ATLANTA – Gale Klappa, Southern Company chief financial officer, will speak at the Banc of America Securities Energy & Power Conference Wednesday June 19 in New York.

Klappa plans to present an overview of Southern Company’s business strategy and financial performance. His presentation will be available on a live audio webcast 11:40 a.m. EDT at www.southerncompany.com. The presentation will be available for replay at this site for 10 days.

With 4 million customers and nearly 35,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier super-regional energy company in the Southeast and a leading U.S. producer of electricity. Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states, a fast-growing competitive generation company and an energy services business, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are 15 percent below the national average. Southern Company has been named No. 1 on Fortune magazine’s 2002 “America’s Most Admired Companies” list in the Electric and Gas Utility industry. Southern Company has more than 500,000 shareholders, making its common stock one of the most widely held in the United States. Visit the Southern Company Web site at www.southerncompany.com.

# # #