Southern Company (NYSE: SO) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Southern Company focuses on electricity generation and natural gas, emphasizing innovation and sustainability in energy solutions.
Southern Company
Southern Company is an American energy holding company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company conducts operations through regulated electric utilities, natural gas distribution companies, wholesale power producers, and distributed energy infrastructure providers. It generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to millions of retail and wholesale customers across the southeastern United States, utilizing a diverse energy generation portfolio that includes nuclear, natural gas, coal, hydro, solar, and wind resources. In addition, the company delivers natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in multiple states and provides energy management and microgrid solutions across North America.
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- Georgia Retail Electric Operations: Generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to retail and wholesale customers across the region. Operations encompass integrated generation facilities using nuclear, natural gas, coal, solar, and hydro resources along with extensive transmission and local distribution infrastructure networks.
- Alabama Retail Electric Operations: Delivers regulated electric service to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across central and southern areas. The system manages thermal, hydro, and renewable power generation facilities alongside high-voltage transmission lines and regional distribution substations.
- Natural Gas Distribution: Distributes natural gas through regulated local distribution utilities serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers across multiple states. Infrastructure includes thousands of miles of distribution pipelines, natural gas storage facilities, and interconnection points with interstate pipelines.
- Wholesale Power Generation: Develops, constructs, acquires, and operates wholesale electricity generation assets across the United States. Facility operations primarily focus on renewable solar and wind facilities as well as natural gas generation contracted under long-term power purchase agreements.
- Mississippi Retail Electric Operations: Provides regulated electric power generation, transmission, and distribution to commercial, industrial, and residential customers in southeastern service territories. Key assets include combined-cycle natural gas generating stations, solar farms, power delivery lines, and customer service facilities.
- Distributed Energy Infrastructure: Provides custom distributed energy management solutions, microgrid systems, backup power generation, and energy efficiency infrastructure services. Offerings support commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers seeking resilient behind-the-meter power energy systems and customized site reliability solutions.