Southern Co. snapshot
A look at one of Atlanta’s most profitable and powerful companies, by the numbers.
Southern Co.’s net income during the first nine months of its 2004 fiscal year:?$1.4 billion
Total contributions Southern Co., its executives and subsidiaries made to President Bush’s re-election campaign:?$191,232
Southern Co.’s rank among companies and groups with the highest donations to Bush’s campaign:?20th
Contributions Southern Co. made to federal campaigns in political action committee and soft money between 2000 and mid-2003:?$2.4 million
Minimum amount Southern Co. and its subsidiaries have spent on federal lobbying since 2000: ?$4.8 million
Amount that the weakening of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mercury rules would save U.S. power companies:?$2.7 billion
Number of lakes and rivers in Georgia that are home to fish that shouldn’t be eaten regularly because of mercury contamination:?103
Amount by which Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power originally requested to increase its electricity rates per year: ?$328 million
Amount the state Public Service Commission said Georgia Power should reduce its electricity rates by per year:?$57 million
Georgia Power’s requested rate increase, in response to the PSC’s proposal:?$282 million
Sources: U.S. EPA, Center for Responsive Politics, Georgia PSC, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the state Environmental Protection Division.