PROFILE SCANA Corporation a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Columbia SC is anenergy-based holding company principally engaged through subsidiaries inelectric and natural gas

PROFILE SCANA Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Columbia, SC, is anenergy-based holding company principally engaged, through subsidiaries, inelectric and natural gas utility operations and other energy-related businesses.The Company serves approximately 652,000 electric customers in South Carolinaand more than 1.2 million natural gas customers in South Carolina, NorthCarolina and Georgia. In somecases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as”may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,”"estimates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negativeof these terms or other similar terminology. Readers are cautioned that any suchforward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involvea number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differmaterially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. The Company expects an average annual earningsgrowth rate of 4 to 6 percent over the next 3 to 5 years.

CONFERENCE CALL NOTICE SCANA will host its quarterly conference call for security analysts at 2:00 p.m.Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, April 23, 2009. 2009 EARNINGS OUTLOOK The Company affirms its previous guidance that 2009 earnings will be in therange of $2.65 to $2.95 per share. A replay of the conference call willbe available approximately 2 hours after conclusion of the call through May 7,2009. The call-in numbers for theconference call are 1-866-543-6403 (US/Canada) and 1-617-213-8896(International) The passcode is 45796252. Participants should call in 5 to 10minutes prior to the scheduled start time. Other factors and risks that could impact future earnings are discussedin the Company`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and belowunder the Safe Harbor Statement. This estimate assumes normal weather for theremainder of the year in the Company`s electric and natural gas service areasand excludes any potential impacts from changes in accounting principles andcertain gains or losses from investing activities, litigation, and sales ofassets.

Corporate and Other Non-Regulated SCANA`s corporate and other businesses, which include SCANA Communications,ServiceCare, SCANA Energy Marketing and the holding company, reported a loss of$3 million, or $.02 per share in the first quarter of 2009, unchanged comparedto the first quarter of 2008. At March 31,2009, SCANA Energy was serving approximately 465,000 customers in Georgia,maintaining its position as the second largest natural gas marketer in thestate. Carolina Gas Transmission Carolina Gas Transmission Corporation reported earnings in the first quarter of2009 of $2 million, or $.02 per share, unchanged compared to the first quarterof 2008. SCANA Energy SCANA Energy, the Company`s retail natural gas marketing business in Georgia,reported earnings of $22 million, or $.18 per share, in the first quarter of2009, compared to $22 million, or $.19 per share, in the first quarter of 2008.This decline in earnings per share is due primarily to dilution. The slight improvement was driven by the implementation of newrates effective in November 2008.