For Immediate Release Jan. 4, 2006

ATLANTA – The Georgia Power Board of Directors recently named Chris Womack executive vice president of external affairs, one of the top leadership positions in the company. Womack most recently served as senior vice president and chief production officer for Georgia Power.

“Chris has had extensive external affairs experience in Washington, D.C. and while working at Alabama Power. I am confident he is the person we need to lead the external affairs organization at Georgia Power,” said Mike Garrett, president and CEO.

In his new position, Womack will be responsible for leading and directing the policies and activities of the company’s governmental and regulatory affairs, environmental affairs, land, corporate communication and economic development functions. Womack also will work closely with the company’s region vice presidents, who manage the company’s field operations and have responsibilities for external affairs in their respective areas.

The changes will be effective March 11, 2006. “Chris will begin transitioning into his new role at the beginning of 2006,” Garrett added.

Womack joined Alabama Power in 1988 as governmental affairs representative. He served as assistant to the vice president of public affairs, director of community relations, vice president of public relations, and senior vice president of public relations and corporate services at Alabama Power. In 1998 he was named senior vice president of human resources of Southern Company, and in 2001 he was named senior vice president of fossil and hydro power and senior production officer at Georgia Power.

Prior to joining Alabama Power, Womack worked for the U.S. House of Representatives as a legislative aide to Leon Panetta and as staff director for the Subcommittee on Personnel and Policy, for the Committee on House Administration. Womack serves on the boards of A.G. Gaston Enterprises, Boy Scouts of America and INROADS. He is a member of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta and serves as a national trustee for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

A native of Greenville, Ala., Womack holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University and a master’s degree in public administration from American University. He attended the Stanford Executive Program and in 2005 was named one of the 75 Most Powerful African Americans in Corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine.