Southern Company senior VP Chris Hobson to present June 3 at Lehman Brothers Global Warming Solutions Conference
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ATLANTA - May 22. 2008 - Southern Company Senior Vice President of Research and Environmental Affairs Chris Hobson will speak at the Lehman Brothers Global Warming Solutions Conference on June 3, 2008. The conference will be held at the Lehman Brothers Headquarters Building at 745 Seventh Avenue in New York.

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Hobson will present at 1:30 pm EDT on a panel entitled "Generation Development in a Carbon Constrained World." The presentation will be webcast at http://investor.southerncompany.com/ and available for replay for 45 days.

About Southern Company

With nearly 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, 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 nine consecutive years by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Visit our Web site at http://www.southerncompany.com/.

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