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Financing
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
FINANCING
FINANCING
Bank Credit Arrangements
Bank credit arrangements provide liquidity support to the registrants' commercial paper borrowings and the traditional operating companies' variable rate pollution control revenue bonds. The amount of variable rate pollution control revenue bonds requiring liquidity support as of June 30, 2014 was approximately $1.7 billion. In addition, at June 30, 2014, the traditional operating companies had $495 million of fixed rate pollution control revenue bonds that will be required to be remarketed within the next 12 months. See Note 6 to the financial statements of each registrant under "Bank Credit Arrangements" in Item 8 of the Form 10-K for additional information.
The following table outlines the committed credit arrangements by company as of June 30, 2014:
 
 
Expires
 
 
 
Executable Term
Loans
 
Due Within One
Year
Company
 
2014

 
2015

 
2016

 
2017
 
2018
 
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
 
163

 
110

 

 

 
1,030

 
1,303

 
1,303

 
53

 

 
53

 
185

Georgia Power
 

 

 
150

 

 
1,600

 
1,750

 
1,736

 

 

 

 

Gulf Power
 
20

 
60

 
165

 
30

 

 
275

 
275

 
50

 

 
50

 
30

Mississippi Power
 
40

 
95

 
165

 

 

 
300

 
300

 
25

 
40

 
65

 
70

Southern Power
 

 

 

 

 
500

 
500

 
499

 

 

 

 

Other
 

 
70

 

 

 

 
70

 
70

 
20

 

 
20

 
25

Total
 
$
223

 
$
335

 
$
480

 
$
30

 
$
4,130

 
$
5,198

 
$
5,183

 
$
148

 
$
40

 
$
188

 
$
310


Southern Company and its subsidiaries expect to renew their credit arrangements as needed, prior to expiration.
Financing Activities
The following table outlines the long-term debt financing activities for Southern Company and its subsidiaries for the first six months of 2014:
Company(a)
Senior
Note Maturities
 
Revenue
Bond
Issuances and
Remarketings
of Purchased
Bonds(b)
 
Revenue
Bond
Redemptions
 
Other
Long-Term
Debt
Issuances
 
Other
Long-Term
Debt
Redemptions(c)
 
(in millions)
Southern Company
$
350

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Georgia Power

 

 
37

 
1,000

 
3

Gulf Power

 
42

 
29

 

 

Mississippi Power

 

 

 
482

 
1

Southern Power

 

 

 
10

 
1

Other

 

 

 

 
10

Elimination(d)

 

 

 
(220
)
 

Total
$
350

 
$
42

 
$
66

 
$
1,272

 
$
15

(a)
Alabama Power did not issue or redeem any long-term debt during the first six months of 2014.
(b)
Includes remarketing by Gulf Power of $13 million aggregate principal amount of revenue bonds previously purchased and held by Gulf Power since December 2013.
(c)
Includes reductions in capital lease obligations resulting from cash payments under capital leases.
(d)
Intercompany loan from Southern Company to Mississippi Power eliminated in Southern Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Georgia Power
Pursuant to the loan guarantee program established under Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Georgia Power and the DOE entered into a loan guarantee agreement (Loan Guarantee Agreement) on February 20, 2014, under which the DOE agreed to guarantee the obligations of Georgia Power under a note purchase agreement (FFB Note Purchase Agreement) among the DOE, Georgia Power, and the FFB and a related promissory note (FFB Promissory Note). Georgia Power is obligated to reimburse the DOE for any payments the DOE is required to make to the FFB under the guarantee.
The FFB Note Purchase Agreement and the FFB Promissory Note provide for a multi-advance term loan facility (FFB Credit Facility), under which Georgia Power may make term loan borrowings through the FFB. On February 20, 2014, Georgia Power made initial borrowings under the FFB Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion. Georgia Power's reimbursement obligations to the DOE are secured by a first priority lien on (i) Georgia Power's 45.7% undivided ownership interest in Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 (primarily the units under construction, the related real property, and any nuclear fuel loaded in the reactor core) and (ii) Georgia Power's rights and obligations under the principal contracts relating to Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4. The interest rate applicable to $500 million of the initial advance under the FFB Credit Facility is 3.860% for an interest period that extends to February 20, 2044 (the final maturity date) and the interest rate applicable to the remaining $500 million is 3.488% for an interest period that extends to February 20, 2029, and is expected to be reset from time to time thereafter through the final maturity date. In connection with its entry into the Loan Guarantee Agreement, the FFB Note Purchase Agreement, and the FFB Promissory Note, Georgia Power incurred issuance costs of approximately $66 million, which will be amortized over the life of the borrowings under the FFB Credit Facility.
See Note 6 to the financial statements of Southern Company and Georgia Power in Item 8 of the Form 10-K under "DOE Loan Guarantee Borrowings" for additional information.
Gulf Power
In April 2014, Gulf Power executed a loan agreement with Mississippi Business Finance Corporation (MBFC) related to MBFC's issuance of $29.075 million aggregate principal amount of Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, First Series 2014 (Gulf Power Company Project) due April 1, 2044 for the benefit of Gulf Power. The proceeds were used to redeem $29.075 million aggregate principal amount of MBFC Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2003 (Gulf Power Company Project).
In June 2014, Gulf Power reoffered to the public $13 million aggregate principal amount of MBFC Solid Waste Disposal Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012 (Gulf Power Company Project), which had been previously purchased and held by Gulf Power since December 2013.
Mississippi Power
In January 2014, Mississippi Power entered into an 18-month floating rate bank loan bearing interest based on one-month LIBOR. This term loan was for $250 million aggregate principal amount, and proceeds were used for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including Mississippi Power's continuous construction program.
In January 2014, Mississippi Power received an additional $75 million interest-bearing refundable deposit from SMEPA to be applied to the sale price for the pending sale of an undivided interest in the Kemper IGCC. See Note 3 to the financial statements of Southern Company and Mississippi Power in Item 8 of the Form 10-K under "Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle – Proposed Sale of Undivided Interest to SMEPA" for additional information.
As reflected in the table above in "Other Long-Term Debt Issuances," in May 2014, Mississippi Power issued a 19-month floating rate promissory note to Southern Company for a loan bearing interest based on one-month LIBOR. This loan was for $220 million aggregate principal amount and the proceeds were used for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including Mississippi Power's construction program.
Also in May 2014, the MBFC issued $12.3 million aggregate principal amount of MBFC Taxable Revenue Bonds (Mississippi Power Company Project), Series 2013A for the benefit of Mississippi Power and proceeds were used to reimburse Mississippi Power for the cost of the acquisition, construction, equipping, installation, and improvement of certain equipment and facilities for the lignite mining facility related to the Kemper IGCC. Any future issuances of the Series 2013A bonds will be used for this same purpose.
Southern Power
During the six months ended June 30, 2014, Southern Power prepaid $0.8 million of long-term debt to TRE and issued $3.8 million due April 30, 2034, $5.3 million due May 31, 2034, and an additional $0.8 million due April 30, 2033 under promissory notes payable to TRE related to the financing of Adobe, Macho Springs, and Campo Verde Solar, LLC, respectively.