EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

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	2013			2012			2013		2012
Three months ended March 31,
Service cost	$	5.9		$	4.8		$	1.6	$	1.3
Interest cost	9.5			10.7			2.8		3.0
Expected return on assets	(15.4		)	(14.8		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	1.7			1.7			0.2		0.2
Transition obligation amortization	—			—			0.2		0.2
Amortization of actuarial losses	5.4			4.7			0.8		0.2
Net periodic benefit cost	$	7.1		$	7.1		$	5.6	$	4.9

SCEG

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	2013			2012			2013		2012
Three months ended March 31,
Service cost	$	4.8		$	3.9		$	1.2	$	1.0
Interest cost	8.0			9.1			2.2		2.4
Expected return on assets	(13.0		)	(12.6		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	1.4			1.4			0.2		0.2
Amortization of actuarial losses	4.6			4.0			0.6		0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	5.8		$	5.8		$	4.2	$	3.7