VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

SEC Schedule, 12-09, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022, 2021, AND 2020


			Additions
Description	Balance at Beginning of Period		Charged to Income		Charged to Other Accounts		Deductions(a)		Balance at End of Period
	(in millions)
Provision for uncollectible accounts:

Southern Company(b)
2022	$	78	$	71	$	(1)	$	77	$	71
2021	118		51		(23)		68		78
2020	49		78		27		36		118

Alabama Power
2022	$	14	$	10	$	—	$	10	$	14
2021	43		(7)		—		22		14
2020	22		25		—		4		43

Georgia Power(b)
2022	$	2	$	21	$	—	$	20	$	3
2021	26		16		(23)		17		2
2020	2		14		23		13		26

Mississippi Power
2022	$	1	$	1	$	1	$	2	$	1
2021	1		1		—		1		1
2020	1		1		—		1		1

Southern Power
2022	$	5	$	(2)	$	—	$	2	$	1
2021	—		5		—		—		5
2020	—		—		—		—		—

Southern Company Gas
2022	$	39	$	55	$	—	$	44	$	50
2021	40		26		—		27		39
2020	18		35		4		17		40

(a)Deductions represent write-offs of accounts considered to be uncollectible, less recoveries of amounts previously written off.

(b)During 2020, Georgia Power recorded $23 million of expected bad debt related to the COVID-19 pandemic to a regulatory asset in accordance with orders from the Georgia PSC. During 2021, based on a review of bad debt amounts under a Georgia PSC-approved methodology, Georgia Power reversed substantially all of the amount recorded in 2020. See Note 2 to the financial statements under "Georgia Power – Deferral of Incremental COVID-19 Costs" in Item 8 herein for additional information.

SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022, 2021, AND 2020


			Additions
Description	Balance at Beginning of Period		Charged to Income		Charged to Other Accounts		Deductions		Balance at End of Period
	(in millions)
Tax valuation allowance (net state):

Southern Company(a)(b)
2022	$	169	$	68	$	(30)	$	—	$	207
2021	112		57		—		—		169
2020	113		—		—		1		112

Georgia Power(a)
2022	$	58	$	70	$	(30)	$	—	$	98
2021	28		30		—		—		58
2020	28		—		—		—		28

Mississippi Power(b)
2022	$	32	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	32
2021	32		—		—		—		32
2020	32		—		—		—		32

Southern Power(b)
2022	$	21	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	21
2021	27		(6)		—		—		21
2020	29		(1)		—		1		27

Southern Company Gas(b)
2022	$	7	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	7
2021	4		3		—		—		7
2020	4		—		—		—		4

(a)In 2018, Georgia Power established a valuation allowance for certain Georgia state tax credits expected to expire prior to being fully utilized, which has been adjusted in subsequent years as a result of changes in projected state taxable income.

(b)Associated with a state net operating loss carryforward expected to expire prior to being fully utilized.

See Note 10 to the financial statements in Item 8 herein for additional information.