The Southern Company is an American electric utility holding company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1945 to bring together several electric utilities operating across the southeastern United States, including Georgia Power and Alabama Power. It is one of the largest electric utility holding companies in the United States, and its subsidiary Georgia Power completed the expansion of the Vogtle nuclear plant, the first new nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United States in decades, entering commercial operation in 2023 and 2024.
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Company TypeAmerican gas and electric utility holding company 1 Founded Year Headquarters Connections
Operates In
A major electric or gas utility company; classified in the atlas utilities-industry.
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1. Wikipedia, Southern Company
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Southern Company is an American gas and electric utility holding company based in the Southern United States.
History, 1945 incorporation
A new holding company, Southern Company, was incorporated in Delaware on November 9, 1945.
introduction, headquarters sentence
It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with executive offices located in Birmingham, Alabama.
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