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

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Short-term Debt [Line Items]

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table 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	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013			June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013			June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Lines of credit:
Total committed long-term	$	300		$	300		$	1,400		$	1,400		$	100	$	100
Outstanding commercial paper (270 or fewer days)	$	81		$	125		$	316		$	251		—		—
Weighted average interest rate	0.37		%	0.39		%	0.27		%	0.27		%	—		—
Letters of credit supported by LOC	$	3		$	3		$	0.3		$	0.3		—		—
Available	$	216		$	172		$	1,084		$	1,149		$	100	$	100

SCEG

Short-term Debt [Line Items]

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table 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	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Lines of credit:
Total committed long-term	$	1,400		$	1,400
Outstanding commercial paper (270 or fewer days)	$	316		$	251
Weighted average interest rate	0.27		%	0.27		%
Letters of credit supported by LOC	$	0.3		$	0.3
Available	$	1,084		$	1,149