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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Short-term Debt [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

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		2013					2012
Dollars in millions	Maturity	Balance			Rate		Balance			Rate
Medium Term Notes (unsecured)	2020 - 2022	$	800		5.42	%	$	800		5.02	%
Senior Notes (unsecured) (a)	2034	92			0.94	%	96			1.01	%
First Mortgage Bonds (secured)	2018 - 2042	3,540			5.60	%	3,290			5.66	%
Junior Subordinated Notes (unsecured) (b)	2065	150			7.92	%	150			7.70	%
GENCO Notes (secured)	2018 - 2024	233			5.89	%	240			5.87	%
Industrial and Pollution Control Bonds (c)	2014 - 2038	158			3.83	%	161			4.32	%
Senior Debentures	2020- 2026	350			5.93	%	350			5.90	%
Nuclear Fuel Financing	2016	100			0.78	%	—			—
Other	2014 - 2027	20			2.73	%	27			2.39	%
Total debt		5,443					5,114
Current maturities of long-term debt		(54		)			(172		)
Unamortized premium (discount)		6					7
Total long-term debt, net		$	5,395				$	4,949

Long-term Debt [Text Block]

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	SCANA						SCE&G						PSNC Energy
Millions of dollars	2013			2012			2013			2012			2013		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)	$	125		$	142		$	251		$	449		—		$	32
Weighted average interest rate	0.39		%	0.58		%	0.27		%	0.42		%	—		0.44		%
Letters of credit supported by LOC	$	3		$	3		$	0.3		$	0.3		—		—
Available	$	172		$	155		$	1,149		$	951		$	100	$	68

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

The annual amounts of long-term debt maturities for the years 2014 through 2018 are summarized as follows:

Year	Millions of dollars
2014	$	54
2015	15
2016	114
2017	13
2018	722

SCE&G

Short-term Debt [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

		2013					2012
Dollars in millions	Maturity	Balance			Rate		Balance			Rate
First Mortgage Bonds (secured)	2018 - 2042	$	3,540		5.60	%	$	3,290		5.66	%
GENCO Notes (secured)	2018 - 2024	233			5.89	%	240			5.87	%
Industrial and Pollution Control Bonds (a)	2014 - 2038	158			3.83	%	161			4.32	%
Nuclear Fuel Financing	2016	100			0.78	%	—			—
Other	2014 - 2027	16			2.26	%	21			1.62	%
Total debt		4,047					3,712
Current maturities of long-term debt		(48		)			(165		)
Unamortized premium		8					10
Total long-term debt, net		$	4,007				$	3,557

Long-term Debt [Text Block]

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Millions of dollars	2013			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)	$	251		$	449
Weighted average interest rate	0.27		%	0.42		%
Letters of credit supported by an LOC	$	0.3		$	0.3
Available	$	1,149		$	951

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

: 

Year	Millions of dollars
2014	$	48
2015	9
2016	109
2017	8
2018	718