EXHIBIT 23


                       INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT  



We consent  to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 
to Registration Statement No. 33-32107 on Form S-3, Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 to Registration Statement No. 33-49333 on Form S-8, Post Effective Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-55861 on Form S-3, Post-effective
Amendment No. 2 on Registration Statement No. 33-50571 on Form S-3, Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-56923 on Form S-8,
Registration Statement No. 333-18149 on Form S-3 and Registration Statement No.
333-18973 on Form S-8 of our report dated February 7, 1997 appearing in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K of SCANA Corporation for the year ended December 31,
1996.





s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Columbia, South Carolina
March 13, 1997



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