Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000092122-25-000084
Chunk: 290

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 290
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 addition, Southern Company and the Subsidiary Registrants focus on earnings per share and net income, respectively, as a key performance indicator.

Recent Developments

Alabama Power

On June 5, 2025, the Alabama PSC approved an order authorizing Alabama Power to implement changes related to the Jurisdictional Separation Study (JSS) under Rate RSE, which allocates costs between retail and other electric services. For 2026, a revised JSS allocation factor will account for system capacity previously allocated to wholesale electric services that will be used for retail electric service starting January 1, 2026. In addition, Alabama Power is authorized to establish a regulatory asset to defer certain costs associated with this capacity for 2026, and those costs are estimated to be approximately $100 million. Beginning in 2027, Alabama Power will amortize the regulatory asset on a levelized basis over a period not exceeding 10 years.

On August 13, 2025, the Alabama PSC approved Alabama Power's petition for a certificate of convenience and necessity authorizing Alabama Power to complete the acquisition of Tenaska Alabama Partners, L.P., which had been approved by the FERC on June 6, 2025. The transaction closed on September 30, 2025. See Notes (B) and (K) to the Condensed Financial Statements under "Alabama Power – Petition for Certificate of Convenience and Necessity" and "Alabama Power," respectively, herein for additional information.

On October 7, 2025, the Alabama PSC issued an order authorizing Alabama Power to establish a regulatory liability for nuclear PTCs received through its nuclear generating facilities pursuant to Internal Revenue Code §45U for tax years 2024 through 2032. For the 2024 tax year, Alabama Power claimed §45U PTCs on Southern Company's consolidated tax return. The base credit amount of $36 million is included in a regulatory liability. Additionally, Alabama Power claimed the prevailing wage multiplier on its 2024 federal income tax return for a total credit claimed of $180 million. The §45U PTCs will be deferred as a regulatory liability until the Alabama PSC provides direction on how to apply them for the benefit of customers. The ultimate outcome of this matter cannot be determined at this time. See Note (B) to the Condensed Financial Statements under "Alabama Power – Nuclear Production Tax Credits Order" herein for additional information.

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