Alabama Power faces new request to halt advertising charges on bills

The Alabama Public Service Commission’s president, Cynthia Lee Almond, has moved to ask that Alabama Power stop including any advertising expenses in its retail rate calculations through 31 Dec 2028. The utility currently bills customers for half of its non‑public safety advertising costs, a practice allowed under existing PSC policy. Last year the company spent over $6 million on advertising. A state law passed earlier this year will ban such billing altogether starting in 2029, and the commission has also asked the utility to voluntarily cease advertising charges immediately.