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Southern Company CFO Paul Bowers to present at CFO Rising Conference
Bowers highlights company's business plan during present economic crisis
PRNewswire
NYSE: SO
ATLANTA, Ga. - March 6, 2009 - Southern Company Chief Financial Officer Paul Bowers will address CFO Magazine's annual CFO Rising Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Monday, March 9, at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
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Bowers will present an overview of Southern Company's financial strategy and performance as well as detail steps the company is taking to manage the business through the global economic crisis. He also will highlight projects included in the company's three-year $16.6 billion capital investment budget and discuss the outlook for potential economic and environmental policy decisions.
Additionally, Bowers will provide a glimpse of the nation's future energy needs and discuss initiatives underway at Southern Company to develop and deploy the technologies needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while continuing to provide reliable, affordable electricity to the company's customers across the Southeast.
With 4.4 million customers and more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company is the premier energy company serving the Southeast. A leading U.S. producer of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, 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 significantly below the national average. Southern Company has been listed the top ranking U.S. electric service provider in customer satisfaction for nine consecutive years by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Visit our Web site at www.southerncompany.com. Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080801/SOCOLOGO SOURCE: Southern Company Web site: http://www.southerncompany.com/ ### Media Contact: Jason Cuevas, Southern Company Corporate Communications, (+1.404) 506.5333 or (+1.866) 506.5333, media@southerncompany.com |