


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


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


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


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


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


s/E. T. Freeman                                 s/W. B. Timmerman
E. T. Freeman                                   W. B. Timmerman
Director                                        Director


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


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





