Company Profile
Updated: 17-SEP-09Alabama Power Co.
Public Subsidiary, Headquarters Location
600 N 18th St., Birmingham, AL 35203-2206, United States
(205)257-1000, (205)257-1915 fax, http://www.southerncompany.com
Primary SIC: Electric Services, Primary NAICS: Electric Power Distribution
Description: Alabama Power Company was founded by William Patrick Lay in 1906. The company was then organized under Alabama law in 1927 when it was combined with Gulf Electric Company and Houston Power Company. A subsidiary of Southern Company, Alabama Power is engaged in the generation and purchase of electricity and the transmission, distribution, and retail sale of such electricity in over 650 communities (including Anniston, Birmingham, Gadsden, Mobile, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa) and at wholesale to 15 municipally-owned electric distribution systems and two rural distributing cooperative associations. Alabama Power owns coal reserves near its Plant Gorgas in Parrish, Ala. and uses the output of coal from the reserves in its generating plants. Additionally, Alabama Power sells, and cooperates with dealers in promoting the sale of electric appliances. The company provides the combination of prices, reliable electricity supply and unparalleled service to 1.4 million homes, businesses and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. Alabama Power is headquartered in Birmingham, Ala. More
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Miss. regulators, utility agree more power needed
AP Online; 11/10/2009; 793 words; Mississippi Power Co. has received the first level...in Kemper County, near the Alabama state line. "The...of Atlanta-based Southern Co., says the plant would use...Combined Cycle. Southern Co. announced in September that...
Tropical Storm Ida Threatens Panhandle, Gulf Coast; Verizon Wireless Offers Tips To Floridians.
PR Newswire; 11/9/2009; 1089 words; ...make landfall near the Alabama-Florida state line early...charged in case local power is lost. -- Have additional...available for back-up power. -- Keep phones, batteries...family, friends and co-workers; etc. - programmed...calls to conserve battery power and free-up wireless...
Tropical Storm Ida Threatens Panhandle, Gulf Coast; Verizon Wireless Offers Tips to Floridians.
PR Newswire; 11/9/2009; 1056 words; ...make landfall near the Alabama-Florida state line early...charged in case local power is lost. -- Have additional...available for back-up power. -- Keep phones, batteries...family, friends and co-workers; etc. - programmed...calls to conserve battery power and free-up wireless...
United States : Southern Ga. Hatch 2 reactor cut to 62 pct.
TendersInfo; 11/7/2009; 544 words; ...prashant03 Southern Co's (SO.N) 883...early Friday from full power early Thursday, the...continued to operate at full power. One MW powers about 500 homes in Georgia...Southern's Georgia Power subsidiary (50.1 percent...customers in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida...
House votes to move up tougher credit card rules.(BUSINESS)
The Washington Times (Washington, DC); 11/5/2009; 1279 words; ...significantly limited the industry's powers by curbing the ability of lenders to increase...people younger than 21 unless a parent co-signs the application or the cardholder...should abide by Mr. Bernanke's view. The Alabama lawmaker added that the new law is flawed...
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