Financing (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Credit arrangements by company

The following table outlines the committed credit arrangements by company as of June 30, 2017:

	Expires														Executable Term Loans				Expires Within One Year
Company	2017		2018		2019		2020		2022		Total		Unused		One Year		Two Years		Term Out		No Term Out
	(in millions)
Southern Company(a)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	2,000	$	2,000	$	2,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Alabama Power	3		532		—		—		800		1,335		1,335		—		—		—		35
Georgia Power	—		—		—		—		1,750		1,750		1,732		—		—		—		—
Gulf Power	30		195		25		30		—		280		280		45		—		—		40
Mississippi Power	113		—		—		—		—		113		100		—		13		13		100
Southern Power Company	—		—		—		—		750		750		675		—		—		—		—
Southern Company Gas(b)	—		—		—		—		1,900		1,900		1,849		—		—		—		—
Other	10		30		—		—		—		40		40		20		—		20		20
Southern Company Consolidated	$	156	$	757	$	25	$	30	$	7,200	$	8,168	$	8,011	$	65	$	13	$	33	$	195

(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 $1.2 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 six months of 2017:

Company	Senior Note Issuances		Senior Note Maturities and Redemptions		Revenue Bond Maturities, Redemptions, and Repurchases		Other Long-Term Debt Issuances			Other Long-Term Debt Redemptions and Maturities(a)
	(in millions)
Southern Company(b)	$	300	$	—	$	—	$	500		$	400
Alabama Power	550		200		—		—			—
Georgia Power	850		450		27		—			3
Gulf Power	300		85		—		6			—
Mississippi Power	—		—		—		40			893
Southern Power	—		—		—		3			3
Southern Company Gas(c)	450		—		—		—			—
Other	—		—		—		—			8
Elimination(d)	—		—		—		(40		)	(591		)
Southern Company Consolidated	$	2,450	$	735	$	27	$	509		$	716

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

(b) Represents the Southern Company parent entity.

(c) The senior notes were issued by Southern Company Gas Capital and guaranteed by the Southern Company Gas parent entity.

(d) Intercompany loans from Southern Company to Mississippi Power eliminated in Southern Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.