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Scana Corp, et al. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 2/28/19, at 4:42pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  754737-19-8   ·   File #s:  1-03375, 1-08809

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 2/28/19  Scana Corp                        10-K       12/31/18   98:37M
          South Carolina Electric & Gas Co

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.65M 
 2: EX-10.08    Material Contract                                   HTML     35K 
 3: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 4: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.03    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 6: EX-31.04    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 7: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 8: EX-32.02    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     65K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    210K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    141K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Income (Parenthetical)   HTML     28K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     79K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
22: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    185K 
23: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     28K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
24: R10         Consolidated Statements of Common Equity            HTML    153K 
25: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    189K 
26: R12         Rate and Other Regulatory Matters                   HTML    279K 
27: R13         Revenue Recognition (Notes)                         HTML    161K 
28: R14         Common Equity                                       HTML     45K 
29: R15         Long-Term and Short-Term Debt                       HTML    368K 
30: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML    537K 
31: R17         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    903K 
32: R18         Fair Value Measurements, Including Derivatives      HTML    164K 
33: R19         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    981K 
34: R20         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     48K 
35: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    301K 
36: R22         Segment of Business Information                     HTML    437K 
37: R23         Utility Plant and Nonutility Property (Notes)       HTML     93K 
38: R24         Affiliated Transactions (Notes)                     HTML     89K 
39: R25         Other Income (Expense), Net (Notes)                 HTML     85K 
40: R26         Quarterly Financial Information (Notes)             HTML    191K 
41: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    206K 
                (Policies)                                                       
42: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     81K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R29         Rate and Other Regulatory Matters (Tables)          HTML    195K 
44: R30         REVENUE RECOGNITION Disaggregation of Revenue and   HTML    118K 
                Capitalized Costs (Tables)                                       
45: R31         Long-Term and Short-Term Debt (Tables)              HTML    241K 
46: R32         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    523K 
47: R33         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    840K 
48: R34         Fair Value Measurements, Including Derivatives      HTML    157K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R35         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    819K 
50: R36         Commitments and Contingencies Aro (Tables)          HTML     74K 
51: R37         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Operating Leases      HTML    130K 
                Tables (Tables)                                                  
52: R38         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Nuclear (Tables)      HTML     47K 
53: R39         Segment of Business Information (Tables)            HTML    230K 
54: R40         UTILITY PLANT AND NONUTILITY PROPERTY Utility and   HTML     92K 
                Nonutiltiy Property (Tables)                                     
55: R41         Affiliated Transactions (Tables)                    HTML     66K 
56: R42         Other Income (Expense), Net (Tables)                HTML     82K 
57: R43         Quarterly Financial Information (Tables)            HTML    109K 
58: R44         Long Term Purchase Commitment (Tables)              HTML     49K 
59: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    144K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R46         Rate and Other Regulatory Matters Rate and Other    HTML     85K 
                Regulatory Matters (Details)                                     
61: R47         Rate and Other Regulatory Matters Electric-Blra     HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R48         Rate and Other Regulatory Matters Gas (Details)     HTML     40K 
63: R49         Regulatory Assets and Liabilities (Details)         HTML     88K 
64: R50         Rate and Other Regulatory Matters Narrative         HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R51         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML    103K 
66: R52         Common Equity (Details)                             HTML     53K 
67: R53         Long-Term and Short-Term Debt (Details)             HTML    168K 
68: R54         Long-Term and Short-Term Debt (Details 2)           HTML    100K 
69: R55         Long-Term and Short-Term Debt (Narrative)           HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R56         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    185K 
71: R57         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Details 2)               HTML    100K 
72: R58         Income Taxes Income Taxes (Details 3)               HTML     99K 
73: R59         Income Taxes Income Taxes Carryforward (Details)    HTML     56K 
74: R60         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     55K 
75: R61         Derivative Financial Instruments Fair Value on      HTML    100K 
                Balance Sheet (Details)                                          
76: R62         Derivative Financial Instruments on Income          HTML     93K 
                Statement (Details)                                              
77: R63         Derivative Financial Instruments (Credit Risk)      HTML     72K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
78: R64         Derivative Financial Instruments Offsetting Assets  HTML    103K 
                and Liabilities (Details)                                        
79: R65         Fair Value Measurements, Including Derivatives      HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R66         Fair Value Measurements, Including Derivatives      HTML     33K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
81: R67         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML    199K 
82: R68         Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans       HTML     40K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
83: R69         Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans       HTML     64K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
84: R70         Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans       HTML     52K 
                (Details 4)                                                      
85: R71         Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans       HTML    133K 
                (Details 5)                                                      
86: R72         Share-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     37K 
87: R73         Share-Based Compensation Liability Awards           HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R74         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    131K 
89: R75         Commitments and Contingencies Nuclear (Details)     HTML    102K 
90: R76         Segment of Business Information (Details)           HTML    132K 
91: R77         UTILITY PLANT AND NONUTILITY PROPERTY Jointly       HTML     78K 
                Owned Utiltiy Plant (Details)                                    
92: R78         Affiliated Transactions (Details)                   HTML     61K 
93: R79         Other Income (Expense), Net (Details)               HTML     43K 
94: R80         Quarterly Financial Information (Details)           HTML     55K 
95: R81         Schedule Ii (Details)                               HTML     47K 
97: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    174K 
96: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    173K 
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