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Southern Company is an energy-based holding company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the parent company and owns all of the common stock of Alabama Power company, Georgia Power company, Gulf Power company, and Mississippi Power company. These operating companies supply electric service in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi, respectively. Additionally, Southern Company owns all of the common stock of Southern Power company, which is also an operating public utility company. Southern Power constructs, acquires, owns , and manages generation assets and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. Southern Company also owns all of the outstanding common stock or membership interests of Southern Communications Services, Inc. (SouthernLINC Wireless), Southern Nuclear Operating company, Inc. (Southern Nuclear), Southern Company Services, Inc. (SCS), Southern Company Holdings, Inc., Southern Renewable energy, Inc. and other direct and indirect subsidiaries.
- SouthernLINC Wireless provides digital wireless communications for use by Southern company and its subsidiary companies and markets these services to the public and also provides wholesale fiber optic solutions to telecommunication providers in the southeast.
- Southern Nuclear operates and provides services to Alabama Power's and Georgia Power's nuclear plants and is currently developing new nuclear generation at Plant Vogtle.
- SCS is the system service company providing, at cost, specialized services to Southern Company and its subsidiary companies.
- Southern Company Holdings is an intermediate holding subsidiary for Southern Company's investments in leveraged leases.
- Southern Renewable Energy was formed in January 2010 to acquire, own, and construct renewable generation assets.
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Children's Guidelines
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Other Sources
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Forward-Looking Statement Disclosure
Note: This website contains forward-looking statements about, among other things, Southern Company's financial and operating performance, business plans and goals, estimates, projections, forecasts, assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Southern Company cautions 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; 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, 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 change, including legislative and regulatory initiatives regarding deregulation and restructuring of the electric utility industry, implementation of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, environmental laws including regulation of water quality, coal combustion byproducts, and emissions of sulfur, nitrogen, carbon, soot, particulate matter, hazardous air pollutants, including mercury, and other substances, financial reform legislation, and also changes in tax 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; current and future litigation, regulatory investigations, proceedings, or inquiries, including the pending Environmental Protection Agency civil actions against certain Southern Company subsidiaries, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission matters and Internal Revenue Service audits; the effects, extent, and timing of the entry of additional competition in the markets in which Southern Company's subsidiaries operate; variations in demand for electricity, including those relating to weather, the general economy and recovery from the recent recession, population and business growth (and declines), and the effects of energy conservation measures; available sources and costs of fuels; effects of inflation; ability to control costs and cost overruns during the development and construction of facilities; investment performance of Southern Company's employee benefit plans and nuclear decommissioning trusts; advances in technology; state and federal rate regulations and the impact of pending and future rate cases and negotiations, including rate actions relating to fuel and other cost recovery mechanisms; regulatory approvals and actions related to the Plant Vogtle expansion, including Georgia Public Service Commission and Nuclear Regulatory Commission approvals and potential U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantees; regulatory approvals and actions related to the Kemper County integrated coal gasification combined cycle facility, including Mississippi Public Service Commission approvals and potential U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantees; 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 Southern Company's business resulting from terrorist incidents and the threat of terrorist incidents; interest rate fluctuations and financial market conditions and the results of financing efforts, including Southern Company's and its subsidiaries' credit ratings; the ability of Southern Company and its subsidiaries to obtain additional generating capacity at competitive prices; catastrophic events such as fires, earthquakes, explosions, floods, hurricanes, droughts, pandemic health events such as influenzas, or other similar occurrences; the direct or indirect effects on Southern Company's business resulting from incidents affecting the U.S. electric grid or operation of generating resources; 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.
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Trademark Notice
The following are trademarks and registered trademarks of Southern Company and its subsidiaries:
ALABAMA POWER A SOUTHERN COMPANY and Design
AMERICA'S BEST
AMERICA'S BEST DIVERSIFIED UTILITY
COMPETITIVE FUTURE
EARTHCENTS
"E" Logo
ELECTRIC'S COOKING and Design
ENERGY DIRECT
ENERGYDIRECT.COM
ENERGY TO SERVE YOUR WORLD
ENOPT
EPQ ENHANCED POWER QUALITY and Design
EV CLUB OF THE SOUTH
FLATBILL
FLATBILL SELECT
GEORGIA POWER
GEORGIA POWER A SOUTHERN COMPANY & Design
GEORGIA POWER and Design
GEORGIA POWER CO ENVIRONMENTAL TEACHERS CORP and Design
GEORGIA POWER EFFICIENCY STORE
GEORGIA POWER'S GREEN ENERGY
GULF POWER A SOUTHERN COMPANY and Design
INFORMANCE SOLUTIONS
INSTANT LINC
L & Design
LEARNING POWER
LIGHT'N GUARD
LIGHT'N GUARD and Design
Lightning Bolt and Triangle Design
LINC VIEW
LINCAROUND
LOUIE THE LIGHTNING BUG
Miscellaneous Wire Globe Logo
MISSISSIPPI POWER
MISSISSIPPI POWER A SOUTHERN COMPANY and Design
MY LINC
NUCLEIS (Stylized)
OPERATION LEGACY
PLANET POWER
POWER CREDIT
POWER MATCH
POWER OPS
POWERED BY COMMON SENSE
POWERSERV
POWERTOWN
PREMIER ADVANTAGE
PROJECT WINGS
PROJECT WINGS and Design
RECHARGE
Safety First Logo
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC A SOUTHERN COMPANY and Design
SEI
SEI Stylized
SERVING YOU WITH ENERGY
SETRANS GRID
SETRANS GRID COMPANY
SHARING THE POWER
SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS
SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS and Design
SOUTHERN COMPANY
SOUTHERN COMPANY and Triangle Design
SOUTHERN COMPANY ENERGY
SOUTHERN COMPANY ENERGY TO SERVE YOUR WORLD and Design
SOUTHERN COMPANY CENTER
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SOUTHERN ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL
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SOUTHERN ENERGY
SOUTHERN ENERGY SOLUTIONS
SOUTHERN LIGHTS
SOUTHERN LINC
SOUTHERN LINC and Design
SOUTHERN LINC RECHARGE
SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
SOUTHERN STYLE
SOUTHERN TELECOM
SOUTHERNLINC REWARDS
SOUTHERNLINC WIRELESS
TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF YOUR ELECTRIC BILL
TEXT LINC
THE ELECTRIC COOKING ADVANTAGE
THE ENERGY EXPERT
SOUTHERN ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL
WE SELL EFFICIENCY
WE'RE ON SO YOU CAN BE
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