Operating Companies

Alabama Power provides the valuable combination of competitive prices, reliable electricity supply and unparalleled service to 1.4 million homes, businesses and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. It is one of four U.S. utilities operated by Southern Company, one of the nation's largest producers of electricity.

Service territory
Alabama Power is the second largest subsidiary of Southern Company, serving homes, businesses and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. More than 78,000 miles of power lines carry electricity to customers throughout 44,500 square miles.

Georgia Power is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility that serves 2.35 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. The largest of four electric utilities that make up Southern Company, Georgia Power, has been providing electricity to Georgia for more than a century at rates well below the national average.

Gulf Power Company is an investor-owned electric utility with all of its common stock owned by Atlanta-based Southern Company. Gulf Power's service territory spans the area from the Alabama border on the west to the Apalachicola River on the east; from the Alabama border on the north to the Gulf of Mexico on the south. Gulf Power serves 428,154 customers in 71 towns and communities throughout Northwest Florida.

Serving over 180,000 customers in 23 counties of southeast Mississippi, Mississippi Power operates five power generating plants and maintains 154 substations, 2,076 miles of transmission lines, 6,041 miles of primary overhead lines and 446 miles of primary underground lines. To learn more about Mississippi Power, visit Mississippi Power.

SouthernLINC Wireless is a wireless communications network backed by the strength and reliability of Southern Company - the parent company of four electric utilities in the Southeast: Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power, which are also SouthernLINC Wireless customers. In addition, SouthernLINC Wireless provides reliable wireless communications service, including mobile phones, to a wide range of businesses and consumers within our 128,000 square-mile coverage area that includes Alabama, Georgia, southeastern Mississippi, and the Florida Panhandle.

Serving over 180,000 customers in 23 counties of southeast Mississippi, Mississippi Power operates five power generating plants and maintains 154 substations, 2,076 miles of transmission lines, 6,041 miles of primary overhead lines and 446 miles of primary underground lines. To learn more about Mississippi Power, visit Mississippi Power.

Southern Power is committed to being the world's best at building and operating electric generating plants. Our power plants are dedicated to high reliability standards and maintenance quality—and our high industry reliability ratings prove it. We own and operate combined-cycle and combustion-turbine natural gas power plants that continue to grow in efficiency through advances in turbine technology. Natural gas-fueled power plants are a viable energy option because they are clean, plus their construction is fast and less costly.

Southern Company is one of the largest producers of electricity in the United States and the largest wholesale provider in the Southeast. For decades, Southern Company has consistently met its energy, financial and customer satisfaction commitments. more about Southern Company.
Southern Company Generation, a business unit of Southern Company, manages the operation of 73 fossil and hydro plants for Southern Company’s 4.3 million retail customers in a territory spanning most of Alabama and Georgia, southeastern Mississippi and the Florida panhandle. More about plants.
All of these tangible assets back up our energy marketing and trading operations. If you are looking for short or long-term power contracts, these assets offer you capacity and stability in today’s fluctuating energy market. .

Southern Company has responsibility for approximately $6.2 billion in transmission assets including more than 27,000 miles of transmission lines, 3,700 substations, and 300,000 acres of right of way. The transmission system meets North American Electric Reliability Corporation standards and provides a safe and reliable grid. We plan, design, build, operate, and maintain our system to meet growing demand. Over the past three years, (2006 -2008), Southern Company invested $1.6 billion in transmission assets (lines and substations) and distribution substations, which is managed in conjunction with Transmission at Southern Company.