Southern Company has been selected to provide up to 50 megawatts of summer peaking power in May and June and up to 75 megawatts July through September to MEAG Power.

Southern Company was one of two companies selected by MEAG Power, which received proposals from 11 bidders, to meet the company’s 1997 summer needs. MEAG Power is a wholesale public power supplier that serves 49 municipal utilities in Georgia and co-owns four generating facilities and Georgia’s Integrated Transmission System (ITS).

Southern Company (NYSE: SO), the largest producer of electricity in the United States, is the parent firm of Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, Mississippi Power and Savannah Electric. Based in Atlanta, Southern Company supplies electricity in eight countries on four continents and provides energy-related marketing, trading and technical services and wireless telecommunications. Southern Company’s common stock is one of the 20 most widely held corporate stocks in America.