Southern Company

Southern Company is a holding company for electric and gas utilities that serve approximately 9 million customers and businesses. Southern Company operates three electric subsidiaries (Alabama Power, Georgia Power, and Mississippi Power), four gas distribution subsidiaries (Atlanta Gas Light, Chattanooga Gas, Nicor Gas, and Virginia Natural Gas). Southern also operates an unregulated energy development subsidiary known as Southern Power.

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Utility PACs favor Republicans in congressional races as anger over bills grows
October 22, 2026
Utility political action committees (PACs) have poured $11.5 million into congressional races this cycle. That amount is less than they had spent at this point in the 2024 cycle, when utility PACs had already contributed $13.6 million by the October reporting period.  NextEra Energy, Southern Company, Entergy, and Duke Energy are spending the most of...

Regulators Roundtable: Documents reveal GOPAC’s secretive influence network for utility commissioners
August 20, 2026
A recent Washington Post investigation brought new attention to the Regulators Roundtable, a little-known organization that connects Republican state utility commissioners with companies and trade associations that have interests before the regulators, and raises money from those companies and groups.  The Energy and Policy Institute provided records to the Post revealing how the organization solicited...

Utility-associated interests fund Georgia PSC candidates Fitz Johnson, Josh Tolbert
August 19, 2026
Updated August 20 to include comments from Tolbert regarding the nature of the relationship between him and Christopher Drummond, context about Tolbert’s pledge not to accept money from regulated utilities, and further information regarding his campaign contributions policy.  More than two-thirds of contributions of $500 or more that went to Fitz Johnson, the Republican candidate...
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