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, 2017) | |
|---|---|
| Operating revenues | $23.0 billion |
| Net Income | $.842 billion |
| Earnings Per Share | $0.84 |
| Average Shares Outstanding | 1,008 million |
| Return on Average Common Equity | 3.44 percent |
| Total Assets | $111.0 billion |
| Financial Highlights (as of Dec 31, 2017) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Utility Customers and Sales | Customers | Energy sales (billions of kWh) |
| Residential | 4.011 million | 50.5 |
| Commercial | 595,000 | 52.3 |
| Industrial | 18,000 | 52.8 |
| Other | 12,000 | 0.8 |
| Total electric customers | 4.64 million | 205.5 |
| Gas distribution operations customers | 4.623 million | |
| Total Wholesale | 49,000 | 49 |
| Total | 9.263 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.
