Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000092122-25-000018
Chunk: 602

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 602
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C 5.91% Senior Notes due June 15, 2054.

Also in June 2024, Mississippi Power repaid at maturity $200 million aggregate principal amount of its Series 2021A Floating Rate Senior Notes.

Southern Company Gas

During 2024, Southern Company Gas received additional cash advances totaling $8 million under a long-term financing agreement related to a construction contract, for a total aggregate outstanding balance of $68 million.

In September 2024, Nicor Gas issued in a private placement $25 million aggregate principal amount of 4.78% Series First Mortgage Bonds due September 15, 2031, $100 million aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Series First Mortgage Bonds due September 15, 2034, and $31 million aggregate principal amount of 5.58% Series First Mortgage Bonds due September 15, 2059. In December 2024, pursuant to the same agreement, Nicor Gas issued in a private placement $50 million aggregate principal amount of 4.63% Series First Mortgage Bonds due December 15, 2029 and $69 million aggregate principal amount of 5.66% Series First Mortgage Bonds due December 15, 2064.

In September 2024, Southern Company Gas Capital issued $450 million aggregate principal amount of Series 2024A 4.95% Senior Notes due September 15, 2034, guaranteed by Southern Company Gas.

Credit Rating Risk

At December 31, 2024, the Registrants did not have any credit arrangements that would require material changes in payment schedules or terminations as a result of a credit rating downgrade.

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There are certain contracts that could require collateral, but not accelerated payment, in the event of a credit rating change of certain Registrants to BBB and/or Baa2 or below. These contracts are primarily for physical electricity and natural gas purchases and sales, fuel purchases, fuel transportation and storage, energy price risk management, transmission, interest rate management, and, for Georgia Power, services at Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4.

The maximum potential collateral requirements under these contracts at December 31, 2024 were as follows:

Credit RatingsSouthern Company(*)Alabama PowerGeorgia PowerMississippi PowerSouthernPower(*)Southern Company Gas(in millions)At BBB and/or Baa2$35 $1 $