Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000092122-25-000018
Chunk: 820

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7A
Chunk 820
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 with the 2020 ELG Rule for Plant Scherer Units 1 and 2 (137 MWs based on 8.4% ownership) through the VIP by no later than December 31, 2028. Georgia Power intends to comply with the ELG rules for Plant Bowen Units 3 and 4 through the generally applicable requirements by December 31, 2025; therefore, no NOPP submission was required for these units. The NOPP submittals and generally applicable requirements are subject to the review of the Georgia EPD and decisions related to retirement or continued operation of units are subject to Georgia PSC approval.

On January 31, 2025, Georgia Power filed its 2025 IRP, which includes a request to extend the operation of Plant Scherer Unit 3 through at least December 31, 2035 and Plant Gaston Units 1 through 4 (500 MWs based on 50% ownership through SEGCO) through at least December 31, 2034. As in the 2023 IRP Update as well as the 2025 IRP, Plant Bowen Units 1 and 2 were also assumed to operate through at least the end of 2035. See Notes 2 and 7 to the financial statements under "Georgia Power – Integrated Resource Plans" and "SEGCO," respectively, for additional information.

Coal Combustion Residuals

In 2015, the EPA finalized non-hazardous solid waste regulations for the management and disposal of CCR, including coal ash and gypsum, in landfills and surface impoundments at active electric generating power plants. The CCR Rule requires landfills and surface impoundments to be evaluated against a set of performance criteria and potentially closed if certain criteria are not met. Closure of existing landfills and surface impoundments requires installation of equipment and infrastructure to manage CCR in accordance with the CCR Rule. In addition to the federal CCR Rule, the States of Alabama and Georgia finalized state regulations regarding the management and disposal of CCR within their respective states. In 2019, the State of Georgia received partial approval from the EPA for its state CCR permitting program, which has broader applicability than the federal rule. The State of Mississippi has not developed a state CCR permit program.

On June 7, 2024, the EPA published a final determination to deny the ADEM's CCR permit program. Alabama Power's permits to close its CCR facilities remain valid under state law