Segment and Related Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

Southern Company's reportable business segments are the sale of electricity in the Southeast by the four traditional operating companies and Southern Power. Revenues from sales by Southern Power to the traditional operating companies were $89 million and $167 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively, and $106 million and $218 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively. The "All Other" column includes parent Southern Company, which does not allocate operating expenses to business segments. Also, this category includes segments below the quantitative threshold for separate disclosure. These segments include investments in telecommunications and leveraged lease projects. All other intersegment revenues are not material. Financial data for business segments and products and services was as follows:

	Electric Utilities
	Traditional Operating Companies		Southern Power		Eliminations			Total		All Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
	(in millions)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2013:
Operating revenues	$	4,018	$	307	$	(95	)	$	4,230	$	38		$	(22	)	$	4,246
Segment net income (loss)(a)(b)	268		28		—			296		4			(3		)	297
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013:
Operating revenues	7,687		610		(181		)	8,116		73			(46		)	8,143
Segment net income (loss)(a)(c)	334		57		—			391		(12		)	(1		)	378
Total assets at June 30, 2013	$	59,177	$	4,139	$	(122	)	$	63,194	$	1,064		$	(297	)	$	63,961
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012:
Operating revenues	$	3,989	$	286	$	(109	)	$	4,166	$	35		$	(20	)	$	4,181
Segment net income (loss)(a)	549		47		—			596		27			—			623
Six Months Ended June 30, 2012:
Operating revenues	7,438		539		(222		)	7,755		73			(43		)	7,785
Segment net income (loss)(a)	888		76		—			964		28			(1		)	991
Total assets at December 31, 2012	$	58,600	$	3,780	$	(129	)	$	62,251	$	1,116		$	(218	)	$	63,149

(a) After dividends on preferred and preference stock of subsidiaries.

(b) Segment net income (loss) for the three months ended June 30, 2013 includes a $450 million pre-tax charge ($277.9 million after tax) for an estimated probable loss on the Kemper IGCC. See Note (B) under "Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle – Kemper IGCC Cost Estimate" herein for additional information.

(c) Segment net income (loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2013 includes a $990 million pre-tax charge ($611.3 million after tax) for estimated probable losses on the Kemper IGCC. See Note (B) under "Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle – Kemper IGCC Cost Estimate" herein for additional information.

Products and Services

	Electric Utilities' Revenues
Period	Retail		Wholesale		Other		Total
	(in millions)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2013	$	3,620	$	454	$	156	$	4,230
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012	3,597		415		154		4,166
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013	6,918		886		312		8,116
Six Months Ended June 30, 2012	6,689		764		302		7,755