ATLANTA – Southern Company has pledged an additional $6 million to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and extended its partnership with the organization to 10 years.

The financial contribution, which will benefit the Power of Flight and Longleaf Legacy programs, also includes a new $1.2 million, five-year commitment to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Five Star Restoration program to renew wetlands in the Southeast.

Since it began its partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in 2002, Southern Company has contributed more than $2.6 million through 48 grants to the Power of Flight and Longleaf Legacy programs.

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With 4.2 million customers and more than 40,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier super-regional energy company in the Southeast and 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 15 percent below the national average. Southern Company has been ranked the nation's top electric utility in the American Customer Satisfaction Index six years in a row. Southern Company has more than 500,000 shareholders, making its common stock one of the most widely held in the United States. Visit the Southern Company Web site at www.southerncompany.com.

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