Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-07-31
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000092122-25-000076
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-07-31
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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    Table of Contents                                Index to Financial StatementsMANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONAND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

other Clean Air Act rulemakings, including those for electric generating units, have partially relied on the 2009 endangerment finding, and the EPA said it would address any overlapping issues in separate rulemakings. The ultimate impact of this proposal cannot be determined at this time.

Regulatory Matters

See Note 2 to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K, OVERVIEW – "Recent Developments" herein, and Note (B) to the Condensed Financial Statements herein for a discussion of regulatory matters related to Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Mississippi Power, and Southern Company Gas, including items that could impact the applicable Registrants' future earnings, cash flows, and/or financial condition.

Construction Programs

The Southern Company system strategy continues to include developing and constructing new electric generating facilities, expanding and improving the electric transmission and electric and natural gas distribution systems, and undertaking projects to comply with environmental laws and regulations.

The traditional electric operating companies are engaged in continuous construction programs to accommodate existing and estimated future loads on their respective systems. Major generation construction projects are subject to state PSC approval in order to be included in retail rates, through which the traditional electric operating companies recover their investment and a return. See Note 2 to the financial statements under "Georgia Power – Integrated Resource Plans" in Item 8 of the Form 10-K and Note (B) to the Condensed Financial Statements under "Georgia Power – Integrated Resource Plans" and " – Other Construction" herein for information regarding Georgia Power's future and current construction projects.

Alabama Power executed an agreement to build a battery energy storage facility at the former Plant Gorgas site in Walker County, Alabama. The new Gorgas battery facility is designed to have the capacity to store up to 150 MWs of electricity generated by other Alabama Power resources. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter 2025, with estimated completion by 2027.

Southern Power's construction program includes the Millers Branch solar project and the Kay Wind, Grant Plains, Grant Wind, and Wake Wind repowering projects. The repowering projects result in accelerated depreciation related to the equipment being replaced that will continue until the commercial operation dates of the projects, which are projected to occur between the third quarter 2026 and the second quarter 2027. At June 30, 2025