Southern Company Chief Financial Officer Tom Fanning to speak at Global Electricity & Energy Conference March 16

Wednesday, March 08, 2006, ATLANTA – Tom Fanning, Southern Company chief financial officer, will speak at the Morgan Stanley Global Electricity & Energy Conference March 16 in New York.

Fanning will present an overview of Southern Company’s business strategy and financial performance. His presentation will be available on a live audio webcast beginning 12:15 p.m. EST at http://investor.southerncompany.com. It will be available for replay at this site for 30 days.

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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