Financing (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Credit arrangements by company

The following table outlines the committed credit arrangements by company as of March 31, 2014:

	Expires(a)												Executable Term Loans				Due Within One Year
Company	2014		2015		2016		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	238		35		—		1,030		1,303		1,303		53		—		53		185
Georgia Power	—		—		150		1,600		1,750		1,736		—		—		—		—
Gulf Power	75		35		165		—		275		275		50		—		50		60
Mississippi Power	135		—		165		—		300		300		25		40		65		70
Southern Power	—		—		—		500		500		500		—		—		—		—
Other	75		25		—		—		100		100		25		—		25		50
Total	$	523	$	95	$	480	$	4,130	$	5,228	$	5,214	$	153	$	40	$	193	$	365

(a) No credit arrangements expire in 2017.

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 2014:

Company(a)	Other Long-Term Debt Issuances		Other Long-Term Debt Redemptions(b)
	(in millions)
Georgia Power	$	1,000	$	1
Mississippi Power	250		1
Southern Power	1		1
Other	—		6
Total	$	1,251	$	9

(a) Southern Company, Alabama Power, and Gulf Power did not issue or redeem any long-term debt during the first three months of 2014.

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