ATLANTA - May 17, 2007 - David Ratcliffe, Southern Company president and CEO, will speak June 1 at the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. 23rd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

Ratcliffe is scheduled to make a presentation at 10 a.m. Eastern time on June 1. The presentation will be webcast at http://investor.southerncompany.com/ and will be available for replay for 60 days.

With 4.3 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, one of America’s fastest-growing regions. 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 seven consecutive years by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).