Southern Company Chief Financial Officer Art Beattie to speak at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Conference

ATLANTA, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Art P. Beattie, Southern Company chief financial officer, will deliver a presentation to investors and industry analysts during the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Power and Gas Leaders Conference at the Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York Sept. 20. 

Beattie is scheduled to present during a panel discussion – "The All of the Above Strategy" – from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT.  Beattie's presentation will be webcast and available for replay at http://investor.southerncompany.com. A copy of his presentation materials will also be available at this site.

With 4.4 million customers and more than 43,000 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 also is continually ranked among the top utilities in Fortune's annual World's Most Admired Electric and Gas Utility rankings. Visit our website at www.southerncompany.com.

SOURCE Southern Company

For further information: Media: Southern Company Media Relations, +1-404-506-5333 or 1-866-506-5333, www.southerncompany.com, Investor Relations: Dan Tucker, +1-404-506-5310, dstucker@southernco.com