Southern Company
Southern Company is a US-based energy company with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The company is listed on the stock index S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Utility Average.
The company produces and sells electricity to its customers in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi.
Subsidiaries and Investments
- Alabama Power
- Georgia Power
- Gulf Power
- Mississippi Power
- Southern Company Services
- Southern Power
- Southern Communications Services
- Southern Telecom
- Southern Nuclear ( operators of nuclear power plants Plant Hatch, Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant)
1995 Southern Company acquired the British company British South Western Electricity Board ( SWEB ). For the first time acquired a U.S. utility company, a foreign, private energy companies. SWEB but was sold in 2003 by Southern Company to the French energy company, EDF Energy.