Terms of Use

LEARNING POWER TERMS OF USE

Last updated: 6/30/23

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE

This Terms of Use Agreement (the "Agreement") states the terms and conditions under which you may use this website or application (the "Site"). Please read the Agreement carefully. The Site contains information relating to Georgia Power Company and its energy efficiency educational program called Learning Power (“We” or “Us”) in the form of text, graphics, images, reports, and other materials ("Content"). By accessing, browsing and/or using the Site you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by the Agreement. If you do not accept the Agreement, then please do not use the Site. We reserve the right to amend the Agreement at any time.

THE WEB SITE DOES NOT COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM ANY VISITORS PRIOR TO COLLECTING AGE INFORMATION. THE WEB SITE DOES NOT KNOWINGLY COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 13. IN THE EVENT THAT WE LEARN THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM A CHILD UNDER AGE 13 WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT (OTHER THAN COLLECTION FOR THE SUPPORT OF INTERNAL OPERATIONS), WE WILL DELETE THAT INFORMATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

USE OF SITE AND CONTENT

You acknowledge that copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights of Us and other parties protect the Content. For Content We own, you acknowledge that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now and hereinafter developed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we encourage teachers and students to use and copy these pages as teaching aids and activities. You may not sell any Content, without permission from Us.

You will use the Content and the Site for only lawful purposes, and in accordance with these terms. You are prohibited from using the Content or the Site to (i) harm or threaten to harm any person or organization; (ii) damage or threaten to damage any network, system, computer, or property; or (iii) perform or threaten to perform any malicious or unethical activity, or otherwise violate any applicable law or regulation. Any use of the Site for any purpose contrary to applicable law is strictly prohibited.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED AS A SERVICE TO TEACHERS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND ADULTS ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY. INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE SITE AND THE CONTENT THEREIN ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. WE DO GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OF THE CONTENT OR SITE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE CONTENT ON THE SITE. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE CONTENT, SERVICE, OR THE AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

The Site provides links to third party websites for specific purposes, such as, but not limited to, providing other educational materials, including games and videos, about energy efficiency. You may visit third party sites at your own risk. We do not endorse any content on a third party site. Additionally, we are not responsible for the content or service of any third party site. Please take precautions when downloading files from all third party sites. Your use of a third party site and the collection and use of your personal information at such site will be governed by the third party site’s terms of use and/or privacy policy, and not by this Agreement or privacy statement of this Site.

TERMINATION

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to restrict, suspend, or terminate this Agreement and your access to all or any part of the Site or the Content, at any time and for any reason without prior notice or liability. We reserve the right to change, suspend, or discontinue all or any part of the Site or the Content at any time without prior notice or liability.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Note: Certain information contained on SouthernCompany.com and subsidiary websites such as Georgia Power Company are forward-looking information based on current expectations and plans that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking information includes, among other things, statements concerning Southern Company's financial and operating performance and objectives, business plans and goals, estimates, projections, forecasts, assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Southern Company and its subsidiaries caution that there are certain factors that can cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information that has been provided. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is not a guarantee of future performance and is subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of Southern Company and its subsidiaries; accordingly, there can be no assurance that such suggested results will be realized. The following factors, in addition to those discussed in Southern Company's and its subsidiaries’ Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and subsequent securities filings, could cause actual results to differ materially from management expectations as suggested by such forward-looking information: the impact of recent and future federal and state regulatory changes, including tax, environmental, and other laws and regulations to which Southern Company and its subsidiaries are subject, as well as changes in application of existing laws and regulations; the extent and timing of costs and legal requirements related to coal combustion residuals; current and future litigation or regulatory investigations, proceedings, or inquiries, including litigation and other disputes related to the Kemper County energy facility and Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4; the effects, extent, and timing of the entry of additional competition in the markets in which Southern Company's subsidiaries operate, including from the development and deployment of alternative energy sources; variations in demand for electricity and natural gas; available sources and costs of natural gas and other fuels and commodities; the ability to complete necessary or desirable pipeline expansion or infrastructure projects, limits on pipeline capacity, public and policymaker support for such projects, and operational interruptions to natural gas distribution and transmission activities; transmission constraints; the ability to control costs and avoid cost and schedule overruns during the development, construction, and operation of facilities or other projects, including Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 (which includes components based on new technology that only within the last few years began initial operation in the global nuclear industry at this scale) and Plant Barry Unit 8, due to current and/or future challenges which include, but are not limited to, changes in labor costs, availability, and productivity; challenges with the management of contractors or vendors; subcontractor performance; adverse weather conditions; shortages, delays, increased costs, or inconsistent quality of equipment, materials, and labor; contractor or supplier delay; the impacts of inflation; delays due to judicial or regulatory action; nonperformance under construction, operating, or other agreements; operational readiness, including specialized operator training and required site safety programs; engineering or design problems or any remediation related thereto; design and other licensing-based compliance matters, including, for Plant Vogtle Unit 4, inspections and the timely submittal by Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. of the Inspections, Tests, Analyses, and Acceptance Criteria documentation and the related investigations, reviews and approvals by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) necessary to support NRC authorization to load fuel; challenges with start-up activities, including major equipment failure, or system integration; and/or operational performance; continued challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic or future pandemic health events; continued public and policymaker support for projects; environmental and geological conditions; delays or increased costs to interconnect facilities to transmission grids; and increased financing costs as a result of changes in market interest rates or as a result of project delays;; the ability to overcome or mitigate the current challenges at Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 that could further impact the cost and schedule for the project; legal proceedings and regulatory approvals and actions related to construction projects, such as Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 and Plant Barry Unit 8, including Public Service Commission approvals and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and NRC actions; under certain specified circumstances, a decision by holders of more than 10% of the ownership interests of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 not to proceed with construction, notices of tender by Oglethorpe Power Company and the City of Dalton, Georgia of a portion of their ownership interests in Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 to Georgia Power Company (“Georgia Power”), including related litigation; in the event Georgia Power becomes obligated to provide funding to Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (“MEAG Power”) with respect to the portion of MEAG Power’s ownership interest in Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 involving Jacksonville Electric Authority, any inability of Georgia Power to receive repayment of such funding; the ability to construct facilities in accordance with the requirements of permits and licenses (including satisfaction of NRC requirements), to satisfy any environmental performance standards and the requirements of tax credits and other incentives, and to integrate facilities into the Southern Company system upon completion of construction; investment performance of the employee and retiree benefit plans and nuclear decommissioning trust funds; advances in technology, including the pace and extent of development of low- to no-carbon energy and battery energy storage technologies and negative carbon concepts; performance of counterparties under ongoing renewable energy partnerships and development agreements; state and federal rate regulations and the impact of pending and future rate cases and negotiations, including rate actions relating to return on equity, equity ratios, additional generating capacity, and fuel and other cost recovery mechanisms; the ability to successfully operate the electric utilities' generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, Southern Power’s generation facilities and Southern Company Gas' natural gas distribution and storage facilities and the successful performance of necessary corporate functions; the inherent risks involved in operating and constructing nuclear generating facilities; the inherent risks involved in transporting and storing natural gas; the performance of projects undertaken by the non-utility businesses and the success of efforts to invest in and develop new opportunities; internal restructuring or other restructuring options that may be pursued; potential business strategies, including acquisitions or dispositions of assets or businesses, which cannot be assured to be completed or beneficial to Southern Company or its subsidiaries; the ability of counterparties of Southern Company and its subsidiaries to make payments as and when due and to perform as required; the ability to obtain new short- and long-term contracts with wholesale customers; the direct or indirect effect on the Southern Company system's business resulting from cyber intrusion or physical attack and the threat of cyber and physical attacks; global and U.S. economic conditions, including impacts from recession, inflation, interest rate fluctuations and financial market conditions and the results of financing efforts; access to capital markets and other financing sources; changes in Southern Company's and any of its subsidiaries' credit ratings; the replacement of the London Interbank Offered Rate with an alternative reference rate; the ability of Southern Company's electric utilities to obtain additional generating capacity (or sell excess generating capacity) at competitive prices; catastrophic events such as fires, earthquakes, explosions, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and other storms, droughts, pandemic health events, political unrest, wars or other similar occurrences; the potential effects of the continued COVID-19 pandemic; the direct or indirect effects on the Southern Company system's business resulting from incidents affecting the U.S. electric grid, natural gas pipeline infrastructure, or operation of generating or storage resources; impairments of goodwill or long-lived assets; and the effect of accounting pronouncements issued periodically by standard-setting bodies.  Southern Company and its subsidiaries expressly disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking information.

MISCELLANEOUS

If any term or condition of this Agreement is or will become invalid or unenforceable, then such part will be ineffective to the extent of the invalidity only, without affecting the remaining provisions of the Agreement. Any waiver by a party must be in writing and signed by such party. The Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with Georgia law, except with respect to its conflicts of law rules. Additional written terms and conditions posted on the Site, including but not limited to, the privacy statement, governing the use of the Site and Content. In an effort to protect the security of our critical infrastructure, any use of or information with respect to the Site may be monitored and disclosed to federal authorities or agencies.