Regulatory Matters (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Regulated Operations [Abstract]

Schedule of Cost Recovery Clauses

The recovery balances for certain retail regulatory clauses of the traditional electric operating companies and Southern Company Gas at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:

Regulatory Clause	Balance Sheet Line Item	June 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
		(in millions)
Alabama Power
Rate CNP Compliance	Other regulatory assets, current	$	20	$	47
	Other regulatory assets, deferred	40		—
Rate CNP PPA	Other regulatory assets, current	17		18
	Other regulatory assets, deferred	95		102
Retail Energy Cost Recovery	Other regulatory assets, current	146		102
	Other regulatory assets, deferred	283		520
Georgia Power
Fuel Cost Recovery(*)	Receivables – under recovered fuel clause revenues	$	695	$	—
	Deferred under recovered fuel clause revenues	1,489		2,056
Mississippi Power
Fuel Cost Recovery	Receivables – customer accounts, net	$	24	$	1
Ad Valorem Tax	Other regulatory assets, current	6		12
	Other regulatory assets, deferred	16		19
Southern Company Gas
Natural Gas Cost Recovery	Natural gas cost under recovery	$	—	$	108
	Natural gas cost over recovery	161		—

(*)See "Georgia Power – Fuel Cost Recovery" herein for additional information.

Nuclear Construction Cost and Schedule

Georgia Power's approximate proportionate share of the remaining estimated capital cost to complete Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4, including contingency, through July 2023 and March 2024, respectively, is as follows:

	(in millions)
Base project capital cost forecast(a)(b)	$	10,576
Construction contingency estimate	17
Total project capital cost forecast(a)(b)	10,593
Net investment at June 30, 2023(b)	(9,944)
Remaining estimate to complete	$	649

(a)Includes approximately $610 million of costs that are not shared with the other Vogtle Owners, including $33 million of construction monitoring costs approved for recovery by the Georgia PSC in its nineteenth VCM order, and approximately $407 million of incremental costs under the cost-sharing and tender provisions of the joint ownership agreements described below. Excludes financing costs expected to be capitalized through AFUDC of approximately $422 million, of which $365 million had been accrued through June 30, 2023.

(b)Net of $1.7 billion received from Toshiba under the Guarantee Settlement Agreement and approximately $188 million in related customer refunds.

Schedule of Infrastructure Replacement Programs and Capital Projects

Capital expenditures incurred under specific infrastructure replacement programs and capital projects during the first six months of 2023 were as follows:

Utility	Program	Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
		(in millions)
Nicor Gas	Investing in Illinois	$	196
Virginia Natural Gas	SAVE	37
Atlanta Gas Light	System Reinforcement Rider	57
Chattanooga Gas	Pipeline Replacement Program	4
Total		$	294