UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 3, 2005
Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address I.R.S. Employer
File Number and Telephone Number Identification No.
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1-8809 SCANA Corporation 57-0784499
(a South Carolina corporation)
1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
(803) 217-9000
1-3375 South Carolina Electric & Gas Company 57-0248695
(a South Carolina corporation)
1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
(803) 217-9000
1-11429 Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated 56-2128483
(a South Carolina corporation)
1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
(803) 217-9000
Not applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
This combined Form 8-K is separately filed by SCANA Corporation, South Carolina
Electric & Gas Company and Public Service Company of North Carolina,
Incorporated. Information contained herein relating to any individual company is
filed by such company on its own behalf. Each company makes no representation as
to information relating to the other companies.
Item 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
On February 3, 2005, SCANA Corporation (SCANA) and H. Thomas Arthur,
formerly the general counsel of SCANA, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
(SCE&G) and Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated, and formerly
a named executive officer of SCANA and SCE&G, entered into a consulting
agreement which is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K. Under the agreement,
Mr. Arthur will assist and advise SCANA concerning special projects for its gas
transmission operations. Such projects may involve legal, regulatory or related
matters. The agreement is effective January 3, 2005 through December 31, 2006,
unless terminated earlier as provided in the agreement.
Item 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit 99.1 Consulting Agreement
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. The signature of each registrant
shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such registrant
and any subsidiaries thereof.
SCANA Corporation
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Public Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated
(Registrants)
February 8, 2005 By: s/James E. Swan, IV
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James E. Swan, IV
Controller
EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1 Consulting Agreement