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Southern Company Gas also markets gas to retail customers. [https://www.southerncompany.com/about/our-business/our-companies.html][https://www.southerncompanygas.com/who-we-are/our-business.html][https://www.southerncompany.com/content/dam/southerncompany/sustainability/pdfs/diverse-energy-portfolio/natural-gas-sustainability-fact-sheet.pdf]\n\nThrough Southern Power, the company develops and operates wholesale generation, including renewable-energy and storage assets; renewable electricity may be sold under power-purchase agreements or contracts for differences. PowerSecure provides distributed-energy solutions and microgrids for utility, commercial, institutional, and industrial customers. 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Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power serve customers in Alabama, Georgia and southeastern Mississippi. Its regulated natural-gas utilities serve Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee and Virginia; separately, SouthStar markets natural gas to retail customers in 10 states. [P7748329][https://www.southerncompanygas.com/who-we-are/leadership/jim-kerr.html] Southern Power’s generating assets provide wholesale energy in 15 states. [https://www.southerncompany.com/content/dam/southerncompany/sustainability/pdfs/diverse-energy-portfolio/resource-planning-electric-operations-fact-sheet.pdf]\n\nThe company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. [https://www.southerncompany.com/contact-us.html] Its reviewed disclosures do not provide country- or state-level revenue shares or a geographic breakdown of employees. 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Following the divestiture of Commonwealth & Southern’s northern utilities, the Southern Company name was adopted in 1947. The present company was formed through the combination of four electric utilities and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1949. [https://www.alabamapower.com/company/about-us/our-history.html][https://southerncompany.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=2475][https://southerncompany.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=1652]\n\nA major later expansion came in 2016, when Southern Company completed its merger with AGL Resources, adding the gas utility business that became Southern Company Gas. In 2023 and 2024, Vogtle Units 3 and 4 entered commercial operation, respectively, marking the completion of a major expansion of the nuclear generating station. 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