PSNC Energy Completes Consent Solicitation for Senior Debentures and Notes

COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 17, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated ("PSNC Energy"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCANA Corporation , today announced that it has received the requisite consents from holders of its 6.99% Senior Debentures due 2026, its 7.45% Senior Debentures due 2026 and its 6.625% Medium Term Notes due February 15, 2011 (collectively, the "Notes" and each, a "series of Notes"), to the proposed amendment to the Indenture governing the Notes, as described in the previously announced consent solicitation. PSNC Energy and the trustee under the Indenture have entered into supplemental indentures for each series of the Notes including the proposed amendment. Payment of the Consent Payment is expected to be made on Monday, November 20, 2006.

The detailed terms and conditions of the consent solicitation are contained in the Consent Solicitation Statement dated November 6, 2006 (the "Statement"). Wachovia Securities is the Solicitation Agent for the consent solicitation. Persons with questions regarding the consent solicitation should contact Wachovia Securities, Liability Management Group at [phone] (collect) or [phone] (toll-free). Holders of Notes can obtain copies of the Statement and related material from the Information and Tabulation Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc. at [phone] (collect) or [phone] (toll-free).

PROFILE

PSNC Energy, headquartered in Gastonia, N.C., is franchised to serve a 28- county service area in North Carolina. The utility distributes natural gas to approximately 424,000 customers in 96 cities and communities, including the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas in the north central part of the state; the Concord, Statesville, Gastonia, and Forest City areas in the Piedmont; and the Asheville, Hendersonville, Brevard, and Sylva areas in the western part of the state. More information about PSNC Energy is available through the company's web site at http://www.psncenergy.com/.

SCANA Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Columbia, S.C., is an energy-based holding company principally engaged, through subsidiaries, in electric and natural gas utility operations and other energy-related businesses. The company serves approximately 620,000 electric customers in South Carolina and approximately 1.2 million natural gas customers in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Information about SCANA and its businesses is available on the company's website at http://www.scana.com/.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Statements included in this press release which are not statements of historical fact are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, "forward- looking statements" for purposes of the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned that any such forward- looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and that actual results could differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) that the information is of a preliminary nature and may be subject to further and/or continuing review and adjustment, (2) regulatory actions or changes in the utility and non-utility regulatory environment, (3) current and future litigation, (4) changes in the economy, especially in areas served by SCANA's subsidiaries, (5) the impact of competition from other energy suppliers, including competition from alternate fuels in industrial interruptible markets, (6) growth opportunities for SCANA's regulated and diversified subsidiaries, (7) the results of financing efforts, (8) changes in accounting principles, (9) weather conditions, especially in areas served by SCANA's subsidiaries, (10) performance of SCANA's pension plan assets, (11) inflation, (12) changes in environmental regulations, (13) volatility in commodity natural gas markets and (14) the other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in SCANA's periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. SCANA disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.