SCANA and Subsidiary File Form 8-K/A Regarding Engineering Procurement and Construction Contract

Business Wire, August 28, 2008

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Today, SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG) and its principal subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) (combined, the Company), filed a joint Form 8-K/A with the Securities and Exchange Commission which provided additional information related to the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, and a subsidiary of The Shaw Group Inc., Stone & Webster, Inc., for two 1,117-megawatt nuclear electric-generating units at the site of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, near Jenkinsville, S.C.

SCE&G and Santee Cooper, a state-owned electric and water utility in South Carolina, are joint owners and share operating costs and generating output of the existing V. C. Summer Nuclear Station's 966-megawatt unit in the proportion of two-thirds and one-third, respectively. Under a similar arrangement, the new units described above are to be jointly owned, and operating costs and output will be shared in the proportion of 55 percent and 45 percent, respectively. As with the existing unit, SCE&G will be the operator of the new units. Westinghouse and some of its affiliates provide certain engineering and fuel fabrication services and certain materials, services and equipment used at V. C. Summer.

As part of the initial Form 8-K filing dated May 23, 2008, the Company had provided a total estimated shared cost of approximately $9.8 billion for the two new nuclear units, including forecasted inflation, owner's costs, and contingencies; SCE&G's 55 percent share of that total is about $5.4 billion. The Form 8-K/A filed today discloses the contract price for the two units, excluding inflation, owner's costs and contingencies, of approximately $6.4 billion; SCE&G's 55 percent share of the contract price is about $3.5 billion.

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SCE&G is a regulated public utility engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity to approximately 646,000 customers in South Carolina. The company also provides natural gas service to approximately 303,000 customers throughout the state. Information about SCE&G, including a copy of the BLRA application and the Form 8-K/A, is available on the company's web site at www.sceg.com.

SCANA Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Columbia, SC, is an energy-based holding company principally engaged, through subsidiaries, in electric and natural gas utility operations and other energy-related businesses. Information about SCANA and its businesses is available on the Company's web site at www.scana.com.

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