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|}} | num_employees = 26,112 (2009) | homepage = (www.SouthernCompany.com ) }} Southern Company is an American electric utility holding company based in the southern United States. It is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with executive offices also located in Birmingham, Alabama. The company is currently the 16th largest utility company in the world and the fourth largest in the U.S. Through its subsidiaries it owns and operates more than 42,000 megawatts of generation capacity and serves 4.4 million customers in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. Southern Company’s regulated regional electric utilities serve a territory with of distribution lines.〔 ==Overview== Southern Company is one of the largest producers of electricity in the United States and 149th on the Fortune 500 listing of the largest U. S. corporations. It has more than 500,000 shareholders (NYSE: SO) and has been traded since September 30, 1949. As of 2014, Southern Company is building the first new nuclear units in the U.S. in 30 years at Plant Vogtle near Augusta, Georgia; building one of the largest photovoltaic plants in the U.S. at Cimarron, New Mexico; building one of the largest biomass plants at Nacogdoches, Texas; and installing over four million smart meters by 2012. Four retail electric companies: Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, Mississippi Power, serve in four states. Southern Power serves wholesale customers in the Southeast. Southern Company owns the following companies: *Alabama Power - operating company, based in Birmingham. Serves the southern two-thirds of Alabama. *Georgia Power - flagship operating company, based in Atlanta. Serves all of Georgia, except four mostly rural counties. *Gulf Power - operating company, based in Pensacola, Florida. Serves most of the Florida Panhandle. *Mississippi Power - operating company, based in Gulfport. Serves the Mississippi Gulf Coast. *Southern Company Services - (originally named Southern Services, Inc.) - Birmingham, Alabama - Common Services *SouthernLINC Wireless - Cellular Telephone Provider - Atlanta, Georgia *Southern Nuclear - Engineering and Operations for Nuclear Power Plants - Birmingham, Alabama - (Southern Company is the majority owner and operator of the Farley, Hatch, and Vogtle nuclear power plants.) *Southern Company Generation - Fossil and Hydro Operations - Birmingham, Alabama *Southern Power - Wholesale Generation - Atlanta, Georgia *Southern Telecom - Wholesale Fiber Optic Communications and Data Services - Atlanta, Georgia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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