
                                                        DRAFT
                                                        Registration No.

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      Under

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                                SCANA Corporation

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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                 South Carolina

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         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

                                   57-0784499

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                     (I.R.S. employer identification number)


                1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201

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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


              SCANA Corporation Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan

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                            (Full title of the plan)

                                H. Thomas Arthur

         Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

                                SCANA Corporation

                1426 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201

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                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (803) 217-8547

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          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy To:

                               Elizabeth B. Anders
                              McNair Law Firm, P.A.
                               1301 Gervais Street
                                   17th Floor
                               Columbia, SC 29201
                                 (803) 799-9800


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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                                          Proposed                Proposed
                                                          maximum                 maximum
        Title of                   Amount                 offering               aggregate                Amount of
      securities to                to be                   price                  offering              registration
      be registered             registered (1)           per share (2)            price (2)                fee (2)

<S>                           <C>                       <C>                     <C>                     <C>
Common Stock

no par value                     5,000,000                     $                  $                           $
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    (1) Together with an indeterminable number of additional shares which may be
        necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance  pursuant
        to such plan as the result of any future stock split,  stock dividend or
        similar adjustment of the registrant's common stock.

    (2) Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the  Securities Act of 1933, as
        amended,  solely for the purpose of  calculating  the  registration  fee
        based on the average of the high and low prices for the Common  Stock of
        SCANA  Corporation  (the  "Company")  as  reported on the New York Stock
        Exchange, Inc. Composite Transactions Reporting System on , 2000.


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                                     Part II

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     This Registration  Statement on Form S-8 hereby  incorporates the following
documents which are not presented herein:

          1)   Annual  Report of the  Company  on Form  10-K for the year  ended
               December 31, 1999, as amended.

          2)   The Registration  Statement for Common Stock of the Company under
               the Exchange Act on Form 8-B dated  November 7, 1984,  as amended
               May 26, 1995.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  prior to the filing
of a post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered have
been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded  for purposes of this  Registration
Statement  to the  extent  that a  statement  contained  herein  or in any other
subsequently  filed  document  that also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein modifies or supersedes  such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.
        Not Applicable

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     At         , 2000, H. Thomas Arthur, Esquire, who is Senior Vice President,
General  Counsel  and  Assistant  Secretary,  and a  full-time  employee  of the
Company,  owned  beneficially  shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  including
shares acquired by the trustee under the Company's  Stock Purchase  Savings Plan
by use of contributions  made by Mr. Arthur and earnings thereon,  and including
shares  purchased  by the trustee by use of Company  contributions  and earnings
thereon.


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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     The South Carolina  Business  Corporation Act of 1988 and the  Registrant's
By-Laws provide for  indemnification of the Registrant's  directors and officers
in a variety of circumstances, which may include indemnification for liabilities
under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the  "Securities  Act").  Under
Sections  33-8-510,  33-8-550  and  33-8-560  of  the  South  Carolina  Business
Corporation Act of 1988, as amended, a South Carolina  corporation is authorized
generally to indemnify its  directors and officers in civil or criminal  actions
if they acted in good faith and  reasonably  believed their conduct to be in the
best interests of the corporation and, in the case of criminal  actions,  had no
reasonable  cause to believe  that the conduct was  unlawful.  The  Registrant's
By-Laws  require  indemnification  of  directors  and  officers  with respect to
expenses  actually  and  necessarily  incurred  by them in  connection  with the
defense or settlement  of any action,  suit or proceeding in which they are made
parties by reason of having been a director  or  officer,  except in relation to
matters as to which they shall be adjudged  to be liable for willful  misconduct
in the  performance of duty and to such matters as shall be settled by agreement
predicated  on the  existence of such  liability.  In addition,  the  Registrant
carries insurance on behalf of directors, officers, employees or agents that may
cover  liabilities  under the Securities Act.  Finally,  as permitted by Section
33-2-102  of  the  South  Carolina   Business   Corporation  Act  of  1988,  the
Registrant's  Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that no director of the
Company shall be liable to the Company or its  shareholders for monetary damages
for breach of his fiduciary duty as a director  occurring  after April 26, 1989,
except for (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or
its  shareholders,  (ii) acts or  omissions  not in good faith or which  involve
gross  negligence,  intentional  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
certain  unlawful  distributions or (iv) any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
        Not Applicable

Item 8. Exhibits

     Exhibits required to be filed with this  Registration  Statement are listed
in the Exhibit Index  following the  signature  pages.  Certain of such exhibits
which have heretofore been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
which are designated by reference to their exhibit  numbers in prior filings are
hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.

Item 9. Undertakings

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during any period in which  offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

     (A)  To  include  any  prospectus  required  by  Section  10(a)  (3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;

     (B) To  reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising  after the
effective date of the Registration  Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  represent  a
fundamental  change in the information set forth in the Registration  Statement;
and

     (C) To  include  any  material  information  with  respect  to the  plan of
distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the  Registration  Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that  clauses  (1)(A)  and  (1)(B)  do  not  apply  if  the
Registration  Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3 and the information
required  to be  included  in a  post-effective  amendment  by those  clauses is
contained in periodic  reports filed with or furnished to the  Commission by the
Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 (d) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each  such  post-effective  amendment  shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.


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     (4) That,  for purposes of determining  any liability  under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the  Registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (and,  where  applicable,
each filing of an employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the Registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Columbia,  State of South Carolina,  on this th
day of 2000.

(REGISTRANT)               SCANA Corporation

By:                        s/W. B. Timmerman
(Name & Title):            W. B. Timmerman, Chairman of the Board, Chief
                           Executive Officer, President and Director

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated.

     (i) Principal executive officer:


By:                        s/W. B. Timmerman
(Name & Title):            W. B. Timmerman, Chairman of the Board, Chief
                           Executive Officer, President and Director
Date:                                  , 2000

     (ii) Principal financial and accounting officer:


By:                        s/K. B. Marsh
(Name & Title):            K. B. Marsh, Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief
                           Financial Officer and Controller
Date:                                  , 2000

     (iii) Other Directors:

* B. L. Amick,  J. A.  Bennett,  W. B.  Bookhart,  Jr., W. C.  Burkhardt;  H. M.
Chapman, E. T. Freeman, L. M. Gressette, Jr., D. M. Hagood, W. Hayne Hipp, L. M.
Miller, J. B. Rhodes, M. K. Sloan, H. L. Stowe; G. S. York; C. E. Zeigler, Jr.

*    Signed on behalf of each of these persons:

    s/K. B. Marsh
    K. B. Marsh
    (Attorney-in-Fact)



Directors who did not sign:


     None


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit        Description
No.

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4.01           Restated  Articles of  Incorporation of SCANA as adopted on April
               26,  1989  (Filed as Exhibit 3-A to  Registration  Statement  No.
               33-49145)

4.02           Articles of  Amendment  of SCANA,  dated April 27, 1995 (Filed as
               Exhibit 4-B to Registration Statement No. 33-62421)

4.03           By-Laws of SCANA as revised and amended through           ,  2000
               (Filed herewith on page       )

4.04           SCANA  Corporation  Long-Term  Equity  Compensation  Plan  (Filed
               herewith on page )

5.01           Opinion Re Legality (Filed herewith on page )

15.01          Letter re unaudited interim financial information
               Not Applicable

23.01          Consents of Experts and Counsel

               (a) Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (Filed herewith on page   )
               (b) Consent of  H.  Thomas  Arthur  (Included  in his  opinion in
               Exhibit 5.01)

24.01          Power of Attorney (Filed herewith on page   )

99.01          Additional Exhibits
               Not Applicable



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                                SCANA CORPORATION

                       LONG-TERM EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN







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                                                                   Exhibit 5.01



                                               , 2000

SCANA Corporation
1426 Main Street

Columbia, South Carolina  29201



Dear Sirs:

     SCANA Corporation (the "Company")  proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission a Registration  Statement on Form S-8 for the  registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock without
par value (the "Stock") that may be issued under the Company's  Stock  Long-Term
Equity Plan (the "Plan").

     I have  participated  in the  preparation  of  the  aforesaid  Registration
Statement  and  am  familiar  with  all  other  proceedings  of the  Company  in
connection with the Plan and the proposed  issuance of the Stock  thereunder.  I
have  also  made such  further  investigation  as I have  deemed  pertinent  and
necessary as a basis for this opinion.

     Based  upon  the  foregoing,  I advise  you  that,  upon (a) the  aforesaid
Registration  Statement  becoming  effective;  (b)  issuance  of  the  Stock  in
accordance with the terms of the Plan; (c) the due execution,  registration  and
countersignature  of the certificates for the Stock; and (d) the delivery of the
Stock to the purchasers  thereof against receipt of the purchase price therefor;
in my opinion the Stock will have been duly  authorized  and legally and validly
issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable.

     I  hereby  consent  to the use of  this  opinion  in  connection  with  the
aforesaid Registration Statement.

                                         Very truly yours,


                                         s/H. Thomas Arthur
                                         H. Thomas Arthur
                                         Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                         and Assistant Secretary



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                                                              Exhibit 23.01

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT





     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of  SCANA  Corporation  on Form  S-8 of our  report  dated  February  10,  2000,
appearing in the Annual  Report on Form 10-K of SCANA  Corporation  for the year
ended December 31, 1999.

s/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Columbia, South Carolina

               , 2000


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                                                                 Exhibit 24.01


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the undersigned  directors of SCANA  Corporation  (the  "Company"),
hereby appoint W. B. Timmerman, Kevin B. Marsh and H. Thomas Arthur, and each of
them  severally,  his or her true and lawful  attorney or  attorney's,  with the
power to act with or without the other,  and with full power of substitution and
re-substitution,  to execute  in his or her name,  place and stead in his or her
capacity as director of the Company and to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  under  the  Securities  Act of  1933,  as  amended,  a  registration
statement  on Form S-8 and any and all  amendments  thereto  with respect to the
issuance of  5,000,000  shares of the  Company's  common  stock  pursuant to the
Company's Long-Term Equity Compensation Plan.

Dated:    February 22, 2000
                                                     Columbia, South Carolina

s/B. L. Amick                                        s/W. H. Hipp
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B. L. Amick                                          W. H. Hipp
Director                                             Director


s/J. A. Bennett                                      s/L. M. Miller
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J. A. Bennett                                        L. M. Miller
Director                                             Director


s/W. B. Bookhart, Jr.                                s/J. B. Rhodes
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W. B. Bookhart, Jr.                                  J. B. Rhodes
Director                                             Director


s/W. C. Burkhardt                                    s/M. K. Sloan
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W. C. Burkhardt                                      M. K. Sloan
Director                                             Director


s/H. M. Chapman                                      s/H. C. Stowe
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H. M. Chapman                                        H. C. Stowe
Director                                             Director


s/E. T. Freeman                                      s/W. B. Timmerman
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E. T. Freeman                                        H. C. Stowe
Director                                             Director


s/L. M. Gressette, Jr.                               s/G. S. York
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L. M. Gressette, Jr.                                 G. S. York
Director                                             Director


s/D. M. Hagood                                       s/C. E. Zeigler, Jr.
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D. M. Hagood                                         C. E. Zeigler, Jr.
Director                                             Director


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                                SCANA CORPORATION
                                1426 Main Street
                         Columbia, South Carolina 29201



                                             , 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza

450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20549

Gentlemen:

     We are  submitting  for filing  pursuant to the  Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  a Registration  Statement on Form S-8 to register  5,000,000 shares of
SCANA  Corporation's  common stock,  no par value,  to be issued pursuant to the
SCANA Corporation  Long-Term Equity  Compensation  Plan. The Company has sent by
wire  transfer to the U. S. Treasury  Department  the sum of $ in payment of the
filing fee,  computed in accordance  with Rule 457(h) of the  Securities  Act of
1933, as amended.

     Please  call  Mark  Sparks  at (803)  217-9257  if you  have any  questions
concerning this submission.

                                                 Sincerely,



                                                 s/M. R. Cannon
                                                 M. R. Cannon
                                                 Treasurer


/vaw

Enclosures


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