SCANA Corporation Declares Dividends on Common and Preferred Stock for Third Quarter 2009

COLUMBIA, S.C.--(Business Wire)--
SCANA Corporation (NYSE:SCG) announced that its board of directors, at a meeting
held today, declared a regular dividend of 47 cents per share on the Company`s
common stock for the quarter ending September 30, 2009. The dividend is payable
October 1, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September
10, 2009.

The board of directors also declared the regular quarterly dividends on the
following series of cumulative preferred stock of South Carolina Electric & Gas
Company (SCE&G), SCANA's principal subsidiary, for the quarter ending September
30, 2009:

$50 Par Value:
56 1/4 cents per share on the 4.50 percent Series
57 1/2 cents per share on the 4.60 percent Series A
57 1/2 cents per share on the 4.60 percent Series B
62 1/2 cents per share on the 5 percent Series
64 1/16 cents per share on the 5.125 percent Series
75 cents per share on the 6 percent Series

$100 Par Value:
$1.63 per share on the 6.52 percent Series

Dividends on each series of SCE&G`s cumulative preferred stock are also payable
October 1, 2009 to holders of record on September 10, 2009. The 5 percent Series
is the only series of cumulative preferred stock that is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange - the trading symbol is "SCG Pr".

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 is available on the Company`s Web site at www.scana.com.

SCANA Corporation
Bryan Hatchell, 803- 217-7458
bhatchell@scana.com
or
Betty Best, 803-217-7587
bbest@scana.com

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