ENR Southeast's 2011 Owner of the Year: Southern Company
Electric utility executives are often asked, “What kind of power plants will we need? Nuclear? Natural gas? Clean coal? Biomass? Solar?” A common answer is, “All of the above.”
But only one U.S. utility is already developing just about every type of powerplant imaginable: Atlanta-based Southern Co., the corporate parent of Georgia Power, Gulf Power, Alabama Power, Mississippi Power, nuclear operator Southern Nuclear and wholesale generator Southern Power.