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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Schedule of Asset Acquisitions
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, Southern Power acquired a controlling interest in the wind facility listed below. Acquisition-related costs were expensed as incurred and were not material.
Project Facility
Resource
Seller
Approximate Nameplate Capacity (MW)
Location
Southern Power
Ownership Percentage
COD
PPA Contract Period
Beech Ridge II
Wind
Invenergy Renewables LLC
56
Greenbrier County,
West Virginia
100% of Class A
(*) 
May 2020
12 years
(*)
In May 2020, Southern Power purchased 100% of the Class A membership interests and now owns the controlling interest in the project, with the Class B member, Invenergy Renewables LLC, owning the noncontrolling interest.
Schedule of Construction Projects
Project Facility
Resource
Approximate Nameplate Capacity (MW)
Location
Actual/Expected COD
PPA Contract Period
Projects Completed During the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Reading(a)
Wind
200
Osage and Lyon Counties, KS
May 2020
12 years
Projects Under Construction as of June 30, 2020
Skookumchuck(b)
Wind
136
Lewis and Thurston Counties, WA
Fourth quarter 2020
20 years
Garland Solar Storage(c)
Battery energy storage system
88
Kern County, CA
Second quarter 2021
20 years
Tranquillity Solar Storage(c)
Battery energy storage system
72
Fresno County, CA
Second quarter 2021
20 years

(a)
In 2018, Southern Power purchased 100% of the membership interests of the Reading facility pursuant to a joint development arrangement. At the time the facility was placed in service, Southern Power recorded an operating lease right-of-use asset and an operating lease liability, each in the amount of $24 million. In June 2020, Southern Power completed a tax equity transaction whereby it received $156 million and now owns 100% of the Class B membership interests.
(b)
In October 2019, Southern Power purchased 100% of the membership interests of the Skookumchuck facility pursuant to a joint development arrangement. Southern Power expects to complete a tax equity transaction upon commercial operation and retain the Class B membership interests. Shortly after commercial operation, Southern Power may sell a noncontrolling interest in these Class B membership interests to another partner. The ultimate outcome of these matters cannot be determined at this time.
(c)
Prior to commercial operation, Southern Power may enter into one or more partnerships, in which case it would ultimately own less than 100% of the Class B membership interests, but would retain ownership of the controlling interest. The PPAs for these facilities are pending approval from the California Public Utilities Commission. The ultimate outcome of these matters cannot be determined at this time.
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations
Plants Nacogdoches (sold in June 2019) and Mankato represented individually significant components of Southern Power; therefore, pre-tax income for these components for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2019
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2020
2019
 
(in millions)
Southern Power's earnings before income taxes:(*)
 
 
 
Plant Nacogdoches
$
9

N/A

$
16

Plant Mankato
$
6

$
2

$
8

(*)
Earnings before income taxes for components reflect the cessation of depreciation and amortization on the long-lived assets being sold upon classification as held for sale in November 2018 and April 2019 for Plant Mankato and Plant Nacogdoches, respectively.