Financing (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Financing [Abstract]

Credit arrangements by company

	Expires					Executable Term Loans		Due Within  One Year(a)
Company	2012	2013	2014 and Beyond(b)	Total	Unused	One Year	Two Years	Term Out	No Term Out
	(in millions)			(in millions)		(in millions)		(in millions)
Southern Company	$—	$ —	$1,000	$1,000	$1,000	$ —	$ —	$ —	$ —
Alabama Power	37	101	1,150	1,288	1,288	51	—	51	52
Georgia Power	—	—	1,750	1,750	1,745	—	—	—	—
Gulf Power	20	60	195	275	275	45	—	45	35
Mississippi Power	41	95	165	301	301	25	41	66	70
Southern Power	—	—	500	500	500	—	—	—	—
Other	—	50	—	50	50	25	—	25	—
Total	$98	$306	$4,760	$5,164	$5,159	$146	$  41	$187	$157

(a) Reflects facilities expiring on or before June 30, 2013.

(b) All remaining Gulf Power and Mississippi Power credit agreements in this column expire in 2014.