Financing (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Credit arrangements by company

The following table outlines the committed credit arrangements by company as of March 31, 2017:

	Expires										Executable Term Loans				Expires Within One Year
Company	2017		2018		2020		Total		Unused		One Year		Two Years		Term Out		No Term Out
	(in millions)
Southern Company(a)	$	—	$	1,000	$	1,250	$	2,250	$	2,250	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Alabama Power	35		500		800		1,335		1,335		—		—		—		35
Georgia Power	—		—		1,750		1,750		1,732		—		—		—		—
Gulf Power	85		195		—		280		280		45		—		25		70
Mississippi Power	173		—		—		173		141		—		13		13		160
Southern Power Company	—		—		600		600		524		—		—		—		—
Southern Company Gas(b)	75		1,925		—		2,000		1,949		—		—		—		75
Other	55		—		—		55		55		20		—		20		35
Southern Company Consolidated	$	423	$	3,620	$	4,400	$	8,443	$	8,266	$	65	$	13	$	58	$	375

(a) Represents the Southern Company parent entity.

(b) Southern Company Gas, as the parent entity, guarantees the obligations of Southern Company Gas Capital, which is the borrower of $1.3 billion of these arrangements. Southern Company Gas' committed credit arrangements also include $700 million for which Nicor Gas is the borrower and which is restricted for working capital needs of Nicor Gas.

Schedule of Long-term Debt Financing Activities

The following table outlines the long-term debt financing activities for Southern Company and its subsidiaries for the first three months of 2017:

Company(a)	Senior Note Issuances		Senior Note Maturities and Redemptions		Other Long-Term Debt Issuances		Other Long-Term Debt Redemptions and Maturities(b)
	(in millions)
Southern Company(c)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	400
Alabama Power	550		200		—		—
Georgia Power	850		—		—		2
Gulf Power	—		—		6		—
Southern Power	—		—		3		2
Other	—		—		—		4
Southern Company Consolidated	$	1,400	$	200	$	9	$	408

(a) Mississippi Power and Southern Company Gas did not issue or redeem any long-term debt during the first three months of 2017.

(b) Includes reductions in capital lease obligations resulting from cash payments under capital leases.

(c) Represents the Southern Company parent entity.