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 December 31, 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          


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Dividends on each series of SCE&G's cumulative preferred stock are also payable January 1, 2010 to holders of record on December 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 Cayce, 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.

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