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UTILITY PLANT AND NONUTILITY PROPERTY (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

   UTILITY PLANT AND NONUTILITY PROPERTY

Major classes of utility plant and other property and their respective balances at December 31, 2018 were as follows:

Millions of dollars		The Company				Consolidated SCE&G
Gross Utility Plant:
Generation		$	5,751			$	5,751
Transmission		2,417				1,758
Distribution		6,032				4,456
Storage		99				74
General and other		631				535
Intangible		241				229
Construction work in progress		527				350
Nuclear Fuel		611				611
Total Gross Utility Plant		$	16,309			$	13,764
Gross Nonutility Property		$	410			$	73

Jointly Owned Utility Plant

SCE&G jointly owns and is the operator of Unit 1. Each joint owner provides its own financing and shares the direct expenses and generation output in proportion to its ownership. SCE&G’s share of the direct expenses is included in the corresponding operating expenses on its income statement. Unit 2 and Unit 3 have been reclassified from construction work in progress to a regulatory asset as a result of the decision to stop their construction. See additional discussion at Note 2.

As of December 31,		2018				2017
		Unit 1				Unit 1
Percent owned		66.7%				66.7%
Plant in service		$	1.5	billion		$	1.5	billion
Accumulated depreciation		$	643.9	million		$	637.6	million
Construction work in progress		$	127.5	million		$	110.1	million

Included within other receivables on the balance sheet were amounts due to SCE&G from Santee Cooper for its share of direct expenses. These amounts totaled $46.3 million at December 31, 2018 and $53.8 million at December 31, 2017.

SCE&G

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

UTILITY PLANT AND NONUTILITY PROPERTY

Major classes of utility plant and other property and their respective balances at December 31, 2018 were as follows:

Millions of dollars		The Company				Consolidated SCE&G
Gross Utility Plant:
Generation		$	5,751			$	5,751
Transmission		2,417				1,758
Distribution		6,032				4,456
Storage		99				74
General and other		631				535
Intangible		241				229
Construction work in progress		527				350
Nuclear Fuel		611				611
Total Gross Utility Plant		$	16,309			$	13,764
Gross Nonutility Property		$	410			$	73

Jointly Owned Utility Plant

SCE&G jointly owns and is the operator of Unit 1. Each joint owner provides its own financing and shares the direct expenses and generation output in proportion to its ownership. SCE&G’s share of the direct expenses is included in the corresponding operating expenses on its income statement. Unit 2 and Unit 3 have been reclassified from construction work in progress to a regulatory asset as a result of the decision to stop their construction. See additional discussion at Note 2.

As of December 31,		2018				2017
		Unit 1				Unit 1
Percent owned		66.7%				66.7%
Plant in service		$	1.5	billion		$	1.5	billion
Accumulated depreciation		$	643.9	million		$	637.6	million
Construction work in progress		$	127.5	million		$	110.1	million

Included within other receivables on the balance sheet were amounts due to SCE&G from Santee Cooper for its share of direct expenses. These amounts totaled $46.3 million at December 31, 2018 and $53.8 million at December 31, 2017.

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