SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C.
FORM U-6B-2
Certificate of Notification
Filed by a registered
holding company or
subsidiary thereof
pursuant to Rule
20(d) adopted under
the Public Utility
Holding Company Act
of 1935.
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
(the Company)
This certificate is notice that the above named company has issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities described herein which issue,
renewal or guaranty was exempted from the provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act
and was neither the subject of a declaration or application on Form U-1 nor
included within the exemption provided by Rule 48.
1. Type of security or securities.
First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds (the Bonds)
2. Issue, renewal or guaranty.
Issue
3. Principal amount of each security.
$35,465,000 in aggregate principal amount
4. Rate of interest per annum of each security.
0%
5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security.
May 28, 2003
6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue.
Not Applicable
7. Date of maturity of each security.
December 31, 2098
8. Name of persons to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed.
The Bonds were issued to JPMorgan Chase Bank, Trustee (the Trustee).
9. Collateral given with each security, if any.
The Bonds are secured by a lien upon substantially all of the fixed
property and franchises used or useful in the Company's public
utility businesses (except cash, securities, contracts and accounts
receivable, materials and supplies, natural gas, oil, certain
minerals and mineral rights and certain other assets) now owned by
the Company, with certain exceptions.
10. Consideration received for each security.
Not applicable.
11. Application of proceeds of each security.
The Bonds were deposited with the Trustee in order to partially
satisfy the sinking fund requirement pursuant to the Indenture of
Mortgage, dated January 1, 1945 (the Class A Indenture), between the
Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank. After the Bonds were issued and
authenticated, the Bonds were immediately canceled as provided in
the Class A Indenture.
12. Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below whether the
issue, renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt from the
provisions of Section 6(a) because of:
a. the provisions contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b)
b. the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section 6(b)
c. the provisions contained in any rule of the commission other than Rule 48 X
13. If the security or securities were exempt from the provisions of
Section 6(a) by virtue of the first sentence of Section 6(b), give
the figures which indicate that the security or securities aggregate
(together with all other than outstanding notes and drafts of a
maturity of nine months or less, exclusive of days of grace, as to
which such company is primarily or secondarily liable) not more than
five percentum of the principal amount and par value of the other
securities of such company then outstanding.
Not applicable
14. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of
Section 6(a) because of the fourth sentence of Section 6(b), name
the security outstanding on January 1, 1935, pursuant to the terms
of which the security or securities herein described have been
issued.
Not applicable
15. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of
Section 6(a) because of any rule of the Commission other than Rule
48 designate the rule under which exemption is claimed.
Rule 52
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
By: /s/ James E. Swan, IV
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James E. Swan, IV
Controller
Dated: June 6, 2003