
                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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Application of SCANA Corporation    )    CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO
on Form U-1 (File No. 70-9521)      )    RULE 24 UNDER THE PUBLIC
                                    )    UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY
                                    )    ACT OF 1935
                                    )

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     Pursuant to the  requirements  of Rule 24 under the Public Utility  Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended, SCANA Corporation, a South Carolina corporation
("SCANA"),  certifies  that  the  merger  of  Public  Service  Company  of North
Carolina,  Incorporated,  a North Carolina corporation with and into New Sub II,
Inc., a South Carolina  corporation and subsidiary of SCANA ("New Sub II"), with
New   Sub   II   as   the   surviving   corporation,    as   proposed   in   the
Application/Declaration  to the  Commission  on Form U-1 (File No.  70-9521)  of
SCANA  and  authorized  by order of the  Commission  in Public  Utility  Holding
Company Act Release No.  35-27133,  dated February 9, 2000, has been carried out
in accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the purposes  represented
by the  Application/Declaration  and  of the  Commission's  order  with  respect
thereto.  Upon  completion of the merger,  New Sub II changed its name to Public
Service Company of North Carolina, Incorporated.

Exhibits

          F-2  "Past Tense" Opinion of Counsel



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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935,  SCANA has duly caused this  Certificate to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       SCANA Corporation

                                       By: /s/ H. Thomas Arthur
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                                       Name: H. Thomas Arthur
                                       Title:   Senior Vice President and
                                                       General Counsel

Dated:   February 18, 2000



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