill requires FERC to put in place rules and regulations to fully implement applicable provisions of the energy bill. The Company is reviewing the energy bill and related rules proposed by FERC to determine the impact they may have on the Company’s operations. In a separate development, in July 2005 FERC terminated its proposed rule for SMD.  The Company cannot predict when or if FERC will advance other regulatory initiatives related to the national energy market or what conditions such initiatives would impose on utilities.

Gas Distribution

In October 2005, the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (SCPSC) granted South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) an overall increase of $22.9 million, or 5.69 percent, in retail gas base rates. The new rates are based on an allowed return on common equity of 10.25 percent, and became effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005.

In February 2005, the Natural Gas Stabilization Act of 2005 (Stabilization Act) became law in South Carolina. The Stabilization Act allows natural gas distribution companies to request annual adjustments to rates to reflect changes in revenues and expenses and changes in investment. Such annual adjustments are subject to certain qualifying criteria and review by the SCPSC.



RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
AS COMPARED TO THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 2004

Net Income

Net income was as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
                   
Net income
 
$
105.9
 
$
84.4
 
$
197.9
 
$
195.0
 

Third Quarter

Net income increased by approximately $28.0 million due to increases in electric margins. This increase was partially offset by approximately $0.7 million due to increased interest expense, $0.9 million due to depreciation and $4.1 million due to other operating expenses. In addition, as a result of the January 2005 rate order, SCE&G received approval to amortize previously deferred purchased power costs resulting in $1.3 million of additional depreciation expense in the period. Accelerated depreciation on the Lake Murray back-up dam and recognition of synthetic fuel tax credits and related items had no effect on net income, as discussed below.

Year to Date

Net income increased by approximately $29.7 million due to increases in electric margins and $1.9 million due to increases in gas margins. These increases were partially offset by approximately $5.6 million due to higher depreciation and operating expenses related to the Jasper County Electric Generating Station, $3.0 million due to increased interest expense, $2.6 million due to depreciation of normal property additions and $9.4 million due to other operating expenses. In addition, as a result of the January 2005 rate order, SCE&G received approval to amortize previously deferred purchased power costs and to implement new depreciation rates, resulting in $7.9 million of additional depreciation expense in the period. Accelerated depreciation on the Lake Murray back-up dam and recognition of synthetic fuel tax credits and related items had no effect on net income, as discussed below.

Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits

SCE&G holds equity-method investments in two partnerships involved in converting coal to synthetic fuel, the use of which fuel qualifies for federal income tax credits. These synthetic fuel production facilities were placed in operation in 2000 and 2001. Under an accounting plan approved by the SCPSC in June 2000, the synthetic fuel tax credits generated by the partnerships and passed through to SCE&G, net of partnership losses and other expenses, were to be deferred until the SCPSC approved their application to offset capital costs of projects required to comply with legislative or regulatory actions.

In a January 2005 order, the SCPSC approved SCE&G’s request to apply these synthetic fuel tax credits to offset the construction costs of the Lake Murray Dam project. Under the accounting methodology approved by the SCPSC, construction costs related to the project were recorded in utility plant in service in a special dam remediation account outside of rate base, and depreciation is recognized against the balance in this account on an accelerated basis, subject to the availability of the synthetic fuel tax credits.

  
      The level of depreciation expense and related tax benefit recognized in the income statement will be equal to the available synthetic fuel tax credits, less partnership losses and other expenses, net of taxes. As a result, the balance of unrecovered costs in the dam remediation account is declining as accelerated depreciation is recorded. Although these entries collectively have no impact on consolidated net income, they can have a significant impact on individual line items within the income statement. In addition, SCE&G is allowed to record non-cash carrying costs on the unrecovered investment, which is described further at Other Income. See also Other Matters - Synthetic Fuel. The accelerated depreciation, synthetic fuel tax credits, partnership losses and the income tax benefit arising from such losses recognized by SCE&G during 2005 are as follows:

 
Factors Increasing (Decreasing)
Net Income (millions)
 
Recognized
3rd Quarter
2005
 
 
Year to Date
2005
 
           
Depreciation and amortization expense
 
$
(17.2
)
$
(200.8
)
               
Income tax benefits:
             
From synthetic fuel tax credits
   
12.9
   
168.1
 
From accelerated depreciation
   
6.6
   
76.8
 
From partnership losses
   
1.3
   
27.2
 
Total income tax benefits
   
20.8
   
272.1
 
               
Losses from Equity Method Investments
   
(3.6
)
 
(71.3
)
               
Impact on Net Income
   
-
   
-
 

Pension Income

Pension income was recorded on the Company’s financial statements as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
                   
Income Statement Impact:
                 
Reduction in employee benefit costs
 
$
1.2
 
$
0.8
 
$
4.2
 
$
3.1
 
Other income
   
3.0
   
3.2
   
9.1
   
8.3
 
Balance Sheet Impact:
                         
Reduction in capital expenditures
   
0.3
   
0.2
   
1.2
   
0.9
 
Component of amount due to Summer Station co-owner
   
0.1
   
0.1
   
0.4
   
0.3
 
Total Pension Income
 
$
4.6
 
$
4.3
 
$
14.9
 
$
12.6
 

For the last several years, the market value of SCANA’s retirement plan (pension) assets has exceeded the total actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits. The Company’s portion of SCANA’s pension income for the third quarter and year to date 2005 increased compared to the corresponding periods in 2004, primarily as a result of positive investment returns.

Other Income

Included in other income is an allowance for funds used during construction (AFC). AFC is a utility accounting practice whereby a portion of the cost of both equity and borrowed funds used to finance construction (which is shown on the balance sheet as construction work in progress) is capitalized. The Company includes an equity portion of AFC in nonoperating income and a debt portion of AFC in interest charges (credits) as noncash items, both of which have the effect of increasing reported net income. AFC for the three months ended September 30, 2005 decreased compared to the same period of 2004, primarily due to completion of the back-up dam at Lake Murray. AFC for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 decreased primarily due to completion of the Jasper County Electric Generating Station in May 2004 and the discontinuation of AFC on the back-up dam at Lake Murray effective December 31, 2004, as authorized by the January 2005 SCPSC rate order.
 
48
Also included in other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 is a recovery of carrying costs through synthetic fuel tax credits of approximately $2.8 million and $8.4 million, respectively, which was recorded under provisions of the January 2005 SCPSC rate order.

Dividends Declared

SCE&G’s Board of Directors has declared the following dividends on common stock held by SCANA during 2005:

Declaration Date
Amount
Quarter Ended
Payment Date
       
February 17, 2005
$38.0 million
March 31, 2005
April 1, 2005
May 5, 2005
$38.0 million
June 30, 2005
July 1, 2005
July 27, 2005
$38.0 million
September 30, 2005
October 1, 2005
November 2, 2005
$38.0 million
December 31, 2005
January 1, 2006

Electric Operations

Electric Operations is comprised of the electric operations of SCE&G, South Carolina Generating Company, Inc. and South Carolina Fuel Company, Inc. Electric operations sales margins (including transactions with affiliates) were as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Operating revenues
 
$
617.0
   
25.2
%
$
493.0
 
$
1,471.0
   
12.3
%
$
1,309.5
 
Less: Fuel used in generation
   
217.1
   
56.0
%
 
139.2
   
482.1
   
35.9
%
 
354.7
 
Purchased power
   
11.5
   
7.5
%
 
10.7
   
29.1
   
(32.6
)%
 
43.2
 
Margin
 
$
388.4
   
13.2
%
$
343.1
 
$
959.8
   
5.3
%
$
911.6
 

Third Quarter

Margin increased by $16.8 million due to favorable weather, by $12.9 million due to increased retail electric rates that went into effect in January 2005, by $7.8 million due to customer growth, and by $7.3 million in increased off-system sales.

Year to Date

Margin increased by $32.2 million due to increased retail electric rates that went into effect in January 2005, by $9.2 million due to increased off-system sales and by $18.8 million due to customer growth. These increases were offset by $12.0 million due to unfavorable weather.

Gas Distribution

Gas Distribution is comprised of the local distribution operations of SCE&G. Gas distribution sales margins (including transactions with affiliates) were as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Operating revenues
 
$
80.0
   
30.1
%
$
61.5
 
$
321.3
   
16.8
%
$
275.1
 
Less: Gas purchased for resale
   
68.0
   
34.7
%
 
50.5
   
259.6
   
19.9
%
 
216.6
 
Margin
 
$
12.0
   
9.1
%
$
11.0
 
$
61.7
   
5.5
%
$
58.5
 


    
    Third Quarter and Year to Date

Margin increased primarily due to customer growth.

Other Operating Expenses

Other operating expenses were as follows:

   
Third Quarter
 
Year to Date
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
                           
Other operation and maintenance
 
$
111.4
   
8.3
%
$
102.9
 
$
332.3
   
5.5
%
$
315.1
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
77.8
   
36.0
%
 
57.2
   
389.0
   
*
   
164.6
 
Other taxes
   
32.0
   
(0.6
)%
 
32.2
   
102.9
   
1.0
%
 
101.9
 
Total
 
$
221.2
   
15.0
%
$
192.3
 
$
824.2
   
41.7
%
$
581.6
 
*Greater than 100%

Third Quarter

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased primarily due to increased electric generation and gas distribution expenses of $4.3 million, increased customer billing expense of $1.0 million, higher expenses related to regulatory matters of $1.3 million and increased amortization of regulatory assets of $0.8 million. Depreciation and amortization increased approximately $17.2 million due to accelerated depreciation of the back-up dam at Lake Murray (previously explained at Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits) and increased $1.4 million due to normal net property additions. In addition, as a result of the January 2005 rate order, SCE&G received approval to amortize previously deferred purchased power costs and to implement new depreciation rates, resulting in $4.1 million of additional depreciation and amortization expense in the period.

Year to Date

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased primarily due to increased major maintenance expenses of $7.6 million, increased expenses associated with the Jasper County Electric Generating Station completed in May 2004 totaling $2.5 million, increased nuclear operating and maintenance expenses of $3.4. million, higher expenses related to regulatory matters of $2.3 million and higher amortization of regulatory assets of $2.7 million. Depreciation and amortization increased approximately $200.8 million due to accelerated depreciation of the back-up dam at Lake Murray (previously explained at Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits) and increased $6.6 million due to the completion of the Jasper County Electric Generating Station in May 2004 and $4.3 million due to normal net property changes. In addition, as a result of the January 2005 rate order, SCE&G received approval to amortize previously deferred purchased power costs and to implement new depreciation rates, resulting in $12.8 million of additional depreciation and amortization expense in the period.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased primarily due to reduced AFC of $0.8 million and $5.4 million, respectively.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 decreased primarily due to the application of synthetic fuel tax credits, as previously discussed at Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits.



LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The Company anticipates that its contractual cash obligations will be met through internally generated funds and the incurrence of additional short-term and long-term indebtedness. The Company expects that it has or can obtain adequate sources of financing to meet its projected cash requirements for the foreseeable future. The Company’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the 12 months ended September 30, 2005 was 1.95.

The Company’s cash requirements arise primarily from its operational needs, funding its construction programs and payment of dividends to SCANA. The ability of the Company to replace existing plant investment, as well as to expand to meet future demand for electricity and gas, will depend upon its ability to attract the necessary financial capital on reasonable terms. SCE&G recovers the costs of providing services through rates charged to customers. Rates for regulated services are generally based on historical costs. As customer growth and inflation occur and SCE&G continues its ongoing construction program, SCE&G expects to seek increases in rates. The Company’s future financial position and results of operations will be affected by SCE&G’s ability to obtain adequate and timely rate and other regulatory relief, if requested.

In a January 2005 order the SCPSC granted SCE&G a composite increase in retail electric rates of approximately 2.89%, designed to produce additional annual revenues of approximately $41.4 million based on a test year calculation. The SCPSC lowered SCE&G's return on common equity from 12.45% to an amount not to exceed 11.4%, with rates set at 10.7%. The new rates became effective in January 2005. As part of its order, the SCPSC approved SCE&G's recovery of construction and operating costs for SCE&G's new Jasper County Electric Generating Station, recovery of costs of mandatory environmental upgrades primarily related to Federal Clean Air Act regulations and the application of current and anticipated net synthetic fuel tax credits to offset the cost of constructing the back-up dam at Lake Murray (as previously discussed in Recognition of Synthetic Fuel Tax Credits). The SCPSC also approved recovery over a five-year period of SCE&G's approximately $14 million of costs incurred in the formation of the GridSouth Regional Transmission Organization and recovery through base rates over three years of approximately $25.6 million of purchased power costs that were previously deferred. As a part of its order, the SCPSC extended through 2010 its approval of the accelerated capital recovery plan for SCE&G's Cope Generating Station. Under the plan, in the event that SCE&G would otherwise earn in excess of its maximum allowed return on common equity, SCE&G may increase depreciation of its Cope Generating Station up to $36 million annually without additional approval of the SCPSC. Any unused portion of the $36 million in any given year may be carried forward for possible use in the following year.

In October 2005, the SCPSC granted SCE&G an overall increase of $22.9 million, or 5.69 percent, in retail gas base rates. The new rates are based on an allowed return on common equity of 10.25 percent, and became effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005.

In October 2005 the SCPSC approved an increase in the SCE&G’s cost of gas component from a rate of $.903 per therm for all customer classes to rates of $1.29729, $1.22218 and $1.19823 per therm for residential, small and medium general service and large general services classes, respectively. These new rates are effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005. As a part of this proceeding, in order to moderate the effect of volatile natural gas prices on customers, the SCPSC approved a plan to defer certain under-collections of gas costs until November 2006.



The following table summarizes how SCE&G generated and used funds for property additions and construction expenditures during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004:
 
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
           
Net cash provided from operating activities
 
$
239
 
$
332
 
Net cash provided from (used for) financing activities
   
15
   
(90
)
Cash provided from sale of assets
   
1
   
2
 
Cash and cash equivalents available at the beginning of the period
   
20
   
56
 
               
Funds used for utility property additions and construction expenditures
 
$
(247
)
$
(269
)
Funds used for nonutility property additions
   
-
   
(5
)
Funds used for investments
   
(14
)
 
(14
)

The Company's issuance of various securities, including long-term and short-term debt, is subject to customary approval or authorization by state and federal regulatory bodies including state public service commissions and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS

In June 2005 $525 million in committed five-year revolving credit facilities for SCE&G and Fuel Company were amended to extend the term of the existing credit facilities by an additional year. The credit facilities now will expire on June 30, 2010. None of these credit facilities require the borrower to make a representation as to “no material adverse change” related to financial condition or material litigation at the time of a borrowing, and none of the facilities contains covenants based on credit ratings under which lenders could refuse to advance funds.

On June 15, 2005 SCE&G retired at maturity $150 million in first mortgage bonds. These bonds bore interest at 7.50%. SCE&G used available cash, together with short-term borrowings, to effect the retirement.

In March 2005 SCE&G issued $100 million in first mortgage bonds having an annual interest rate of 5.25% and maturing March 1, 2035. The proceeds from the sale of these bonds were used for the redemption on April 1, 2005 of $100 million in first mortgage bonds due April 1, 2025 which bore interest at 7.625%.

CAPITAL PROJECTS

In May 2005 SCE&G substantially completed construction of a back-up dam at Lake Murray in order to comply with new federal safety standards mandated by FERC. Construction of the project and related activities cost approximately $275 million, excluding AFC.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

In March 2005 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). CAIR requires the District of Columbia and 28 states, including South Carolina, to reduce nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions in order to attain mandated state levels. SCE&G has petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review CAIR. Several other electric utilities have filed separate petitions. The petitioners seek a change in the method CAIR uses to allocate sulfur dioxide emission allowances to a method the petitioners believe is more equitable. The Company believes that installation of additional air quality controls will be needed to meet the CAIR requirements. Compliance plans and cost to comply with the rule will be determined once the Company completes its review. Such costs will be material and are expected to be recoverable through rates.



In March 2005 the EPA issued a final rule establishing a mercury emissions cap and trade program for coal-fired power plants that requires limits to be met in two phases, in 2010 and 2018. The Company is reviewing the final rule. Installation of additional air quality controls is likely to be required to comply with the mercury rule’s emission caps. Compliance plans and costs to comply with the rule will be determined once the Company completes its review. Such costs will be material and are expected to be recoverable through rates.

For other information on environmental matters, see Note 5B to condensed consolidated financial statements.

OTHER MATTERS

Synthetic Fuel

SCE&G holds equity-method investments in two partnerships involved in converting coal to synthetic fuel, the use of which fuel qualifies for federal income tax credits. These synthetic fuel production facilities were placed in operation in 2000 and 2001. Under an accounting plan approved by the SCPSC in June 2000, the synthetic fuel tax credits generated by the partnerships and passed through to SCE&G, net of partnership losses and other expenses, were to be deferred until the SCPSC approved their application to offset capital costs of projects required to comply with legislative or regulatory actions.

The aggregate investment in these partnerships as of September 30, 2005 is approximately $3.5 million, and through September 30, 2005, they have generated and passed through to SCE&G approximately $168.0 million in such tax credits. As previously described at Net Income, in a January 2005 order, the SCPSC approved SCE&G’s request to apply these synthetic fuel tax credits to offset the construction costs of the Lake Murray Dam project. Under the accounting methodology approved by the SCPSC, construction costs related to the project were recorded in utility plant in service in a special dam remediation account outside of rate base, and depreciation is recognized against the balance in this account on an accelerated basis, subject to the availability of the synthetic fuel tax credits.

The level of depreciation expense and related income tax benefit recognized in the income statement is equal to the available synthetic fuel tax credits, less partnership losses and other expenses, net of taxes. As a result, the balance of unrecovered costs in the dam remediation account is declining as accelerated depreciation is recorded. Although these entries collectively have no impact on consolidated net income, they can have a significant impact on individual line items within the income statement.

Depreciation on the Lake Murray Dam remediation account will be matched to available synthetic fuel tax credits on a quarterly basis until the balance in the dam remediation account is zero or until all of the available synthetic fuel tax credits have been utilized. The synthetic fuel tax credit program expires at the end of 2007.

The ability to utilize the synthetic fuel tax credits is dependent on several factors, one of which is the average annual domestic wellhead price per barrel of crude oil as published by the U.S. Government. Under a phase-out provision included in the program, if the domestic wellhead reference price of oil per barrel for a given year is below an inflation-adjusted benchmark range for that year, all of the synthetic fuel tax credits that have been generated in that year would be available for use. If that price is above the benchmark range, none of the tax credits would be available. If that price falls within the benchmark range, a certain percentage of the credits would be available.

The lower end of the inflation-adjusted benchmark range for 2004 was approximately $51 per barrel, while the upper end of that range was approximately $64. Since the reference price of oil for 2004 was less than $37, all of the synthetic fuel tax credits the Company had recorded and deferred through 2004 were available for use. While the benchmark price range for 2005 has been estimated at between $52 and $65 per barrel, the 2005 reference price will not be known until April 2006. During 2005 and subject to continuing review of the estimated benchmark range and reference price of oil for 2005, the Company intends to continue to record synthetic fuel tax credits as they are generated and to apply those credits quarterly to allow the recording of accelerated depreciation related to the balance in the dam remediation project account. The Company cannot predict what impact, if any, the price of oil may have on the Company’s ability to earn and utilize synthetic fuel tax credits in the future. However, the disruptions in the oil and gas markets in the third quarter of 2005 raise significant uncertainty as to the continued availability of the credits, particularly in 2006 and 2007.
 
 
 
 

 


In order to continue to earn these tax credits in future years, SCANA also must be subject to a regular federal income tax liability in 2005 in an amount at least equal to the credits generated in 2005. This tax liability could be insufficient if the Company’s consolidated taxable income were to be significantly reduced as the result of realizing lower income or large deductions. Under provisions of the recently enacted energy bill, any credits generated in 2006 and 2007 in excess of the Company’s tax liability for such years would be subject to carry back or carry forward provisions. The availability of these synthetic fuel tax credits is also subject to coal availability and other operational risks related to the generating plants.

In March 2004, one of the partnerships, S. C. Coaltech No. 1 L.P. received a “No Change” letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) related to its synthetic fuel operations for the tax year 2000. After review of testing procedures and supporting documentation and conducting an independent investigation, the IRS found that the partnership produces a qualifying fuel under section 29 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and found no reason to challenge the first placed-in-service status of the facility. This letter supports the Company’s position that the synthetic fuel tax credits have been properly claimed.

As noted above, the disruptions in the oil and gas markets in the third quarter of 2005 raise significant uncertainty as to the continued availability of the credits, particularly in 2006 and 2007. If it is determined that available credits are not sufficient to fully recover the construction costs of the dam remediation, regulatory action to allow recovery of those remaining costs may be sought. As of September 30, 2005, remaining unrecovered costs, based on management’s recording of accelerated deprecation and related tax benefits on its reasonable assumption that 2005’s credits will not be subjected to the phase-out provisions, were $98.3 million.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

All financial instruments held by the Company described below are held for purposes other than trading.

Interest rate risk - The table below provides information about long-term debt issued by the Company which is sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt obligations the table presents principal cash flows and related weighted average interest rates by expected maturity dates. Fair values for debt represent quoted market prices.

As of September 30, 2005
         
Millions of dollars
   
Expected Maturity Date
   
           
There-
 
Fair
Liabilities
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
after
Total
Value
                 
Long-Term Debt:
               
Fixed Rate ($)
3.7
169.9
39.2
39.2
139.1
1,718.2
2,109.3
2,285.7
Average Interest Rate (%)
7.78
8.51
6.86
6.86
6.33
5.88
6.16
n/a
 
While a decrease in interest rates would increase the fair value of debt, it is unlikely that events which would result in a significant realized loss will occur.





















PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
FINANCIAL SECTION
























Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and therefore is filing this form with the reduced disclosure format allowed under General Instruction H(2).

 
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
 
   
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
 
Assets
         
Gas Utility Plant
 
$
988
 
$
947
 
Accumulated depreciation
   
(280
)
 
(262
)
Acquisition adjustment
   
210
   
210
 
  Gas Utility Plant, Net
   
918
   
895
 
 
Nonutility Property and Investments, Net
   
27
   
27
 
 
Current Assets:
             
   Cash and cash equivalents
   
2
   
2
 
   Restricted cash and temporary investments
   
1
   
8
 
   Receivables, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts of $1 and $2
   
37
   
128
 
   Receivables-affiliated companies
   
3
   
7
 
   Inventories (at average cost):
             
      Stored gas
   
88
   
70
 
      Materials and supplies
   
6
   
5
 
   Prepayments
   
8
   
2
 
   Derivative financial instruments
   
11
   
-
 
   Deferred income taxes, net
   
2
   
4
 
   Other
   
-
   
1
 
      Total Current Assets
   
158
   
227
 
 
Deferred Debits:
             
   Due from affiliate-pension asset
   
11
   
12
 
   Regulatory assets
   
18
   
26
 
   Other
   
3
   
4
 
      Total Deferred Debits
   
32
   
42
 
  Total
 
$
1,135
 
$
1,191
 


 

   
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
           
Capitalization and Liabilities
         
Capitalization:
         
   Common equity
 
$
522
 
$
513
 
   Long-term debt, net
   
270
   
274
 
      Total Capitalization
   
792
   
787
 
 
  Current Liabilities:
             
   Short-term borrowings
   
17
   
58
 
   Current portion of long-term debt
   
3
   
3
 
   Accounts payable
   
39
   
66
 
   Accounts payable-affiliated companies
   
3
   
8
 
   Customer deposits and customer prepayments
   
14
   
14
 
   Taxes accrued
   
5
   
4
 
   Interest accrued
   
4
   
6
 
   Distributions/dividends declared
   
4
   
4
 
   Other
   
4
   
11
 
   Total Current Liabilities
   
93
   
174
 
 
   Deferred Credits:
             
   Deferred income taxes, net
   
107
   
105
 
   Deferred investment tax credits
   
1
   
1
 
   Due to affiliate-postretirement benefits
   
19
   
19
 
   Other regulatory liabilities
   
21
   
10
 
   Asset retirement obligations
   
89
   
84
 
   Other
   
13
   
11
 
   Total Deferred Credits
   
250
   
230
 
 
   Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)
   
-
   
-
 
Total
 
$
1,135
 
$
1,191
 
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

 
   
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30
 
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
2005
 
2004
 
Operating Revenues
 
$
60
 
$
53
 
$
390
 
$
348
 
Cost of Gas
   
35
   
30
   
261
   
226
 
Gross Margin
   
25
   
23
   
129
   
122
 
                           
Operating Expenses:
                         
   Operation and maintenance
   
18
   
18
   
58
   
58
 
   Depreciation and amortization
   
9
   
9
   
26
   
26
 
   Other taxes
   
2
   
2
   
6
   
6
 
   Total Operating Expenses
   
29
   
29
   
90
   
90
 
                           
Operating Income (Loss)
   
(4
)
 
(6
)
 
39
   
32
 
                           
Other Income, Including Allowance for Equity Funds
   Used During Construction
   
1
   
-
   
3
   
1
 
Interest Charges, Net of Allowance for Borrowed Funds
   Used During Construction
   
(5
)
 
(5
)
 
(15
)
 
(15
)
                           
Income (Loss) Before Income Tax Expense (Benefit) and
                         
  Earnings from Equity Method Investments
   
(8
)
 
(11
)
 
27
   
18
 
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
   
(1
)
 
(4
)
 
13
   
8
 
                           
Income (Loss) Before Earnings from Equity Method Investments
   
(7
)
 
(7
)
 
14
   
10
 
Earnings from Equity Method Investments
   
1
   
1
   
3
   
3
 
                           
Net Income (Loss)
 
$
(6
)
$
(6
)
$
17
 
$
13
 


See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 




PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
       
           
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
         
   Net income
 
$
17
 
$
13
 
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided from operating activities:
             
      Depreciation and amortization
   
28
   
27
 
      Loss on sale of assets
   
-
   
1
 
      Cash provided (used) by changes in certain assets and liabilities:
             
         Receivables, net
   
95
   
86
 
         Inventories
   
(20
)
 
(14
)
         Regulatory assets
   
(3
)
 
1
 
         Regulatory liabilities
   
1
   
1
 
         Accounts payable
   
(38
)
 
(29
)
         Deferred income taxes, net
   
4
   
3
 
         Taxes accrued
   
1
   
(5
)
      Changes in gas adjustment clauses
   
21
   
(4
)
      Changes in other assets
   
(15
)
 
(9
)
      Changes in other liabilities
   
(7
)
 
(1
)
Net Cash Provided From Operating Activities
   
84
   
70
 
               
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
             
   Construction expenditures, net of AFC
   
(36
)
 
(34
)
   Nonutility and other
   
5
   
(1
)
Net Cash Used For Investing Activities
   
(31
)
 
(35
)
               
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
             
   Short-term borrowings, net
   
(41
)
 
(36
)
   Net capital contribution from parent
   
2
   
-
 
   Retirement of long-term debt
   
(3
)
 
(3
)
   Distributions/dividends
   
(11
)
 
(12
)
Net Cash Used For Financing Activities
   
(53
)
 
(51
)
               
Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash and Cash Equivalents
   
-
   
(16
)
Cash and Cash Equivalents, January 1
   
2
   
18
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, September 30
 
$
2
 
$
2
 
               
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
             
   Cash paid for - Interest (net of capitalized interest of $1 and $1)
 
$
16
 
$
16
 
                        - Income taxes
 
$
24
 
$
20
 
               
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:
             
   Accrued construction expenditures
   
2
   
-
 

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2005
(Unaudited)


The following notes should be read in conjunction with the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated’s (PSNC Energy, and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the Company) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. These are interim financial statements, and due to the seasonality of the Company’s business, the amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations are not necessarily indicative of amounts expected for the full year. In the opinion of management, the information furnished herein reflects all adjustments, all of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods reported.

1.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A.  Basis of Accounting

The Company accounts for its regulated utility operations, assets and liabilities in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 71, “Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation.” SFAS 71 requires cost-based rate-regulated utilities to recognize in their financial statements certain revenues and expenses in different time periods than do enterprises that are not rate-regulated. As a result, as of September 30, 2005 the Company has recorded approximately $18 million and $110 million of regulatory assets (including environmental) and liabilities, respectively. Information relating to regulatory assets and liabilities follows.

   
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
2004
 
           
Excess deferred income taxes
 
$
(1
)
$
(1
)
Under- (over-) collections-gas cost adjustment clause, net
   
(1
 
9
 
Unrealized gain-hedging
   
(11
)
 
-
 
Deferred environmental remediation costs
   
10
   
8
 
Asset retirement obligations
   
(89
)
 
(84
)
Total
 
$
(92
)
$
(68
)

Excess deferred income taxes represent deferred income taxes recorded in prior years at a rate higher than the current statutory rate. Pursuant to a North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) order, the Company is required to refund these amounts to customers through a rate decrement.

Under- (over-) collections-gas cost adjustment clause, net represents amounts under- or over-collected from customers pursuant to the Company’s Rider D mechanism approved by the NCUC. This mechanism allows the Company to recover all prudently incurred gas costs.

Unrealized gain-hedging represents the change in fair value of derivative financial instruments, including options, used for hedging natural gas purchases.
 
Deferred environmental remediation costs represent costs associated with the assessment and cleanup of manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites currently or formerly owned by the Company. A portion of the costs incurred has been recovered through rates. Amounts incurred and deferred, net of insurance settlements, that are not currently being recovered through rates are approximately $1.7 million. Management believes that these costs and the estimated remaining costs of approximately $8.7 million will be recoverable.

Asset retirement obligations represent net collections through depreciation rates of estimated costs to be incurred for the future retirement of assets.
 
60
The NCUC has reviewed and approved through specific orders most of the items shown as regulatory assets. Other items represent costs which are not yet approved for recovery by the NCUC. In recording these costs as regulatory assets, management believes the costs will be allowable under existing rate-making concepts that are embodied in rate orders received by the Company. However, ultimate recovery is subject to NCUC approval. In the future, as a result of deregulation or other changes in the regulatory environment, the Company may no longer meet the criteria for continued application of SFAS 71 and could be required to write off its regulatory assets and liabilities. Such an event could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, liquidity or financial position in the period the write-off would be recorded.

B.Total Comprehensive Income

Total comprehensive income was not significantly different from net income for any period reported. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) of the Company totaled $(0.4) million and $(0.7) million as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.

C. New Accounting Matters

SFAS 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections,” was issued in June 2005. It requires retrospective application to financial statements of prior periods for every voluntary change in accounting principle unless such retrospective application is impracticable. SFAS 154 replaces Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion 20, “Accounting Changes,” and SFAS 3, “Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements,” although it carries forward some of their provisions. The Company will adopt SFAS 154 in the first quarter of 2006, and does not expect that the initial adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations,” was issued in March 2005 to clarify the term “conditional asset retirement” as used in SFAS 143, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.” It requires that a liability be recognized for the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation when incurred, if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. Uncertainty about the timing or method of settlement of a conditional asset retirement obligation would be factored into the measurement of the liability when sufficient information exists, but such uncertainty would not be a basis upon which to avoid liability recognition. This interpretation is effective no later than the end of fiscal years ending after December 15, 2005. Accordingly, the Company will adopt FIN 47 in the fourth quarter of 2005. The impact FIN 47 may have on the Company’s assets and liabilities has not been determined but could be material. Due to the regulated nature of the business for which such conditional asset retirement obligations would be recognized, the Company does not expect that the initial adoption of FIN 47 will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
 
D. Reclassifications

Certain amounts from prior periods have been reclassified to conform with the presentation adopted for 2005.

2.       RATE AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS

The Company’s rates are established using a benchmark cost of gas approved by the NCUC, which may be modified periodically to reflect changes in the market price of natural gas. The Company revises its tariffs with the NCUC as necessary to track these changes and accounts for any over- or under-collections of the delivered cost of gas in its deferred accounts for subsequent rate consideration. The NCUC reviews the Company’s gas purchasing practices annually.

The Company’s benchmark cost of gas in effect during the period January 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005 was as follows:

Rate Per Therm
Effective Date
$.600
January-September 2004
$.675
October-November 2004
$.825
December 2004-January 2005
$.725
February-July 2005
$.825
August-September 2005

 

    
      In September 2005 the NCUC approved the Company’s request to increase the benchmark cost of gas from $.825 per therm to $1.100 per therm for service rendered on and after October 1, 2005. In October 2005 the NCUC approved the Company’s request to increase the benchmark cost of gas from $1.100 per therm to $1.275 per therm for service rendered on and after November 1, 2005.
      In September 2005 in connection with the Company’s 2005 Annual Prudence Review, the NCUC determined that the Company’s gas costs, including all hedging transactions, were reasonable and prudently incurred during the 12-month review ended March 31, 2005. The NCUC also authorized new rate decrements, effective October 1, 2005, to refund over-collections of certain gas costs included in deferred accounts.

A state expansion fund, established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1991 and funded by refunds from the Company’s interstate pipeline transporters, provides financing for expansion into areas that otherwise would not be economically feasible to serve. In September 2005 the NCUC approved the Company’s request for disbursement of up to $1.1 million from the expansion fund to extend natural gas service to Louisburg, North Carolina. The project will be completed in 2006.

In March 2005 the Company refunded approximately $7.7 million in pipeline supplier refunds by a direct bill credit to various customers.

In January 2005 the NCUC authorized the Company to defer for subsequent rate consideration certain expenses incurred to comply with the U. S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline Integrity Management requirements. This accounting treatment was effective November 1, 2004.
 
3.         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company utilizes various financial derivatives, including those designated as cash flow hedges related to natural gas. The Company also utilizes swap agreements to manage interest rate risk. These transactions are more fully described in Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

The Company utilizes derivative financial instruments for hedging natural gas purchases. Transaction fees and any realized gains or losses are recorded in deferred accounts for subsequent rate consideration. As of September 30, 2005 the Company had a deferred net realized gain of approximately $3.7 million. In addition, as of September 30, 2005 the Company had unrealized gains of approximately $11 million, also recorded in other regulatory liabilities.

The Company also utilizes a swap agreement to manage interest rate risk. At September 30, 2005 the estimated fair value of the Company’s swap was $0.7 million (gain) related to a notional amount of $22.4 million.

4.          DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITY

        In June 2005 PSNC Energy amended its $125 million committed five-year revolving credit facility to extend the term of the existing facility by an additional year. The facility now will expire on June 30, 2010.

5.         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company is responsible for environmental cleanup at five sites in North Carolina on which MGP residuals are present or suspected. The Company’s actual remediation costs for these sites will depend on a number of factors, such as actual site conditions, third-party claims and recoveries from other potentially responsible parties. The Company has recorded a liability and associated regulatory asset of approximately $8.7 million, which reflects its estimated remaining liability at September 30, 2005. Amounts incurred and deferred to date, net of insurance settlements, that are not currently being recovered through gas rates are approximately $1.7 million. Management believes that all MGP cleanup costs will be recoverable through gas rates.



6.       SEGMENT OF BUSINESS INFORMATION

Gas Distribution is the Company’s only reportable segment. Gas Distribution uses operating income to measure profitability. Intersegment revenues were not significant. All Other includes equity method investments.


   
2005
         
2004
     
       
Operating
 
Net
         
Operating
 
Net
     
   
External
 
Income
 
Income
 
Segment
 
External
 
Income
 
Income
 
Segment
 
(Millions of dollars)
 
Revenue
 
(Loss)
 
(Loss)
 
Assets
 
Revenue
 
(Loss)
 
(Loss)
 
Assets
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
                                 
Gas Distribution
 
$
60
 
$
(4
)
$
(6
)
     
$
53
 
$
(6
)
$
(6
)
     
All Other
   
-
   
n/a
   
-
         
-
   
n/a
   
-
       
Adjustments/Eliminations
   
-
   
-
   
-
         
-
   
-
   
-
       
Consolidated Total
 
$
60
 
$
(4
)
$
(6
)
     
$
53
 
$
(6
)
$
(6
)
     

Nine Months Ended September 30,
                                 
Gas Distribution
 
$
390
 
$
39
 
$
17
 
$
1,029
 
$
348
 
$
32
 
$
13
 
$
994
 
All Other
   
-
   
n/a
   
-
   
28
   
-
   
n/a
   
-
   
27
 
Adjustments/Eliminations
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
78
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
72
 
Consolidated Total
 
$
390
 
$
39
 
$
17
 
$
1,135
 
$
348
 
$
32
 
$
13
 
$
1,093
 

 
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
MANAGEMENT’S NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Management’s Narrative Analysis of Results of Operations appearing in Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated’s (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, PSNC Energy) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Statements included in this narrative analysis (or elsewhere in this quarterly report) which are not statements of historical fact are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) that the information is of a preliminary nature and may be subject to further and/or continuing review and adjustment, (2) regulatory actions or changes in the utility regulatory environment, (3) current and future litigation, (4) changes in the economy, especially in PSNC Energy’s service territory,      (5) the impact of competition from other energy suppliers, including competition from alternate fuels in industrial interruptible markets, (6) growth opportunities, (7) the results of financing efforts, (8) changes in PSNC Energy’s accounting policies,     (9) weather conditions, especially in areas served by PSNC Energy, (10) performance of SCANA Corporation’s (SCANA) pension plan assets and the impact on PSNC Energy’s results of operations, (11) inflation, (12) changes in environmental regulations and (13) the other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in PSNC Energy’s periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. PSNC Energy disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Net Income and Distributions/Dividends

Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 increased $4.0 million compared to the same period in 2004, primarily due to increased margin.

The nature of PSNC Energy’s business is seasonal. The quarters ending June 30 and September 30 are generally PSNC Energy’s least profitable quarters due to decreased demand for natural gas related to space heating requirements.

PSNC Energy’s Board of Directors has authorized the following distributions/dividends on common stock held by SCANA during 2005:

Declaration Date
Amount
Quarter Ended
Payment Date
       
February 17, 2005
$3.5 million
March 31, 2005
April 1, 2005
May 5, 2005
$3.5 million
June 30, 2005
July 1, 2005
July 27, 2005
$4.0 million
September 30, 2005
October 1, 2005
November 2, 2005
$4.0 million
December 31, 2005
January 1, 2006

Gas Distribution

Gas distribution is comprised of the local distribution operations of PSNC Energy. Changes in the gas distribution sales margins were as follows:

   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
Millions of dollars
 
2005
 
% Change
 
2004
 
               
Operating revenues
 
$
389.8
   
12.0
%
$
347.9
 
Less: Gas purchased for resale
   
260.7
   
15.3
%
 
226.1
 
Margin
 
$
129.1
   
6.0
%
$
121.8
 
 
 
64
 
    Gas distribution sales margin increased primarily due to increased residential customer growth and increased consumption.

Other Income

Other income improved primarily due to the recognition of a $1 million loss in 2004 on the sale of PSNC Energy’s former corporate headquarters and due to approximately $0.5 million in increased interest income on amounts under-collected from customers through the Rider D mechanism.

Income Taxes

Income taxes changed primarily as a result of changes in operating and other income.

Capital Expansion Program and Liquidity Matters
 
PSNC Energy’s capital expansion program includes the construction of lines, systems and facilities and the purchase of related equipment. PSNC Energy’s 2005 construction budget is approximately $58 million, compared to actual construction expenditures through September 30, 2005 of approximately $43 million. PSNC Energy’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the 12 months ended September 30, 2005 was 3.23.
 
At September 30, 2005 PSNC Energy had $17.1 million in outstanding short-term borrowings at a weighted average interest rate of 3.9% and unused lines of credit of $125 million. In addition, in June 2005 PSNC Energy amended a $125 million committed five-year revolving credit facility to extend the term of the existing facility by an additional year. The credit facility now will expire on June 30, 2010. The facility does not require the borrower to make a representation as to “no material adverse change” related to financial condition or material litigation at the time of a borrowing, and the facility does not contain covenants based on credit ratings under which lenders could refuse to advance funds.
 

 



As of September 30, 2005 each of SCANA Corporation (SCANA), South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated (PSNC Energy) conducted separate evaluations under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures. Based on these evaluations, the CEO and CFO in each case concluded that as of September 30, 2005 disclosure controls and procedures related to each company were effective. There has been no change in SCANA’s, SCE&G’s or PSNC Energy’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2005 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect SCANA’s, SCE&G’s or PSNC Energy’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

Each of SCANA Corporation (SCANA), South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated (PSNC Energy) are engaged in various claims and litigation incidental to their business operations which management anticipates will be resolved without material loss. The status of matters previously disclosed in their respective 2004 Annual Reports on Form 10-K have not changed significantly unless noted below.

Pending Litigation and Claims

A complaint was filed on October 22, 2003 against SCE&G by the State of South Carolina alleging that SCE&G violated the Unfair Trade Practices Act by charging municipal franchise fees to some customers residing outside a municipality’s limits. The complaint alleged that SCE&G failed to obey, observe or comply with the lawful order of the SCPSC by charging franchise fees to those not residing within a municipality. The complaint sought restitution to all affected customers and penalties up to $5,000 for each separate violation. The State of South Carolina v. SCE&G claim has been settled by an agreement between the parties, and the settlement has been approved by the court. The allegations were also the subject of a purported class action lawsuit filed in December 2003, against Duke Energy Corporation, Progress Energy Services Company and SCE&G (styled as Edwards v. SCE&G), but that case has been dismissed by the plaintiff. In addition, SCE&G filed a petition with the SCPSC on October 23, 2003 pursuant to S. C. Code Ann. R.103-836. The petition requests that the SCPSC exercise its jurisdiction to investigate the operation of the municipal franchise fee collection requirements applicable to SCE&G’s electric and gas service, to approve SCE&G’s efforts to correct any past franchise fee billing errors, to adopt improvements in the system which will reduce such errors in the future, and to adopt any regulation that the SCPSC deems just and proper to regulate the franchise fee collection process. A hearing on this petition has not been scheduled. The Company believes that the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

In 1999 an unsuccessful bidder for the purchase of certain propane gas assets of the subsidiaries of SCANA filed suit against SCANA in Circuit Court, seeking unspecified damages. The suit alleged the existence of a contract for the sale of assets to the plaintiff and various causes of action associated with that contract. On October 21, 2004, the jury issued an adverse verdict on this matter against SCANA for four causes of action for damages totaling $48 million.

Upon receiving the jury verdict prior to reporting results for the third quarter of 2004, it was SCANA’s interpretation that the damages awarded with respect to certain causes of action were overlapping and that the plaintiff would be required to elect a single remedy. Therefore, it was SCANA’s belief that a reasonably possible estimate of the total damages based on the amounts awarded by the jury would be in the range of $18 - $36 million. As such, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, in the third quarter of 2004 SCANA accrued a liability of $18 million pre-tax, which was its reasonable estimate of the minimum liability that was probable if the final judgment were to be consistent with the jury verdict.

Post-verdict motions were heard in November 2004 and January 2005. In April 2005, post-trial motions were decided by the Court, and the plaintiff was ordered to elect a single remedy from the multiple jury awards. In response to the April 2005 election order, the plaintiff elected a remedy with damages totaling $18 million, and the Company placed the funds in escrow with the Clerk of Court to forestall the accrual of post-judgment interest. SCANA believes its accrued liability is still a reasonable estimate. However, SCANA continues to believe that the verdict was inconsistent with the facts presented and applicable laws. Both parties have appealed the judgment.

The Company is also defending a claim for $2.7 million for reimbursement of legal fees and expenses under an indemnification and hold harmless agreement in the contract for the sale of the propane gas assets. A bench trial on the indemnification was held on January 14, 2005, and on August 9, 2005 an order was entered against the Company in the amount of $2.6 million. The Company filed a motion and amended motion to vacate or in the alternative to alter or amend or reconsider the order and is currently awaiting a decision. The Company has made provision for this potential loss and further believes that the resolution of this claim will not have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.
 
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    SCE&G has been named, along with 27 others, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the Carolina Transformer Superfund site located in Fayetteville, NC.  The Carolina Transformer Company (CTC) conducted an electrical transformer rebuilding and repair operation at the site from 1967 to 1984.  During that time, SCE&G occasionally used CTC for the repair of existing transformers and the purchase of new transformers.  In 1984, EPA initiated a cleanup of PCB-contaminated soil and groundwater at the site.  EPA reports that it has spent $36 million to date.  SCE&G’s records indicated that only minimal quantities of used transformers were shipped to CTC, and it is not clear if any contained PCB-contaminated oil.  Although a basis for the allocation of clean-up costs among the 28 PRPs is unclear, SCE&G does not believe that its involvement at this site would result in an allocation of costs that would have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

Rate Matter

In October 2005, the SCPSC granted SCE&G an overall increase of $22.9 million, or 5.69 percent, in retail gas base rates. The new rates are based on an allowed return on common equity of 10.25 percent, and became effective with the first billing cycle in November 2005.

Item 5. Other Information

SCANA Corporation (SCANA), South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated:

The following disclosure would otherwise have been filed on Form 8-K under the heading “Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.”

On November 2, 2005 the SCANA Corporation Director Compensation and Deferral Plan was amended to increase the percentage of the retainer fee paid to nonemployee directors in shares of SCANA common stock from 60 percent to 100 percent.  See Exhibit 10.03a for the text of the amendment.

Item 6. Exhibits

    SCANA Corporation (SCANA), South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated (PSNC Energy):

    Exhibits filed or furnished with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are listed in the following Exhibit Index.

    As permitted under Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K, instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of less than 10% of the total consolidated assets of SCANA, for itself and its subsidiaries, of SCE&G, for itself and its consolidated affiliates, and of PSNC Energy, for itself and its subsidiaries, have been omitted and SCANA, SCE&G and PSNC Energy agree to furnish a copy of such instruments to the Commission upon request.




Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. The signature of each registrant shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such registrant and any subsidiaries thereof.

 
 
SCANA CORPORATION
 
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
 
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
 
(Registrants)





By:
 /s/James E. Swan, IV
November 4, 2005
 James E. Swan, IV
 
 Controller
 
 (Principal accounting officer)














 
Applicable to Form 10-Q of
 
Exhibit
 
 
PSNC
 
No.
SCANA
SCE&G
Energy
Description

3.11
 
X
 
Articles of Amendment dated March 9, 2005 amending the Restated Articles of Incorporation of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (Filed as Exhibit 3.11 to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005)
 
3.12
 
X
 
Articles of Amendment dated May 16, 2005 amending the Restated Articles of Incorporation of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (Filed as Exhibit 3.12 to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005)
 
3.13
 
X
 
Articles of Amendment dated June 15, 2005 amending the Restated Articles of Incorporation of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (Filed as Exhibit 3.13 to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005)
 
3.14
 
X
 
Articles of Amendment dated August 16, 2005 amending the Restated Articles of Incorporation of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (Filed herewith)
 
4.12
   
X
Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated June 30, 2005 (Filed as Exhibit 4.12 to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005)
 
10.03a
X
   
Amendment to SCANA Director Compensation and Deferral Plan adopted
November 2, 2005 (Filed herewith)
 
10.10
X
   
SCANA Corporation Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan as amended and restated effective
January 1, 2005 (Filed herewith)
 
31.01
X
   
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Required by Rule 13a-14 (Filed herewith)
 
31.02
X
   
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Required by Rule 13a-14 (Filed herewith)
 
31.03
 
X
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Required by Rule 13a-14 (Filed herewith)
 
31.04
 
X
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Required by Rule 13a-14 (Filed herewith)
 
31.05
   
X
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Required by Rule 13a-14 (Filed herewith)
 
31.06
   
X
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Required by Rule 13a-14 (Filed herewith)
 
32.01
X
   
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Furnished herewith)
 
32.02
X
   
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Furnished herewith)
 
32.03
 
X
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Furnished herewith)
 
32.04
 
X
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Furnished herewith)
 
32.05
   
X
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Furnished herewith)
 
32.06
   
X
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Furnished herewith)
 
 
 
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EX-3.14 2 articlesofamendment.htm ARTICLESOFAMENDMENT articlesofamendment
Exhibit 3.14

 
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SECRETARY OF STATE

 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

 
TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY IN BLACK INK
 
Pursuant to Section 33-10-106 of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation:
 
 
 1.  The name of the corporation is South Carolina Electric & Gas Company                        
 
 2.    Date of Incorporation   July 19, 1924                                                            
    
 3.  Agent's Name and Address Francis P. Mood, 1426 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201             
 
 4.
On August 16, 2005, the corporation adopted the following Amendment(s) of its Articles of Incorporation: (Type or attach the complete text of each Amendment)

See the attached Exhibit A.

 
5.
The manner, if not set forth in the Amendment, in which any exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares provided for in the Amendment shall be effected, is as follows: (if not applicable, insert “not applicable” or “NA”).

Not applicable




6. Complete either "a" or "b", whichever is applicable.

a.   Amendment(s) adopted by shareholder action.
 
At the date of adoption of the Amendment, the number of outstanding shares of each voting group entitled to vote separately on the Amendment, and the vote of such shares was:

 
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of Undisputed*
Voting
Outstanding
Votes Entitled
Represented at
Shares
Group
Shares
to be Cast
the Meeting
 For        or      Against
           

 
 
 
 
 

1
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
           Name of Corporation


*NOTE: Pursuant to Section 33-10-106(6)(i) of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, the corporation can alternatively state the total number of undisputed shares cast for the amendment by each voting group together with a statement that the number cast for the amendment by each voting group was sufficient for approval by that voting group.

 
b.
 
The Amendment(s) was duly adopted by the incorporators or board of directors without shareholder approval pursuant to Section 33-6-102(d), 33-10-102 and 33-10-105 of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, and shareholder action was not required.

7. Unless a delayed date is specified, the effective date of these Articles of Amendment shall be the date of acceptance for filing by the Secretary of State (See Section 33-1-230(b) of 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended)        


     
  South Carolina Electric & Gas Company 
 
 
 
 
                      Name of Corporation
 
Date:  August 16, 2005       By:   /s/ Lynn M. Williams, Secretary   
  Lynn M. Williams, Secretary  
 
Type or Print Name and Office


 

FILING INSTRUCTIONS

1.
Two copies of this form, the original and either a duplicate original or a conformed copy, must be filed.

2.
If the space in this form is insufficient, please attach additional sheets containing a reference to the appropriate paragraph in this form.

3.
Filing fees and taxes payable to the Secretary of State at time of filing application.

Filing Fee 
 
$   10.00
 
 
Filing tax
      100.00
 
 
Total
 
$110.00
 
 
     
     
Return to:
Secretary of State
 
 
P.O. Box 11350
 
 
Columbia, SC 29211
 

 
 
 
 
2


EXHIBIT A TO ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
OF
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY


4.
On August 16, 2005, the corporation adopted the following Amendment(s) of its Articles of Incorporation: (Type or attach the complete text of each Amendment)

(a)
The amount of the stated capital of the corporation, after giving effect to the cancellation of all shares of the corporation’s preferred stock that have been acquired by the corporation through the date of these articles of amendment and that, pursuant to the corporation’s articles of incorporation, may not be reissued, is $296,413,311.50

(b)
The reduction of the number of shares which the corporation has authority to issue is 1,000 itemized by class and series as follows:

Class
Series
No. of Shares
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)
4.50%
116
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)
4.60% (Series A)
359


(c)
The number of shares which the corporation has authority to issue, after giving effect to the cancellation of all shares of the corporation’s preferred stock that have been acquired by the corporation through the date of these articles of amendment and that, pursuant to the corporation’s articles of incorporation, may not be reissued, is 53,601,613, itemized by class and series as follows:

Class
Series
No. of Shares
     
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)
5%
125,209
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)
4.50%
6,649
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)
4.60% (Series A)
7,878
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)
5.125%
62,516
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)
4.60% (Series B)
43,837
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)
6%
55,524
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($100 par value)
6.52%
1,000,000
Serial Preferred Stock ($25 par value) (1/4 vote)
-----
2,000,000
Serial Preferred Stock ($50 par value) (1/2 vote)
-----
300,000
Common Stock ($4.50 par value)
-----
50,000,000
   
53,601,613

 
 
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
 
EX-10.03A 3 amendmentno2.htm AMENDMENTTO DCDP amendmentto dcdp

                                                                                                                                          Exhibit 10.03a

 

EXHIBIT A

AMENDMENT TO THE

SCANA Corporation Director Compensation and Deferral Plan

 

 

            Pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Directors of SCANA Corporation as evidenced in Section 10.10 of the SCANA Corporation Director Compensation and Deferral Plan (the “Plan”), the Plan is amended as follows effective as of November 2, 2005: 

 

 

I.                   Section 1.2 of the Plan is amended as follows:

 

1.2       Purpose of the Plan.  The purpose of the Plan is to promote the achievement of long-term objectives of the Company by linking the personal interests of Nonemployee Directors, as defined in Section 2(r) herein, to those of the Company’s shareholders and to attract and retain Nonemployee Directors of outstanding competence by mandating that one hundred percent (100%) (plus a round-up amount in lieu of any fractional share) of the Retainer Fee of each Participant as defined in Section 2(u) herein, be paid in Company Stock, unless such amount is voluntarily deferred to a future date in accordance with the Plan’s terms.  The Plan is intended to conform to the provisions of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any replacement rule in effect from time to time (“Rule 16b-3”).  The Plan also provides a means by which Nonemployee Directors may defer certain additional amounts to some future period.

 

II.                Section 3.2(a) of the Plan is amended as follows:

 

(a)        Unless otherwise deferred in accordance with Section 4, one hundred percent (100%) of each Participant’s Retainer Fee amounts shall be paid to the Participant as soon as practicable after the beginning of each calendar quarter (as determined by the Board of Directors (or its delegate)) and such payment shall be made entirely in shares of Company Stock. 

 

III.             Section 3.2(b) of the Plan is amended as follows:

 

(b)        Unless otherwise deferred in accordance with Section 4, one hundred percent (100%) of each Participant’s meeting attendance and conference fees shall be paid to the Participant at such times determined by the Board of Directors or its delegate.  Within a reasonable period of time before any amounts are paid under this Section 3.2(b), each Participant shall elect (in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Directors or its delegate) whether to receive the amounts otherwise payable under this Section 3.2(b) all in cash or all in shares of Company Stock.

 

IV.              Section 4.1(a)(ii) of the Plan is amended as follows:

 

(ii)        the Participant elects to defer up to one hundred percent (100%) of his meeting attendance and conference fees and designates that all such deferrals shall be credited on his behalf one hundred percent (100%) to the Growth Increment Ledger or one hundred percent (100%) to the Company Stock Ledger.  In addition, the Participant may elect to defer one hundred percent (100%) of his Retainer Fee provided that such deferral shall be credited on his behalf one hundred percent (100%) only to the Company Stock Ledger.

 

EX-10.10 4 shorttermamendment.htm SHORTTERMAMENDMENT shorttermamendment
Exhibit 10.10









SCANA CORPORATION

SHORT-TERM ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated
Effective January 1, 2005)



SCANA CORPORATION

SHORT-TERM ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
 
SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE
 
1.1
Purpose of the Plan
 
1.2
Effective Date of the Plan
 
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
 
2.1
Definitions
 
2.2
Gender and Number
 
SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
 
3.1
Eligibility
 
3.2
Participation
 
SECTION 4. INCENTIVE AWARDS
 
4.1
General
 
4.2
Target Incentive Awards
 
4.3
Performance Criteria and Measurement
 
4.4
Preliminary Determination
 
4.5
Discretionary Adjustment
 
4.6
Final Determination
 
4.7
Last Day Worked Rule
 
4.8
Partial Year of Participation
 
4.9
No Guarantee of Award
 
SECTION 5. FORM AND TIMING OF PAYMENT
 
5.1
Form and Timing of Payment
 
5.2
General Rule
 
5.3
Termination of Employment for Reasons Other Than Death, Disability or Retirement
 
SECTION 6. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
 
6.1
Designation of Beneficiary
 
6.2
Death of Beneficiary
 
6.3
Ineffective Designation
 
SECTION 7. CHANGE IN CONTROL DISTRIBUTIONS
 
7.1
Change in Control Distributions
 
SECTION 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
8.1
Contractual Obligation
 
8.2
Unsecured Interest
 
8.3
“Rabbi” Trust
 
8.4
Employment/Participation Rights
 
8.5
Nonalienation of Benefits
 
8.6
Severability
 
8.7
No Individual Liability
 
8.8
Applicable Law
 
SECTION 9. PLAN ADMINISTRATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
 
9.1
In General
 
9.2
Claims Procedure
 
9.3
Finality of Determination
 
9.4
Delegation of Authority
 
9.5
Expenses
 
9.6
Tax Withholding
 
9.7
Incompetency
 
9.8
Notice of Address
 
9.9
Amendment and Termination
 
SECTION 10. EXECUTION
 
APPENDIX A



SCANA CORPORATION

SHORT-TERM ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2005)


SECTION 1. PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE


1.1 Purpose of the Plan. The SCANA Corporation Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan (“Plan”) is an annual incentive compensation plan having as its purpose the rewarding of superior performance with a variable component of pay. The Plan provides as an element of compensation an award amount tied to certain annual performance goals. The Plan is intended to support the achievement of the Corporation’s strategic business and financial goals in order to increase shareholder value by attracting and retaining a high caliber of employees who are capable of improving the Corporation’s business results. In furtherance of this purpose, the Plan is intended to produce a competitive incentive bonus package that correlates the compensation of such employees with the performance of the Corporation.

1.2 Effective Date of the Plan. The effective date of this Amended and Restated Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan shall be January 1, 2005.


SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Definitions. Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless otherwise expressly provided herein or unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, and when the defined meaning is intended, the term is capitalized:

(a) Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

(b) Beneficiary” means any person or entity who, upon a Participant’s death, is entitled to receive the Participant’s benefits under the Plan in accordance with Section 8 hereof.

(c) Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(d) Change in Control” means a change in control of the Corporation of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, whether or not the Corporation is then subject to such reporting requirements; provided that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if:

(1) Any Person (as defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation;

(2) During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to December 18, 1996) there shall cease to be a majority of the Board comprised as follows: individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director(s) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved;

(3) The issuance of an Order by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), under Section 9(a)(2) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (the “1935 Act”), authorizing a third party to acquire five percent (5%) or more of the Corporation’s voting shares of capital stock;

(4) The shareholders of the Corporation approve a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting shares of capital stock of the surviving entity) at least eighty percent (80%) of the combined voting power of the voting shares of capital stock of the Corporation or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Corporation or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets; or



(5) The shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation, or the sale or disposition of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (hereinafter SCE&G), South Carolina Pipeline Corporation, or any subsidiary of SCANA designated by the Board of Directors of SCANA as a “Material Subsidiary,” but such event shall represent a Change in Control only with respect to a Participant who has been exclusively assigned to SCE&G, South Carolina Pipeline Corporation, or the affected Material Subsidiary.

(e) Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(f) Committee” means the Human Resources Committee of the Board. Any references in this Plan to the “Committee” shall be deemed to include references to the designee appointed by the Committee under Section 9.4.

(g) Corporation” means SCANA Corporation, a South Carolina corporation, or any successor thereto, or any of its subsidiaries.

(h) Employee” means a person who is actively employed by the Corporation and who falls under the usual common law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship.

(i) Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(j) Incentive Award” means a payment made pursuant to the Plan at the end of a Performance Period.

(k) Officer” means an Employee who serves as an administrative executive and who is classified on the employment records of the Corporation as an officer.

(l) Participant” means an individual satisfying the eligibility requirements of Section 3.

(m) Performance Period” means each Year.

(n) Plan” means this Amended and Restated Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan.

(o) Senior Staff” means those Officers who are classified on the employment records of the Corporation as senior staff.

(p) Target Incentive Award” refers to a specified percentage of annual base salary.

(q) Year” means a calendar year.

2.2 Gender and Number. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine terminology used herein also shall include the feminine and the feminine shall include the masculine, and the use of any term herein in the singular may also include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.


SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

3.1 Eligibility. Eligibility in the Plan is restricted to (a) Employees eligible to participate in the Plan prior to January 1, 2005; and (b) effective January 1, 2005: (i) Employees with an annual base salary that is greater than or equal to $90,000; (ii) Senior Staff of the Corporation; or (iii) Officers of the Corporation.

3.2 Participation. Participation in the Plan is restricted to (a) those Employees and Officers of the Corporation who are eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Plan (automatic participation), and (b) those Employees who are determined to be eligible for participation in the Plan, in the discretion of the Committee based on its review of those eligible for participation. Participation will be reevaluated and determined at least once during the Performance Period.


SECTION 4. INCENTIVE AWARDS

4.1 General. The objective of the Plan is to link compensation to the achievement of certain performance goals established by the Corporation. The Target Incentive Award is payable to the Participant after the end of the Performance Period, provided the performance goals as described in Section 4.3 have been met.

4.2 Target Incentive Award . Upon selection for participation in the Plan pursuant to Section 3.2, Participants are granted Target Incentive Awards equal to a percentage of their annual base salary at the end of the Performance Period. Target Incentive Awards for each Performance Period are designated for each Participant as an amount equal to a designated percentage of the Participant’s annual base salary. The Target Incentive Award for Senior Staff and Officers of the Corporation shall be determined by the Committee in accordance with the specific salary grade as reflected in Appendix A hereof. The Target Incentive Award for all other Participants shall be determined by Senior Staff, in its discretion.

4.3 Performance Criteria and Measurement. Senior Staff shall establish the specific performance criteria for each Participant; provided, however, that the Board shall establish the performance criteria for the Chief Executive Officer. Performance criteria shall include performance goals based on Corporation earnings per share, business unit and/or individual goals. Performance goals for each business unit are reviewed annually by the Committee following a review of the annual performance for the prior Year. Except with respect to the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the Participant’s direct supervisor determines whether individual performance goals have been met. The Board determines whether the individual performance goals for the Chief Executive Officer have been met.

4.4 Preliminary Determination. Subject to Sections 4.5 and 4.6, the performance achieved during each Performance Period will preliminarily indicate a determination of the actual amount payable under this Plan as a percentage of the Target Incentive Award otherwise determined under Section 4.2 in accordance with following:
 
Goal Weighting
Participant Category
If Earnings Per Share Goal is met,
If Business Unit and/or Individual Goals are met,
Senior Staff
50% of Target Incentive Award is Payable
50% of Target Incentive Award is Payable
Officers
50% of Target Incentive Award is Payable
50% of Target Incentive Award is Payable
Other Participants
50% of Target Incentive Award is Payable
50% of Target Incentive Award is Payable

Only if both Earnings Per Share Goals and Business Unit and/or Individual Goals are met will 100% of the Target Incentive Award be payable.



4.5 Discretionary Adjustment. After calculation of the amount determined under Section 4.4, the Committee (or the Board in the case of the Chief Executive Officer), in its sole discretion may increase or decrease any award otherwise payable hereunder to any or all Participants by an amount up to 20% of the otherwise payable Incentive Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may redefine for any Performance Period the above category levels of performance as well as the respective payout percentages of Target Incentive Awards.

4.6 Final Determination. The Committee will review the award amounts determined based on the performance achieved and, in its sole discretion, adjust the final payout amounts, not to exceed plus or minus 50% of Target Incentive Award, for all Participants in accordance with the purposes of this Plan to reflect individual performance and/or extraordinary circumstances.

In making adjustments, the Committee may consider factors such as, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Significant acquisitions (or divestitures) within the Corporation’s affiliated group;

(b) Significant acquisitions or divestitures among peer group companies; and

(c) Other unusual items of material consequence.


4.7 Last Day Worked Rule. In order to receive a payment of a Target Incentive Award hereunder, the Participant must be employed on the last working day of the Performance Period, unless the Participant has terminated employment during the Year on account of death, disability or attainment of normal or early retirement age (as determined under the SCANA Corporation Retirement Plan). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant has terminated employment during the Year on account of death, disability or attainment of normal or early retirement age (as determined under the SCANA Corporation Retirement Plan), the Participant (or Beneficiary, in the event of the Participant’s death), shall be entitled to the full amount of the Target Incentive Award otherwise determined, without any adjustment.

4.8 Partial Year of Participation. If an Employee’s employment commences during a Performance Period, a prorated Incentive Award shall be paid based on the portion of the Performance Period during which the individual was employed by the Corporation. The amount to be paid shall be determined by pro rating the amount of the Incentive Award that would otherwise have been payable to such individual on account of a full Year’s participation by the number of calendar days in the Year that the individual was employed by the Corporation.

4.9 No Guarantee of Award. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, no Participant shall be guaranteed any award under this Plan if the Committee determines that no amount shall be payable hereunder. In addition, the fact that a Participant is paid an award in any given Year shall not entitle any Participant to have an amount paid in any future Year.


SECTION 5. FORM AND TIMING OF PAYMENT

5.1 Form and Timing of Payment. Except as provided in Section 9, and unless otherwise deferred in accordance with the terms of the Corporation’s Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, Target Incentive Awards, if any, shall be paid in cash as soon as possible after the end of each Performance Period, but no later than the next March 15th.

5.2 Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability or Retirement. If a Participant terminates employment during a Year due to death, total and permanent disability or early or normal retirement (as defined in the SCANA Corporation Retirement Plan), the Participant’s Target Incentive Award shall be paid as soon as possible after the end of the plan Year.

5.3 Termination of Employment for Reasons Other Than Death, Disability or Retirement. If a Participant’s employment is terminated for reasons other than death, disability or normal or early retirement before the end of a Performance Period in which an Employee was a Participant, the individual’s performance awards shall be canceled and his tentative rights thereto forfeited unless the Committee in the exercise of its discretion determines that a performance payout should be made to the Participant under the circumstances of the termination. In this latter event, the payout shall be in whatever amount the Committee determines, not to exceed, however, the amount that would be calculated if Section 5.2 was applicable as to the Performance Period in which the Employee was a Participant. Subject to Section 9, any such payout will be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.2.


SECTION 6. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

6.1 Designation of Beneficiary.

(a) A Participant shall designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who, upon the Participant’s death, are to receive the amounts that otherwise would have been paid to the Participant. All designations shall be in writing and signed by the Participant. The designation shall be effective only if and when delivered to the Corporation during the lifetime of the Participant. The Participant also may change his Beneficiary or Beneficiaries by a signed, written instrument delivered to the Corporation. The payment of amounts shall be in accordance with the last unrevoked written designation of Beneficiary that has been signed and delivered to the Corporation. All Beneficiary designations shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation and delivered to her office, and shall be processed as indicated in subsection (b) below by the Secretary or by her authorized designee.

(b) The Secretary of the Corporation (or her authorized designee) shall, upon receipt of the Beneficiary designation:

(i) ascertain that the designation has been signed, and if it has not been, return it to the Participant for his signature;

(ii) if signed, stamp the designation “Received,” indicate the date of receipt, and initial the designation in the proximity of the stamp.

6.2 Death of Beneficiary.

(a) In the event that all of the Beneficiaries named pursuant to Section 6.1 predecease the Participant, the amounts that otherwise would have been paid to said Beneficiaries shall, where the designation fails to redirect to alternate Beneficiaries in such circumstance, be paid to the Participant’s estate as the alternate Beneficiary.

(b) In the event that two or more Beneficiaries are named, and one or more but less than all of such Beneficiaries predecease the Participant, each surviving Beneficiary shall receive any dollar amount or proportion of funds designated or indicated for him per the designation made in accordance with Section 6.1, and the dollar amount or designated or indicated share of each predeceased Beneficiary which the designation fails to redirect to an alternate Beneficiary in such circumstance shall be paid to the Participant’s estate as an alternate Beneficiary.

6.3 Ineffective Designation.

(a) In the event the Participant does not designate a Beneficiary, or if for any reason such designation is entirely ineffective, the amounts that otherwise would have been paid to the Beneficiary shall be paid to the Participant’s estate as the alternate Beneficiary.

(b) In the circumstance that designations are effective in part and ineffective in part, to the extent that a designation is effective, distribution shall be made so as to carry out as closely as discernable the intent of the Participant, with result that only to the extent that a designation is ineffective shall distribution instead be made to the Participant’s estate as an alternate Beneficiary.


SECTION 7. CHANGE IN CONTROL DISTRIBUTIONS

 
7.1 Change in Control Distributions.

(a) Accelerated Distributions Upon Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, as to which the Key Employee Severance Benefits Plan (“KESBP”) was not terminated prior to such Change in Control, all amounts (or remaining amounts) owed under this Plan as of the date of such Change in Control (referred to as each Participant’s “AlP Benefit”) shall become immediately due and payable. The AlP Benefit shall be an amount equal to the 100% of the Targeted Incentive Award level in effect for the Year of the Change in Control. Each Participant’s AlP Benefit determined under this subsection shall be paid to each Participant (and his or her Beneficiary) in the form of a single lump sum payment of the Present Value of all such amounts owed, together with an amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”) such that the net amount retained by each Participant after deduction of any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed) on such benefits (the “Excise Tax”) and any Federal, state, and local income tax and Excise Tax upon the AlP Benefit and the Gross-Up Payment provided for by this subsection shall be equal to the value of the Participant’s AlP Benefit. Such payment shall be made by the Corporation (or to the extent assets are transferred to a “rabbi trust” for such purpose, by the trustee of such trust in accordance with the trust’s terms) to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) as soon as practicable following the Change in Control, but in no event later than thirty (30) days from such date. In the event that there is a Change in Control relative to which the KESBP was terminated prior to such Change in Control, the provisions of this Section shall not apply and Participants shall have benefits determined and payable under the other provisions of this Plan only if and to the extent that the Company’s successor following the Change of Control adopts the Plan.

(b) Tax Computation. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment referred to in the preceding subsection, whether any of a Participant’s AlP Benefit will be subject to the Excise Tax, and the amounts of such Excise Tax: (i) there shall be taken into account all other payments or benefits received or to be received by a Participant in connection with a Change in Control of the Corporation (whether pursuant to the terms of this Plan or any other plan, arrangement, or agreement with the Corporation, any person whose actions result in a Change in Control of the Corporation or any person affiliated with the Corporation or such person); and (ii) the amount of any Gross-Up Payment payable with respect to any Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) by reason of such payment shall be determined in accordance with a customary “gross-up formula,” as determined by the Committee (or its designee) in its sole discretion.

(c) No Subsequent Recalculation of Tax Liability. The Gross-Up Payments described in the foregoing provisions are intended and hereby deemed to be a reasonably accurate calculation of each Participant’s actual income tax and Excise Tax liability under the circumstances (or such tax liability of his or her Beneficiary), the payment of which is to be made by the Corporation or any “rabbi trust” established by the Corporation for such purposes. All such calculations of tax liability shall not be subject to subsequent recalculation or adjustment in either an underpayment or overpayment context with respect to the actual tax liability of the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) ultimately determined as owed.


SECTION 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
8.1 Contractual Obligation. It is intended that the Corporation is under a contractual obligation to make payments from a Participant’s account when due. Payment of account balances shall be made out of the general funds of the Corporation as determined by the Board without any restriction of the assets of the Corporation relative to the payment of such contractual obligations; the Plan is, and shall operate as, an unfunded plan.

8.2 Unsecured Interest. No Participant or Beneficiary shall have any interest whatsoever in any specific asset of the Corporation. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payment under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Corporation.

8.3 “Rabbi” Trust. In connection with this Plan, the Board has established a grantor trust (known as the “SCANA Corporation Executive Benefit Plan Trust”) for the purpose of accumulating funds to satisfy the obligations incurred by the Corporation under this Plan (and such other plans and arrangements as determined from time to time by the Corporation). At any time prior to a Change in Control, as that term is defined in such Trust, the Corporation may transfer assets to the Trust to satisfy all or part of the obligations incurred by the Corporation under this Plan, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, subject to the return of such assets to the Corporation at such time as determined in accordance with the terms of such Trust. Notwithstanding the establishment of the Trust, the right of any Participant to receive future payments under the Plan shall remain an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Corporation.

8.4 Employment/Participation Rights.

(a) Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Participant’s employment at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company.

(b) Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Company will continue to employ a Participant in any particular position or at any particular rate of remuneration.

(c) No employee shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant.

(d) Nothing in this Plan shall affect the right of a recipient to participate in and receive benefits under and in accordance with any pension, profit-sharing, deferred compensation or other benefit plan or program of the Company.

8.5 Nonalienation of Benefits.

(a) No right or benefit under this Plan shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or change, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge, encumber or change the same shall be void; nor shall any such disposition be compelled by operation of law.




(b) No right or benefit hereunder shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, or torts of the person entitled to benefits under the Plan.

(c) If any Participant or Beneficiary hereunder should become bankrupt or attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge, encumber, or change any right or benefit hereunder, then such right or benefit shall, in the sole discretion of the Committee, cease, and the Committee shall direct in such event that the Corporation hold or apply the same or any part thereof for the benefit of the Participant or Beneficiary in such manner and in such proportion as the Committee may deem proper.

8.6 Severability. If any particular provision of the Plan shall be found to be illegal or unenforceable for any reason, the illegality or lack of enforceability of such provision shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or unenforceable provision had not been included.

8.7 No Individual Liability. It is declared to be the express purpose and intention of the Plan that no liability whatsoever shall attach to or be incurred by the shareholders, officers, or directors of the Corporation or any representative appointed hereunder by the Corporation, under or by reason of any of the terms or conditions of the Plan.

8.8 Applicable Law. This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina except to the extent governed by applicable federal law.


SECTION 9. PLAN ADMINISTRATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
 
9.1 In General. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have the sole authority, in its sole discretion, to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and determine the amount, manner and time of payment of any benefits hereunder. The Committee shall maintain records, make the requisite calculations and disburse payments hereunder, and its interpretations, determinations, regulations and calculations shall be final and binding on all persons and parties concerned. The Committee may adopt such rules as it deems necessary, desirable or appropriate in administering this Plan and the Committee may act at a meeting, in a writing without a meeting, or by having actions otherwise taken by a member of the Committee pursuant to a delegation of duties from the Committee.

9.2 Claims Procedure. Any person dissatisfied with the Committee’s determination of a claim for benefits hereunder must file a written request for reconsideration with the Committee. This request must include a written explanation setting forth the specific reasons for such reconsideration. The Committee shall review its determination promptly and render a written decision with respect to the claim, setting forth the specific reasons for such denial written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. Such claimant shall be given a reasonable time within which to comment, in writing, to the Committee with respect to such explanation. The Committee shall review its determination promptly and render a written decision with respect to the claim. Such decision upon matters within the scope of the authority of the Committee shall be conclusive, binding, and final upon all claimants under this Plan.

9.3 Finality of Determination. The determination of the Committee as to any disputed questions arising under this Plan, including questions of construction and interpretation, shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon all persons.

9.4 Delegation of Authority. The Committee may, in its discretion, delegate its duties to an officer or other Employee of the Company, or to a committee composed of officers or Employees of the Company.

9.5 Expenses. The cost of payment from this Plan and the expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Corporation.  

9.6 Tax Withholding. The Corporation shall have the right to deduct from all payments made from the Plan any federal, state, or local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments.

9.7 Incompetency. Any person receiving or claiming benefits under the Plan shall be conclusively presumed to be mentally competent and of age until the Committee receives written notice, in a form and manner acceptable to it, that such person is incompetent or a minor, and that a guardian, conservator, statutory committee under the South Carolina Code of Laws, or other person legally vested with the care of his estate has been appointed. In the event that the Committee finds that any person to whom a benefit is payable under the Plan is unable to properly care for his affairs, or is a minor, then any payment due (unless a prior claim therefor shall have been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may be paid to the spouse, a child, a parent, or a brother or sister, or to any person deemed by the Committee to have incurred expense for the care of such person otherwise entitled to payment.




In the event a guardian or conservator or statutory committee of the estate of any person receiving or claiming benefits under the Plan shall be appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction, payments shall be made to such guardian or conservator or statutory committee provided that proper proof of appointment is furnished in a form and manner suitable to the Committee. Any payment made under the provisions of this Section 9.7 shall be a complete discharge of liability therefor under the Plan.

9.8 Notice of Address. Any payment made to a Participant or to his designated Beneficiary at the last known post office address of the distributee on file with the Corporation, shall constitute a complete acquittance and discharge to the Corporation and any director or officer with respect thereto, unless the Corporation shall have received prior written notice of any change in the condition or status of the distributee. Neither the Corporation nor any director or officer shall have any duty or obligation to search for or ascertain the whereabouts of the Participant or his designated Beneficiary.

9.9 Amendment and Termination. The Corporation expects the Plan to be permanent but, because future conditions affecting the Corporation cannot be anticipated or foreseen, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time by action of its Board, subject to Section 8.5.



SECTION 10. EXECUTION
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this SCANA Corporation Annual Incentive Plan to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 1st day of January, 2005, to be effective as of the dates specified herein.

SCANA CORPORATION

By:  /s/Wiliam B. Timmerman
Title: Chief Executive OFficer
ATTEST:

/s/Lynn M. Williams
Secretary



APPENDIX A

SENIOR STAFF AND OFFICER
TARGET INCENTIVE AWARDS


Salary Grade
Target Incentive Award
E-15
85%
E-14
70%
E-13
65%
E-12
65%
E-11
65%
E-10
50%
E-9
50%
E-8
45%
E-7
45%
E-6
40%
E-5
35%
E-4
35%
E-3
30%
E-2
25%
E-1
20%

EX-31.1 5 exh31-1.htm EXH31-1 exh31-1

Exhibit 31.01
CERTIFICATION

     I, William B. Timmerman, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SCANA Corporation;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.



Date: November 4, 2005
 
 
/s/ William B. Timmerman
 
William B. Timmerman
 
Chairman of the Board, President and
 
Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 31.02

CERTIFICATION

     I, Kevin B. Marsh, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SCANA Corporation;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




Date: November 4, 2005
 
 
/s/ Kevin B. Marsh
 
Kevin B. Marsh
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



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Exhibit 31.03
CERTIFICATION

 I, William B. Timmerman, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
(c)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
 
 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 


Date: November 4, 2005
 
 
/s/ William B. Timmerman
 
William B. Timmerman
 
Chairman of the Board and
 
Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.04 8 exh31-04.htm EXH31-04 exh31-04

Exhibit 31.04

CERTIFICATION

 I, Kevin B. Marsh, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
(c)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
 
 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 



Date: November 4, 2005
 
 
/s/ Kevin B. Marsh
 
Kevin B. Marsh
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 




EX-31.05 9 exh31-05.htm EXH31-05 exh31-05

Exhibit 31.05
CERTIFICATION

 I, William B. Timmerman, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
(c)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
 
 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 


Date: November 4, 2005
 
 
/s/ William B. Timmerman
 
William B. Timmerman
 
Chairman of the Board and
 
Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.06 10 exh31-06.htm EXH31-06 exh31-06

Exhibit 31.06

CERTIFICATION

 I, Kevin B. Marsh, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 
(b)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
(c)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
 
 
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 


Date: November 4, 2005
 
 
/s/ Kevin B. Marsh
 
Kevin B. Marsh
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 
EX-32.01 11 exh32-01.htm EXH32-01 exh32-01

Exhibit 32.01



CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002






In connection with the Quarterly Report of SCANA Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 



Date: November 4, 2005
 
   
/s/William B. Timmerman
 
William B. Timmerman
 
Chairman of the Board, President and
 
Chief Executive Officer
 

















A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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Exhibit 32.02




CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





In connection with the Quarterly Report of SCANA Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.





Date: November 4, 2005
 
   
/s/Kevin B. Marsh
 
Kevin B. Marsh 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 













A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
EX-32.03 13 exh32-03.htm EXH32-03 exh32-03

Exhibit 32.03



CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002






In connection with the Quarterly Report of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




Date: November 4, 2005
 
   
/s/William B. Timmerman
 
William B. Timmerman
 
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
   

















A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
EX-32.04 14 exh32-04.htm EXH32-04 exh32-04

Exhibit 32.04




CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





In connection with the Quarterly Report of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




Date: November 4, 2005
 
   
/s/Kevin B. Marsh
 
Kevin B. Marsh 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
















A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
EX-32.05 15 exh32-05.htm EXH32-05 exh32-05

Exhibit 32.05



CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002






In connection with the Quarterly Report of Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




Date: November 4, 2005
 
   
/s/William B. Timmerman
 
William B. Timmerman
 
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
   

















A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
EX-32.06 16 exh32-06.htm EXH32-06 exh32-06

Exhibit 32.06




CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





In connection with the Quarterly Report of Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




Date: November 4, 2005
 
   
/s/Kevin B. Marsh
 
Kevin B. Marsh 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 













A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


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