Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000092122-25-000084
Chunk: 319

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 319
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.90Average cost of fuel, generated (in cents per net KWH)(a)(b)2.642.752.782.67Average cost of purchased power (in cents per net KWH)(c)4.874.625.034.73

(a)Excludes KWHs generated from test period energy at Plant Vogtle Unit 4 prior to being placed in service in April 2024. The related fuel costs were charged to CWIP in accordance with FERC guidance.

(b)Excludes $60 million of credits recorded to nuclear fuel expense in the third quarter 2024 resulting from litigation related to nuclear fuel disposal costs. See Note 3 to the financial statements under "Nuclear Fuel Disposal Costs" in Item 8 of the Form 10-K for additional information.

(c)Average cost of purchased power includes fuel purchased by Georgia Power for tolling agreements where power is generated by the provider.

Other Operations and Maintenance Expenses

Third Quarter 2025 vs. Third Quarter 2024Year-to-Date 2025 vs. Year-to-Date 2024(change in millions)(% change)(change in millions)(% change)$30.5$33221.2

In the third quarter 2025, other operations and maintenance expenses were $616 million compared to $613 million for the corresponding period in 2024. The increase was primarily due to increases of $12 million in generation expenses primarily due to non-outage maintenance expenses, $10 million in expenses associated with unregulated power delivery construction and maintenance, energy conservation, and renewables projects, $10 million in certain technology infrastructure and application production costs, $10 million in certain employee compensation and benefit expenses, $7 million in customer service expenses, and $5 million related to the injuries and damages reserve, largely offset by a $33 million credit to income related to the estimated probable loss on Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 and a decrease of $19 million in transmission and distribution expenses primarily due to billing adjustments with integrated transmission system owners.

For year-to-date 2025, other operations and maintenance expenses were $1.9 billion compared to $1.6 billion for the corresponding period in 2024. The increase was primarily due to a $114 million gain from the sale of integrated transmission system assets in the second quarter 2024 and increases of $68 million in generation expenses primarily due to non-outage maintenance expenses largely resulting from Plant Vogtle Unit 4 being placed in service