Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Operating Leases of Lessee Disclosure [Table Text Block]

As of December 31, 2012, estimated minimum lease payments under operating leases were as follows:



	Minimum Lease Payments
	Barges & Railcars		Other		Total
	(in millions)
2013	$	71	$	42	$	113
2014	57		38		95
2015	24		29		53
2016	19		26		45
2017	11		21		32
2018 and thereafter	11		73		84
Total	$	193	$	229	$	422

Recorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations [Table Text Block]

Estimated total obligations under these commitments at December 31, 2012 were as follows:



	PPAs
	Operating Leases		Other
	(in millions)
2013	$	164	$	24
2014	200		19
2015	249		11
2016	258		11
2017	263		8
2018 and thereafter	2,369		69
Total	$	3,503	$	142

Alabama Power [Member]

Commitments [Line Items]

Operating Leases of Lessee Disclosure [Table Text Block]

As of December 31, 2012, estimated minimum lease payments under operating leases were as follows:



	Minimum Lease Payments
	Railcars		Vehicles & Other		Total
	(in millions)
2013	$	16	$	4	$	20
2014	10		2		12
2015	8		—		8
2016	8		1		9
2017	4		—		4
2018 and thereafter	9		—		9
Total	$	55	$	7	$	62

Recorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations [Table Text Block]

Total estimated minimum long-term obligations at December 31, 2012 were as follows:



	Commitments
	Non-Affiliated
	(in millions)
2013	$	31
2014	37
2015	38
2016	39
2017	40
2018 and thereafter	223
Total commitments	$	408
Certain PPAs reflected in the table are accounted for as operating leases.

Georgia Power [Member]

Commitments [Line Items]

Long-term Purchase Commitment [Table Text Block]

Estimated total long-term obligations at December 31, 2012 were as follows:



Minimum Lease Payments
	Capital Lease PPAs		Operating Lease PPAs		Vogtle Units 1 and 2 Capacity Payments		Total ($)
	(in millions)
2013	$	—	$	162	$	24	$	186
2014	—		165		19		184
2015	22		223		11		256
2016	22		240		11		273
2017	23		215		8		246
2018 and thereafter	301		2,448		69		2,818
Total	$	368	$	3,453	$	142	$	3,963
Less: amounts representing executory costs⁽¹⁾	$	55
Net minimum lease payments	$	313
Less: amounts representing interest⁽²⁾	$	85
Present value of net minimum lease payments⁽³⁾	$	228


(1)	Executory costs include items such as taxes, maintenance, and insurance (including the estimated profit thereon).


(2)	Calculated at the Company's incremental borrowing rate at the inception of the leases.


(3)	When the PPAs begin in 2015, the Company will recognize a capital lease asset and a capital lease obligation of $149 million, equal to the estimated fair value of the leased property.

Operating Leases of Lessee Disclosure [Table Text Block]

As of December 31, 2012, estimated minimum lease payments under operating leases were as follows:



	Minimum Lease Payments
	Railcars		Other		Total
	(in millions)
2013	$	25	$	5	$	30
2014	20		4		24
2015	14		3		17
2016	8		2		10
2017	5		1		6
2018 and thereafter	2		1		3
Total	$	74	$	16	$	90

Gulf Power [Member]

Commitments [Line Items]

Operating Leases of Lessee Disclosure [Table Text Block]

Estimated total minimum lease payments under operating leases at December 31, 2012 were as follows:



	Minimum Lease Payments
	Barges & Railcars		Other		Total
	(in millions)
2013	$	18.6	$	0.3	$	18.9
2014	17.2		0.3		17.5
2015	1.1		0.1		1.2
2016	0.9		0.1		1.0
2017	1.0		0.1		1.1
2018 and thereafter	—		—		—
Total	$	38.8	$	0.9	$	39.7

Recorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations [Table Text Block]

Estimated total minimum long-term commitments at December 31, 2012 were as follows:



	Operating Lease PPAs
	(in millions)
2013	$	24.7
2014		52.9
2015		78.6
2016		78.7
2017		78.8
2018 and thereafter		428.1
Total	$	741.8

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of a lessee's leasing arrangements including: (1) the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, (2) the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, (3) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, (4) rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. Disclosure may also include the specific period used to amortize material leasehold improvements made at the inception of the lease or during the lease term. Additionally, for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year: (a) future minimum rental payments required as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) the total of minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, and (c) for all operating leases, rental expense for each period for which an income statement is presented, with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of unconditional purchase obligations that are recognized as a liability on the balance sheet, including the nature and term of the unconditional purchase obligations; the aggregate amount of payments for each of the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet; and the combined aggregate amount of maturities and sinking fund requirements for all long-term borrowings associated with suppliers' financing arrangements.

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