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Segment and Related Information (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Schedule of Financial Data for Business Segments
Financial data for business segments and products and services for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was as follows:
Electric Utilities
Traditional
Electric Operating
Companies
Southern
Power
EliminationsTotalSouthern Company GasAll
Other
EliminationsConsolidated
(in millions)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Operating revenues$4,191 $539 $(221)$4,509 $2,058 $123 $(42)$6,648 
Segment net income (loss)(a)
774 72  846 319 (125)(8)1,032 
At March 31, 2022
Goodwill$ $2 $ $2 $5,015 $263 $ $5,280 
Total assets90,460 13,766 (627)103,599 23,377 4,236 (2,573)128,639 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Operating revenues$3,764 $440 $(87)$4,117 $1,694 $134 $(35)$5,910 
Segment net income (loss)(a)(b)(c)
756 97 — 853 398 (108)(8)1,135 
At December 31, 2021
Goodwill$— $$— $$5,015 $263 $— $5,280 
Total assets89,051 13,390 (667)101,774 23,560 2,975 (775)127,534 
(a)Attributable to Southern Company.
(b)For the traditional electric operating companies, includes a pre-tax charge of $48 million ($36 million after tax) at Georgia Power for estimated losses associated with the construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4. See Note (B) and Note 2 to the financial statements in Item 8 of the Form 10-K under "Georgia Power – Nuclear Construction" for additional information.
(c)For Southern Power, includes gains on wind turbine equipment contributed to various equity method investments totaling approximately $37 million pre-tax ($28 million after tax). See Note 15 to the financial statements under "Southern Power – Development Projects" in Item 8 of the Form 10-K for additional information.
Business segment financial data for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was as follows:
Gas Distribution OperationsGas Pipeline Investments
Wholesale Gas Services(*)
Gas Marketing ServicesTotalAll OtherEliminationsConsolidated
(in millions)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Operating revenues$1,803 $8 $ $243 $2,054 $16 $(12)$2,058 
Segment net income (loss)
214 29  66 309 10  319 
Total assets at
March 31, 2022
21,034 1,473  1,640 24,147 12,017 (12,787)23,377 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Operating revenues$1,200 $$298 $195 $1,701 $$(14)$1,694 
Segment net income (loss)183 29 126 56 394 — 398 
Total assets at
December 31, 2021
20,917 1,467 31 1,556 23,971 12,114 (12,525)23,560 
(*)As a result of the sale of Sequent, wholesale gas services is no longer a reportable segment for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Prior to the sale of Sequent, the revenues for wholesale gas services were netted with costs associated with its energy and risk management activities. A reconciliation of operating revenues and intercompany revenues is shown in the following table.
Third Party Gross RevenuesIntercompany RevenuesTotal Gross Revenues Less Gross Gas CostsOperating Revenues
(in millions)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021$2,588 $63 $2,651 $2,353 $298 
Schedule of Financial Data for Products and Services
 Electric Utilities' Revenues
RetailWholesaleOtherTotal
(in millions)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022$3,613 $664 $232 $4,509 
Three Months Ended March 31, 20213,342 545 230 4,117 
 Southern Company Gas' Revenues
Gas
Distribution
Operations
Wholesale
Gas
Services(*)
Gas
Marketing
Services
OtherTotal
(in millions)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022$1,791 $ $243 $24 $2,058 
Three Months Ended March 31, 20211,192 298 195 1,694 
(*)Prior to the sale of Sequent, the revenues for wholesale gas services were netted with costs associated with its energy and risk management activities. See "Southern Company Gas" herein and Note 15 to the financial statements under "Southern Company Gas" in Item 8 of the Form 10-K for additional information.