EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

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

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
Millions of dollars	2012			2011			2012		2011
Three months ended September 30,
Service cost	$	5.0		$	4.5		$	1.1	$	1.0
Interest cost	10.9			10.4			2.9		3.2
Expected return on assets	(15.0		)	(15.3		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	1.8			1.7			0.2		0.2
Transition obligation amortization	—			—			0.2		0.1
Amortization of actuarial loss	4.5			3.1			—		0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	7.2		$	4.4		$	4.4	$	4.6
Nine months ended September 30,
Service cost	$	14.7		$	13.7		$	3.6	$	3.2
Interest cost	32.2			32.6			8.9		9.2
Expected return on assets	(44.6		)	(47.7		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	5.3			5.3			0.7		0.8
Transition obligation amortization	—			—			0.5		0.5
Amortization of actuarial loss	13.8			9.1			0.4		0.3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	21.4		$	13.0		$	14.1	$	14.0

SCE&G

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

urance programs, which provide benefits to active and retired employees.  Components of net periodic benefit cost recorded by Consolidated SCE&G were as follows:

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
Millions of dollars	2012			2011			2012		2011
Three months ended September 30,
Service cost	$	4.1		$	3.6		$	0.8	$	0.7
Interest cost	9.1			8.8			2.3		2.5
Expected return on assets	(12.6		)	(13.0		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	1.6			1.5			0.1		0.2
Amortization of actuarial loss	3.7			2.6			0.1		0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	5.9		$	3.5		$	3.3	$	3.5
Nine months ended September 30,
Service cost	$	11.8		$	11.0		$	2.8	$	2.5
Interest cost	27.3			27.7			7.0		7.2
Expected return on assets	(37.8		)	(40.5		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	4.5			4.5			0.5		0.6
Amortization of actuarial loss	11.7			7.7			0.3		0.2
Net periodic benefit cost	$	17.5		$	10.4		$	10.6	$	10.5