Debt	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
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Debt	(L) Debt. For the three month period ended March 31, 2013, we received advances on Rural Utilities Service-guaranteed/Federal Financing Bank loans totaling $20,734,000 for general and environmental improvements at existing plants. On March 1, 2013, instead of remarketing the $212,760,000 of pollution control revenue bonds that were originally issued on our behalf by the Development Authorities of Appling, Burke and Monroe Counties, and were subject to mandatory tender, we elected to redeem the bonds with commercial paper. Commercial paper issued to redeem these bonds is classified as long-term debt on our unaudited Condensed Balance Sheets at March 31, 2013, as these amounts were refinanced on a long-term basis as described below. On April 23, 2013, the Development Authority of Appling County (Georgia), the Development Authority of Burke County (Georgia) and the Development Authority of Monroe County (Georgia) issued, on our behalf, $212,760,000 in aggregate principal amount of tax-exempt pollution control revenue bonds for the purpose of refinancing costs associated with certain of our air or water pollution control and sewage or solid waste disposal facilities. The proceeds were used to repay a like amount of commercial paper utilized to redeem the pollution control revenue bonds that were redeemed on March 1, 2013. Each series of bonds will bear interest at 2.40% per annum until April 1, 2020, the initial mandatory tender date. The pollution control revenue bonds are scheduled to mature in 2038 through 2040. Our payment obligations related to these bonds are secured under our first mortgage indenture.

Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

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(L): Debt. For the three month period ended March 31, 2013, we received advances on Rural Utilities Service-guaranteed/Federal Financing Bank loans totaling $20,734,000 for general and environmental improvements at existing plants.

On March 1, 2013, instead of remarketing the $212,760,000 of pollution control revenue bonds that were originally issued on our behalf by the Development Authorities of Appling, Burke and Monroe Counties, and were subject to mandatory tender, we elected to redeem the bonds with commercial paper. Commercial paper issued to redeem these bonds is classified as long-term debt on our unaudited Condensed Balance Sheets at March 31, 2013, as these amounts were refinanced on a long-term basis as described below.; On April 23, 2013, the Development Authority of Appling County (Georgia), the Development Authority of Burke County (Georgia) and the Development Authority of Monroe County (Georgia) issued, on our behalf, $212,760,000 in aggregate principal amount of tax-exempt pollution control revenue bonds for the purpose of refinancing costs associated with certain of our air or water pollution control and sewage or solid waste disposal facilities. The proceeds were used to repay a like amount of commercial paper utilized to redeem the pollution control revenue bonds that were redeemed on March 1, 2013. Each series of bonds will bear interest at 2.40% per annum until April 1, 2020, the initial mandatory tender date. The pollution control revenue bonds are scheduled to mature in 2038 through 2040. Our payment obligations related to these bonds are secured under our first mortgage indenture.