LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM DEBT LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM DEBT (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Short-term Debt [Line Items]

Long-term Debt [Text Block]

SCANA, SCE&G (including Fuel Company) and PSNC Energy had available the following committed LOC, and had outstanding the following LOC advances, commercial paper, and LOC-supported letter of credit obligations: 

	SCANA						SCE&G						PSNC Energy
Millions of dollars	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012			March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012			March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Lines of credit:
Total committed long-term	$	300		$	300		$	1,400		$	1,400		$	100	$	100
LOC advances	—			—			—			—			—		—
Weighted average interest rate	—			—			—			—			—		—
Outstanding commercial paper (270 or fewer days)	$	122		$	142		$	408		$	449		—		$	32
Weighted average interest rate	0.48		%	0.58		%	0.33		%	0.42		%	—		0.44		%
Letters of credit supported by LOC	$	3		$	3		$	0.3		$	0.3		—		—
Available	$	175		$	155		$	992		$	951		$	100	$	68

SCEG

Short-term Debt [Line Items]

Long-term Debt [Text Block]

SCE&G (including Fuel Company) had available the following committed LOC, and had outstanding the following LOC advances, commercial paper, and LOC-supported letter of credit obligations:

Millions of dollars	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Lines of credit:
Total committed long-term	$	1,400		$	1,400
LOC advances	—			—
Weighted average interest rate	—			—
Outstanding commercial paper (270 or fewer days)	$	408		$	449
Weighted average interest rate	0.33		%	0.42		%
Letters of credit supported by LOC	$	0.3		$	0.3
Available	$	992		$	951