10-K - SCANA Corporation

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Table of Contents ATTESTATION REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of SCANA Corporation Cayce, South Carolina We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of SCANA Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2011, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company’s board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on the criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011 of the Company, and our report dated February 29, 2012, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements and financial statement schedule. /s/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Charlotte, North Carolina February 29, 2012 142
Table of Contents SCE&G: Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures: As of December 31, 2011, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of SCE&G’s management, including the CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of SCE&G’s disclosure controls and procedures. For purposes of this evaluation, disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by SCE&G in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to SCE&G’s management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely discussions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, SCE&G’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that SCE&G’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2011. There has been no change in SCE&G’s internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2011 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect SCE&G’s internal control over financial reporting. Management’s Evaluation of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, management is required to include in this Form 10-K an internal control report wherein management states its responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting and that it has assessed, as of December 31, 2011, the effectiveness of such structure and procedures. This management report follows. MANAGEMENT REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING The management of SCE&G is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. SCE&G’s internal control system was designed by or under the supervision of SCE&G’s management, including the CEO and CFO, to provide reasonable assurance to SCE&G’s management and board of directors regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting may deteriorate in future periods due to either changes in conditions or declining levels of compliance with policies or procedures. SCE&G’s management assessed the effectiveness of SCE&G’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011. In making this assessment, SCE&G used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on this assessment, SCE&G’s management believes that, as of December 31, 2011, internal control over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria. ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION Not applicable. 143
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