ATLANTA, Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company's 2011 analysts meeting will be presented in a live webcast March 9.

"Building on the Past...Focused on the Future" will begin at 8 a.m. EST with a panel discussion on company operations, featuring the CEOs of Southern Company's four operating subsidiaries.

The panel discussion will be followed by a series of executive speakers providing updates on the construction of Plant Ratcliffe in Kemper County, Miss., and the new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle; environmental regulation, research and development; the company's power generation fleet, wholesale energy business and renewable energy initiatives; and its approach to "smart energy."

The meeting will conclude with a company financial overview by Southern Company CFO Art Beattie.

The webcast will be available at http://investor.southerncompany.com. It will be available for replay at this site for six months.

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. Visit our website at www.southerncompany.com.

SOURCE Southern Company