PUBLIC NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held before the Department of Finance of the State of Alabama at the State Capitol, Room E-315, located at 600 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama, at 2:00 p.m. (Central Time) on September 8, 2026, to determine whether consent should be given to PowerSouth Energy Cooperative (“PowerSouth”) to issue a Treasury Direct Note to the United States of America or any of its departments or agencies in the maximum principal amount of $138,531,000.

The proceeds of these loans will be used to pay for and to reimburse PowerSouth for capital expenditures incurred or made by PowerSouth for the engineering, procurement, repair, and construction of the CAES Unit at the Gary L. Smith generating plant, and the construction of transmission relating thereto, the acquisition of capital spares for the unit, and other system improvements related thereto.

Any person having an interest in these matters may attend the hearing and be heard on the question of whether the issuance of said notes serves some public need and is in the public interest.

STATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

By: /s/ BILL POOLE
Bill Poole
Director of Finance
of the State of Alabama

Selma Times-Journal:
Aug. 26, 2026
NOTICE 9.8.26