ATLANTA, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tom Fanning, chief operating officer of Southern Company, will address Macquarie's Global Infrastructure Conference in New York on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 8:15am/EDT.

Fanning will present an overview of Southern Company as an infrastructure investment and highlight the company's transparent business model as well as its financial strength and growth potential.

Additionally, Fanning will detail the major projects included in the company's three-year $16.6 billion capital investment budget and discuss the research and development efforts underway to develop and deploy technologies needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while helping ensure that electricity remains reliable and affordable.

Fanning's presentation will be broadcast live via webcast at: http://cc.talkpoint.com/macq001/060409a_jc/?entity=28_UM14HGI

With 4.4 million customers and more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) 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 below the national average. Southern Company is consistently listed among the top U.S. electric service providers in customer satisfaction by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Visit our Web site at www.southerncompany.com.

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SOURCE: Southern Company

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