LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM DEBT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

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	September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014			September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014			September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Lines of credit:
Total committed long-term	$	300		$	300		$	1,400		$	1,400		$	100		$	100
Outstanding commercial paper ( 270 or fewer days)	$	14		$	179		$	234		$	709		$	16		$	30
Weighted average interest rate	0.66		%	0.54		%	0.44		%	0.52		%	0.45		%	0.65		%
Letters of credit supported by LOC	$	3		$	3		$	0.3		$	0.3		—			—
Available	$	283		$	118		$	1,166		$	691		$	84		$	70

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	September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Lines of credit:
Total committed long-term	$	1,400		$	1,400
Outstanding commercial paper (270 or fewer days)	$	234		$	709
Weighted average interest rate	0.44		%	0.52		%
Letters of credit supported by LOC	$	0.3		$	0.3
Available	$	1,166		$	691