Facts and Figures
Southern Company has been one of the most reliable and rewarding long-term investments around — one of only two companies to be ranked in the top three of Fortune's most admired electric and gas utilities for each of the last seven years.
| Financial Highlights (as of Dec 31, 2016) | |
|---|---|
| Operating revenues | $19.9 billion |
| Net Income | $2.45 billion |
| Earnings Per Share | $2.57 |
| Average Shares Outstanding | 951 million |
| Return on Average Common Equity | 10.8 percent |
| Total Assets | $109.7 billion |
| Financial Highlights (as of Dec 31, 2016) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Utility Customers and Sales | Customers | Energy sales (billions of kWh) |
| Residential | 3.97 million | 53.3 |
| Commercial | 595,000 | 53.7 |
| Industrial | 17,000 | 52.8 |
| Other | 11,000 | 0.9 |
| Total electric customers | 4.6 million | 160.7 |
| Gas distribution operations customers | 4.58 million | |
| Total Wholesale | 34.9 | |
| Total | 9.18 million | 195.6 |
46,000 MW of generating capacity and 1,500 billion cubic feet of combined natural gas consumption and throughput volume. Sources of generation (Q1 2017): 47% natural gas; 27% coal; 16% nuclear; 10% hydro/other.
The Southern Company system employs 32,000 individuals at electric utilities in four states and natural gas distribution utilities in seven, and provides wholesale energy, customized energy solutions and fiber optics and wireless communications across the country.
