Southern Company (SO) is an integrated electric utility company. It participates in the generation, transmission, and distributions of electricity delivered to both homes and businesses. It has a diversified by energy source (coal, gas, oil, hydro, nuclear, solar, wind, biomass, and landfill gas) and delivers that power to customers in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The company was founded in 1945 and has grown into a company that generated $21.7 billion in revenue and $2.6 billion in profits over the last year.
