s & p 500 component industry public utility predecessor south carolina electric & gas company carolina energies founded 1924 headquarters cayce south carolina united states key people kevin b. marsh chairman & ceo salary 5 710 450 number of employees 5 877 1 website scana.com scana corporation is a 9 billion energy based holding company based in cayce south carolina a suburb of columbia . its businesses include regulated electric and natural gas utility operations and other energy related businesses . scana s subsidiaries serve approximately 662 000 electric customers in south carolina and more than one million natural gas customers in south carolina north carolina and georgia . the corporate name scana is not an acronym but is taken from the letters in south carolina . 2 contents 1 south carolina electric & gas company 2 carolina gas transmission 3 psnc energy 4 scana energy marketing inc semi 5 scana energy 6 scana communications 7 references 8 external links south carolina electric & gas company edit south carolina electric & gas company sce & g scana s leading subsidiary traces its history to 1846 when a group of charleston business leaders formed the charleston gas light company . however its corporate structure dates to 1924 with the formation of broad river power company . a year later broad river bought the electric and gas properties of columbia railway gas and electric company . 2 in 1927 the lexington water power company received a license to build a dam on the saluda river northwest of columbia . saluda dam which would create the 50 000 acre 202 km2 lake murray was the largest man made barrier built for power production in the world when completed in 1930 . in addition the project provided jobs during the great depression . 2 in 1937 the broad river power company changed its name to south carolina electric & gas company . five years later lexington water power company merged with sce & g. this was followed in 1948 with the acquisition of south carolina power company successor to charleston gas light from the southern company . in 1984 sce & g formed scana as a holding company . today sce & g is a regulated public utility engaged in the generation transmission distribution and sale of electricity to approximately 661 000 retail and wholesale customers in a service area covering more than 17 000 square miles 44 000 km2 in the central southern and southwestern portions of south carolina . the company is also engaged in the purchase and sale of natural gas primarily at retail to approximately 314 000 customers in a service area covering more than 22 000 square miles 57 000 km2 most of the state outside of the upstate and the south carolina portion of the charlotte area . sce & g currently operates 4 hydroelectric plants 1 pumped storage hydroelectric plant 4 coal fired plants 1 nuclear plant 1 combined cycle power plant 1 re powered formerly coal fired plant with a natural gas powered steam unit and two combined cycle units and 16 simple cycle combustion turbines . the total output is over 5 800 mw . 3 carolina gas transmission edit formed in november 2006 cgtc is an interstate natural gas pipeline in south carolina and georgia regulated by the federal energy regulatory commission . its predecessors were the south carolina pipeline company and scg pipeline company . cgtc receives gas from southern natural gas company transcontinental gas pipe line corporation and the southern lng terminal at elba island georgia . in february 2015 carolina gas transmission was sold to dominion resources and is no longer a part of the scana family of subsidiaries psnc energy edit psnc energy public service north carolina energy is a regulated public utility engaged primarily in purchasing transporting distributing and selling natural gas to approximately 482 000 customers in the north central piedmont and western areas of north carolina . the service area encompasses 28 counties and covers approximately 12 000 square miles 31 000 km2 in north carolina . its headquarters is in gastonia north carolina . scana energy marketing inc semi edit scana energy marketing inc. markets natural gas to over 500 industrial and commercial customers municipalities power producers and aggregators primarily in the southeast . scana energy edit scana energy a division of scana energy marketing inc. based in atlanta is the second largest marketer of natural gas in georgia serving more than 460 000 customers . scana energy along with gas south infinite energy and georgia natural gas are amongst the major gas providers in georgia . 4 scana energy also has a regulated unit scana energy regulated division selected by the georgia public service commission to serve as the state s only regulated natural gas provider . scana communications edit scana communications claims to offer a wide range of leading edge communications solutions clarification needed in south carolina north carolina and georgia . the company operates fiber optic long haul and access networks throughout south carolina and in parts of north carolina and georgia and leverages the fiber clarification needed of its partners palmetto net and frc which are regional interexchange carriers . scana communications also offers clients with point of presence pop equipment co location at designated sites along the fiber route and has a state of the art data center in downtown columbia south carolina . citation needed in addition the company offers a full suite of communication tower services designed to meet the needs of both fixed and mobile wireless providers . services include site acquisition zoning support build to suite site management of existing towers shared tenant co location and fiber backbone access . customers include telecom carriers and large retail businesses including all of the major long distance and cellular carriers . citation needed in february 2015 scana communications was sold to spirit communications and is no longer a part of the scana family of companies . references edit 2010 notice of 10k filing pdf press release . scana corporation . a b c scana corporation . company profile history . archived from the original on november 3 2006 . retrieved 2008 09 14 . http www.sceg.com en about sceg compare fixed rate gas plans gasgeorgia . www.gasgeorgia.com . retrieved 2016 04 15 . external links edit scana official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title scana & oldid 734897336 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangepower companies of the united statesnatural gas companies of the united statescompanies based in south carolinanuclear power companies of the united stateshydroelectric power companies of the united stateshidden categories wikipedia articles needing clarification from october 2010all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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