Exhibit 23

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT  

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in 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 and 333-44885 on  Form S-8 of our  report  dated March
11, 1998 on the SCANA Corporation Stock Purchase-Savings Plan
appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of SCANA Corporation
for the year ended December 31, 1997, as amended.





s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Columbia, South Carolina
April 14, 1998



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