Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000092122-25-000042
Chunk: 231

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 231
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 of the Clean Air Act for the 2015 NAAQS. The decision protects the State of Mississippi from the requirements of the federal Good Neighbor plan unless or until the EPA properly disapproves Mississippi's SIP.

The ultimate impact of the FIP and associated legal matters cannot be determined at this time; however, implementation of the stayed FIP would likely result in increased compliance costs for the traditional electric operating companies.

Water Quality

On February 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted the EPA's motion to hold the 2024 ELG Rule litigation in abeyance for 60 days. On March 12, 2025, the EPA announced its intent to reconsider the standards finalized in the 2024 ELG Rule, including the new technology-based ELGs for leachate. On April 29, 2025, the EPA filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit requesting an additional 60-day abeyance of the 2024 ELG Rule litigation. The ultimate impact of the 2024 ELG Rule and associated legal matters cannot be determined at this time; however, it may result in significant compliance costs.

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Coal Combustion Residuals

On March 12, 2025, the EPA announced its intent to undertake several regulatory actions related to the CCR Rule, including reviewing the legacy rule and evaluating whether to grant short- and long-term relief, such as extending compliance deadlines.

On January 16, 2025, the EPA simultaneously published a direct final rule and companion proposed rule that included identical revisions to certain definitions in the 2024 final legacy CCR surface impoundment rule. On March 20, 2025, the EPA published a notice withdrawing its direct final rule and stating the EPA's intent to respond to comments received on the companion proposed rule. The ultimate impact of any final rule and associated legal matters cannot be determined at this time; however, it may result in significant compliance costs.

Based on compliance requirements for closure and monitoring of CCR units pursuant to state and federal CCR rules, the traditional electric operating companies have periodically updated, and expect to continue periodically updating, their related cost estimates and ARO liabilities for each CCR unit as additional information related to compliance monitoring, closure methodologies and strategies