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Southern Co. (SO) is in the Energy Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $15.3B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $1.7B
- Market Cap
- Nov 28 2008
- $28.1B
Latest News and Analysis
Southern Company Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Your first question will come from the line of Dan Eggers with Credit Suisse. Dan Eggers - Credit Suisse Good afternoon. David Ratcliffe Hi, Dan. Dan Eggers - Credit Suisse David, I was wondering if you could share a bit more from an economic perspective what you...
Southern Company CEO David Ratcliffe to Present Sept. 23 at Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference
ATLANTA, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southern Company Chief Executive Officer David Ratcliffe will speak during the Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference at 4 World Financial Center, 250 Vesey St., in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Ratcliffe will join other utility CEOs for a panel discussion...
Dow 'Dirty Dozen' Offers High Yields and Good Value
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Highly Defensive PerformIdex: 35 Stocks to Outpace the Markets
Mike Havrilla submits: The accompanying table presents a quarterly update of my Highly Defensive PerformIdex, with an average beta of 0.72 and a market cap-weighted total return of 7.9% over the past year, outpacing the overall market and ETF peer group -- except for Vanguard Consumer Staples VDC ETF with...
The Southern Company Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions So our first question comes from the line of Leslie Rich of Columbia Management. Leslie Rich – Columbia Management Good afternoon. David Ratcliffe Hi, Leslie. Leslie Rich – Columbia Management I wondered if you could spend some time...
Southern Company. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from line of Ashar Khan of SAC Capital. Ashar Khan Good noon. David Ratcliffe Hi. Paul Bowers Hi Ashar. Ashar Khan Just one to go, I guess Georgia Power did exceptionally well and I was just trying to go...
The Southern Company Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Dan Eggers with Credit Suisse. Dan Eggers - Credit Suisse With the drought conditions you guys have had, particularly in Georgia, a lot of press stories going on as far as risk to nuclear assets running....
Southern Co. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call Excerpt Southern Co. SO Q3 2007 Earnings Call Oct 25, 2007, 1:00 pm ET Executives Mr. David Ratcliffe - Chief Executive Officer Mr. Tom Fanning - Chief Financial Officer Analysts Greg Gordon - Citigroup Jonathan Arnold - Merrill Lynch Andrew Levi...
Jeff Sterba Elected EEI Chairman; David Ratcliffe and Tony Earley to Serve as Vice-Chairmen
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Jim Owen of the Edison Electric Institute, +1-202-256- 8447 DENVER, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jeffry E. Sterba, chairman, president and CEO of Albuquerque-based PNM Resources, has been elected chairman of the Edison Electric Institute EEI, the national association of shareholder-owned electric companies, international affiliates and industry associates...
Southern Company Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (SO)
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Keri St. Louis - Fidelity. Keri St. Louis - Fidelity I had a couple questions. First, I think there were some changes to your CapEx forecast and operating cash flow forecast. ...
Southern Company Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (SO)
Earnings Call Excerpt Southern Company SO Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call January 26th 2006, 1:00 PM. Executives: David Ratcliffe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tom Fanning, Chief Financial Officer Analysts: Danieale Sykes, Diamond Rose Leslie Rich, Columbia Management Greg...
SouthernLINC Wireless Adds New Hires to the Marketing Department
ATLANTA -- SouthernLINC Wireless, a Southern Company (NYSE: SO), today announced two new employees have been added to the Marketing Department. Monica Cooper was hired as communications manager while Kyla Tilton has been named communications specialist. "Monica and Kyla each bring a unique perspective to the marketing team," said...
Remote sensing.(Community Bits: COMPANY AND PEOPLE UPDATES)
Space Imaging has completed a three-year project with Southern Company that involved the collection of IKONOS satellite imagery of areas throughout the southeastern United States. Space Imaging's reseller Geographical and Environmental Data Services negotiated the contract, which involved procuring imagery of areas in which Southern ...
Atlanta Fed's chairman, vice chairman reappointed for 2005.
David M. Ratcliffe, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Southern Co., has been reappointed chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's board of directors. Larkin Martin, managing partner of Martin Farm and vice president of The Albemarle Corp. in Courtland, Ala., has been reappointed...
Q & A with Vicky Sullivan.(News)(Interview)
During 2003, Waste News published four overviews of waste generator market sectors: construction, energy, agriculture and mining. In 2004, we revisit those markets, conducting Q&A interviews with one prominent official from each sector. This issue's topic is energy. Vicky Sullivan is the...
Wording in Atlanta-Based Southern Co. Report Brings on Federal Scrutiny.
By Margaret Newkirk, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 14--Three years ago, an interesting little phrase turned up missing in Atlanta-based Southern Co.'s financial reports. Tucked for years into boilerplate passages about capital improvements, the phrase said...
Pollution Fight Pits South against Northeast.
By Margaret Newkirk, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 19--For almost a month now, a group of state attorneys general has been railing against what it calls the Bush administration's latest assault on the Clean Air Act --- and backing...
Court Rulings Looming In Business Lawsuits.(cases)
Byline:Richard Sammon A number of lawsuits with significant business implications have reached the federal appeals court level. The most important involve employee discrimination, class actions and product liability. Eden Electrical Ltd. v. Amana Co. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals will...
Utilities cheer newest pollution rule
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration Monday will finalize a policy to give electric utilities unprecedented latitude to operate power plants without violating federal air pollution laws. Under the new policy, being published by the Environmental Protection Agency, plant owners will be allowed to spend up to 20 percent...
Southern revolving door.(Names In The News)
A WEEK AFTER the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in late August issued a final rule gutting a key Clean Air Act provision, a high-level EPA air official decided to take a job at Southern Co., a major polluter that lobbied heavily for the rule. ...
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- Incorporated: 1945
- CEO: Mr. David M. Ratcliffe
Southern owns Alabama Power Co., Georgia Power Co., Gulf Power Co., and Mississippi Power Co., each of which is an operating public utility company. In addition, Co. owns Southern Power, an operating public utility company, which constructs, acquires, owns, and manages generation assets and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market; SouthernLINC Wireless, which provides digital wireless communications services; Southern Nuclear that operates and provides services to Alabama Power's and Georgia Power's nuclear plants; SCS, a system service company; and Southern Holdings, a holding for its investments in synthetic fuels and leases and other energy-related businesses.
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Southern Co. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. David M. Ratcliffe
Chairman
Mr. William G. Smith Jr.
Mr. Gerald J. St. Pé
Ms. Juanita Powell Baranco
Mr. Francis S. Blake
Mr. Jon A. Boscia
Mr. Thomas F. Chapman
Mr. H. William Habermeyer Jr.
Mr. Warren A. Hood Jr.
Mr. Donald M. James
Mr. J. Neal Purcell
Contact Information
30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W.
Atlanta, GA
http://www.southerncompany.com
404 506-5000
NAICS Code
Other Electric Power Generation: 221119
