ATLANTA, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paul Bowers, chief financial officer of Southern Company, will present to investors and industry analysts at the 2009 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Power & Gas Leaders Conference at the Westin Times Square in New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.

Bowers will join other utility CFOs for a panel discussion from 7:45 - 9:10 a.m. EDT, Sept. 23. The panel discussion will be webcast and available for replay at http://investor.southerncompany.com.

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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