Despite cheaper production costs, Alabama Power bills higher than Georgia Power
By Ben Raines | braines@al.com
January 20, 2013 at 6:11 AM, updated January 20, 2013 at 8:41 AM
Though it costs less to produce power in Alabama, the state’s residents and businesses pay more for electricity than customers in neighboring Georgia.
The price difference is substantial, according to an AL.com analysis of the annual reports of Alabama Power and Georgia Power, sister companies owned by Southern Co.
Between 2006 and 2011, Alabama Power produced the electricity sold to residential and commercial customers for $1.1 billion less than Georgia Power would have spent to make the same amount of electricity.
But despite that savings, Alabama Power charged its residential and commercial customers $1.5 billion more for electricity than Georgia Power would have charged during the six-year period.
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Grand total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difference in Alabama’s higher rates versus Georgia Power rates for commercial and residential | $181 million | $279 million | $330 million | $316 million | $377 million | $33 million | $1,517,725,500 |
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