[southern rock]

it's a free country and scana can do as it pleases.

Hmm... Are they a monopoly in SC? Receive any state funds? I'm all for private buisness doing as it pleases, but I wonder if they really are.

[PJeffQ]

Local utilities are monopolies... SCANA is a holding company that owns SCE&G which is a local utility in many places...

Private property rights are a concern here... but aren't personally owned vehicles private property?

[PJeffQ]

SCANA CORPORATION
Headquartered in Columbia, SC, SCANA Corporation is an $8 billion Fortune 500 energy-based holding company whose businesses include regulated electric and natural gas utility operations, telecommunications and other non-regulated energy-related businesses. SCANA’s subsidiaries serve nearly 547,000 electric customers in South Carolina and more than one million natural gas customers in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY
SCANA’s principal subsidiary, SCE&G is a regulated public utility engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity to nearly 547,000 retail and wholesale customers and in the purchase and sale of natural gas to approximately 267,000 retail customers in central and southern SC.

PSNC ENERGY
Headquartered in Gastonia, NC, PSNC Energy is a regulated public utility engaged primarily in transporting, distributing and selling natural gas to approximately 379,000 customers in the north central, Piedmont and western areas of North Carolina.

SOUTH CAROLINA PIPELINE CORPORATION
Engaged in the purchase, transmission and sale of natural gas to commercial, industrial and wholesale customers, including SCE&G. Also owns and operates LNG liquefaction, regasification and storage facilities.

SCANA ENERGY MARKETING, INC.
Markets electricity, natural gas, and other light hydrocarbons primarily in the Southeast. Also provides energy-related risk management services to producers and consumers.

SCANA ENERGY
A division of SCANA Energy Marketing that markets and distributes natural gas to approximately 385,000 retail customers in Georgia.

SERVICECARE, INC.
Provides energy-related products and services to retail customers through service contracts on home appliances.

SCANA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Provides fiber optic telecommunications in South Carolina and tower site construction, management and rental services in South Carolina and Georgia.

SCANA COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
Based in Wilmington, Delaware, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SCANA Communications, Inc.

PRIMESOUTH, INC.
Provides power plant management and maintenance services.