Exhibit 3.05

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA  SECRETARY OF STATE        ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY IN BLACK INK

Pursuant
to Section 33-10-106 of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its Articles
of Incorporation:

See
the attached Exhibit A.

Not
applicable

Voting
Group

Number of
Outstanding
Shares

Number of
Votes Entitled
to be Cast

Number of Votes
Represented at
the Meeting

Number of Undisputed*
Shares
For or Against


| |  | South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Name of Corporation
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|*NOTE: |  | Pursuant to Section 33-10-106(6)(i) of the 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, the corporation can alternatively state the total number of undisputed shares cast for the amendment by each voting group together with a statement
that the number cast for the amendment by each voting group was sufficient for approval by that voting group.
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|Date: |  | February 26, 2004 |  | South Carolina Electric & Gas CompanyName of Corporation   
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|      |  |                   |  | Signature                                                  
|      |  |                   |  | /s/LYNN M. WILLIAMS, SecretaryType or Print Name and Office







FILING INSTRUCTIONS

Filing Fee

$
10.00Filing tax


100.00Total

$
110.00


Return to:

Secretary of State
P.O. Box 11350
Columbia, SC 29211


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EXHIBIT A TO ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT  OF  SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY

Class

Series

No. of SharesCumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)

6
%
3,200Serial Preferred Stock ($50 par value) (1 vote)



640,000Serial Preferred Stock ($100 par value) (1 vote)



750,000Serial Preferred Stock ($50 par value) (1/2 vote)



400,0001,793,200




Class

Series

No. of SharesCumulative Preferred Stock ($50 par value)

5%

125,209"                "                "        
    "

4.50%

6,797"                "                "        
    "

4.60% (Series A)

10,237"                "                "        
    "

5.125%

64,000"                "                "        
    "

4.60% (Series B)

50,637"                "                "        
    "

6%

58,724"                "                "  ($100 par
value)

6.52%

1,000,000Serial Preferred Stock ($25 par value) (1/4 vote)



2,000,000Serial Preferred Stock ($50 par value) (1/2 vote)



300,000Common Stock ($4.50 par value)



50,000,00053,615,604


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