0000092122-17-000073.txt : 20171020 0000092122-17-000073.hdr.sgml : 20171020 20171020170647 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000092122-17-000073 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171019 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20171020 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171020 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHERN CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000092122 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 580690070 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03526 FILM NUMBER: 171147550 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., N.W. CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30308 BUSINESS PHONE: 4045065000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., N.W. CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30308 8-K 1 sobechtelagree-10x17.htm 8-K Document


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
October 19, 2017

Commission
File Number
Registrant, State of Incorporation,
Address and Telephone Number
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
 
 
 
1-3526
The Southern Company
(A Delaware Corporation)
30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(404) 506-5000
58-0690070

The name and address of the registrant have not changed since the last report.

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Item 8.01.        Other Events.
See MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - FUTURE EARNINGS POTENTIAL - “Construction Program - Nuclear Construction” of The Southern Company (“Southern Company”) in Item 7 and Note 3 to the financial statements of Southern Company under “Retail Regulatory Matters - Georgia Power - Nuclear Construction” in Item 8 of Southern Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. See also MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - FUTURE EARNINGS POTENTIAL - “Construction Program - Nuclear Construction” of Southern Company and Note (B) to the Condensed Financial Statements under “Retail Regulatory Matters - Georgia Power - Nuclear Construction” in Southern Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 for additional information regarding the two new nuclear generating units under construction at Plant Vogtle (“Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4”), including (1) the agreement among Georgia Power Company (“Georgia Power”), acting for itself and as agent for Oglethorpe Power Corporation, the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, and the City of Dalton, Georgia, acting by and through its Board of Water, Light, and Sinking Fund Commissioners, doing business as Dalton Utilities (collectively, the “Vogtle Owners”), and a consortium consisting of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and WECTEC Global Project Services Inc. (together, “Westinghouse”), under which Westinghouse agreed to design, engineer, procure, construct, and test two AP1000 nuclear generating units and related facilities at Plant Vogtle (the “Vogtle 3 and 4 Agreement”); (2) the filing, by Westinghouse, for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the rejection by Westinghouse of the Vogtle 3 and 4 Agreement; and (3) the services agreement (the “Services Agreement”) among Georgia Power, for itself and as agent for the other Vogtle Owners, and Westinghouse, pursuant to which

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Westinghouse agreed to transition construction management of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 to Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (“Southern Nuclear”) and to provide ongoing design, engineering, and procurement services to Southern Nuclear.
As previously reported, on August 31, 2017, Georgia Power filed its seventeenth Vogtle Construction Monitoring report with the Georgia Public Service Commission (“PSC”), recommending that construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 be continued, with Southern Nuclear serving as project manager.
On October 19, 2017, Georgia Power, acting for itself and as agent for the other Vogtle Owners, entered into a Construction Completion Agreement (the “Construction Agreement”) with Bechtel Power Corporation (“Bechtel”), which will become effective on October 23, 2017. Under the Construction Agreement, Bechtel will serve as the primary contractor for the remaining construction activities for Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4. Facility design and engineering remains the responsibility of Westinghouse under the Services Agreement.
The Construction Agreement is a cost reimbursable plus fee arrangement, whereby Bechtel will be reimbursed by the Vogtle Owners for actual costs plus a base fee and an at-risk fee, which is subject to adjustment based on Bechtel’s performance against cost and schedule targets. Each Vogtle Owner is severally (not jointly) liable for its proportionate share, based on its ownership interest, of all amounts owed to Bechtel under the Construction Agreement.
The Vogtle Owners may terminate the Construction Agreement at any time for their convenience, provided that the Vogtle Owners will be required to pay amounts related to work performed prior to the termination (including the applicable portion of the base fee), certain termination-related costs and, at certain stages of the work, the at-risk fee. Bechtel may terminate the Construction Agreement under certain circumstances, including, certain Vogtle

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Owner suspensions of work, certain breaches of the Construction Agreement by the Vogtle Owners, Vogtle Owner insolvency and certain other events.
In addition, pursuant to the Loan Guarantee Agreement (the “Loan Guarantee Agreement”) dated February 20, 2014 between Georgia Power and the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”), Georgia Power is required to obtain approval of the Construction Agreement by the DOE prior to any further advances under the Loan Guarantee Agreement.

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:   October 20, 2017
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY



 
By
/s/Melissa K. Caen
 
 
Melissa K. Caen
Assistant Secretary
 
 
 


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