Accolades

From innovating our industry to making strides in sustainable energy, we’re recognized as a leader by customers, partners, investors, employees and the broader business, science and technology communities. Here are some of our awards and distinctions that highlight our success:

Leadership Awards

• 2021 Excellence and Innovation Award - Pensions & Investments
  • Southern Company recognized for outstanding financial literacy and financial well-being programs for employees
• 2021 Community Outreach Award – Virginia Oil and Gas Association
  • Virginia Natural Gas
• 2021 Corporate Partner of the Year- NAACP Alabama State Conference 
  • Alabama Power
• 2021 U.S. Transparency Award (Best Proxy Statement) – Labrador
• 2021 Business Leaders of Color – Chicago United
  • John O. Hudson III, President and CEO, Nicor Gas
• 2021 TechBridge CIO of the Year
  • Martin Davis, Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Southern Company
• 2021 Bobby Jones Award - Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
  • Tom Fanning (Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company)
• 2021 Fortune 500 – Fortune magazine (26th consecutive year)
• 2021 Industrial Innovation Award – South Metro Development Outlook Conference
  • Georgia Power
• 2021 National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion Award 
  • Mississippi Power
• 2021 World’s Most Admired Companies – Fortune magazine
• 2021 Advocacy Excellence Award (Honorable Mention) – Edison Electric Institute
• 2020 Chairman’s Award - Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD)
  • Southern Company
• 2020 Community Partner Award - Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD)
  • Mississippi Power
• 2020 Top Companies for ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) list – DiversityInc
  
• 2020 Atlanta’s Top 100 Black Women of Influence - Atlanta Business League
  
  • Sloane Drake, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Georgia Power
    
  • Bentina Terry, Senior Vice President of Metro Atlanta & Corporate Relations, Georgia Power
    
  • Latanza Adjei, Vice President of Corporate Services, Georgia Power
• 2020 World’s Most Admired Companies – Fortune magazine (9th year)
• 2020 Fortune 500 – Fortune magazine (25th consecutive year)
  
• 2020 Fortnightly Under Forty – Public Utilities Fortnightly
  
• Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America – Savoy magazine
  • Martin Davis (Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Southern Company)
• 2020 Top 50 Chief Technology/Information Officers Award – National Diversity Council
  
  • Michael Sullivan (Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Southern Company Gas)
    
• 2020 Overwatch Award - North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU)
  • Kim Greene (Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company Gas)
    
• 2020 Atlanta 500: Government & Infrastructure – Atlanta Magazine
  
  • Tom Fanning (Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company)
    
  • Paul Bowers (Chairman, President and CEO, Georgia Power)
    
  • Kim Greene (Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company Gas)
    
• 2020 Executive of the Decade – Birmingham Business Journal
  • Mark Crosswhite (Chairman, President and CEO, Alabama Power)
• 2020 Company of the Decade (Alabama Power) – Birmingham Business Journal
• 2020 100 Most Influential Georgians – Georgia Trend magazine
  • Tom Fanning (3rd consecutive year)
  • Paul Bowers (3rd consecutive year)
• 2019 U.S. Transparency Award (No. 3 overall and No. 1 Best Proxy Statement) – Labrador
  
• 2019 Fortnightly Top Innovators – Public Utilities Fortnightly
  
• 2019 Chairman's Circle Corporate Responsibility Award (Georgia Power) - 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc.
  
• 2019 Most Admired CEO: Public Company – Atlanta Business Chronicle
  
  • Tom Fanning (Southern Company)
    
• 2019 Most Admired CEO: Utilities and Energy – Atlanta Business Chronicle
  
  • Bryan Batson (Atlanta Gas Light)
• 2019 Louis C. Brown MD Vanguard Award - Morehouse School of Medicine - Improving Health and Wellbeing in Georgia
  • Georgia Power
• 2018 Distinguished Leadership Award (Tom Fanning) – Edison Electric Institute
• 2018 Four Pillar Award - Council for Quality Growth
  • Paul Bowers (Georgia Power)
• 2018 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors - National Association of Corporate Board Directors    
  • Veronica Hagen
• 2018 Most Influential Board Directors -  Women Inc. magazine
  • Juanita Baranco
  • Veronica Hagen
  • Linda Hudson
• 2018 Global CEO of the Year (Tom Fanning) - S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards
  
• 2018 Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings - S&P Global Platts (90th ranked)
• 2018 Management Top 250 list - Drucker Institute

Industry Awards

• 2021 International Association of Business Communicators’ (IABC) Golden Flame Awards
  • Georgia Power – (Silver - Change Communication; Customer Relations; Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication) (Bronze - Employee Engagement; Diversity and Inclusion)
• 2021 Local Distribution Company (LDC) of the Year in the state – Virginia Oil and Gas Association
  • Virginia Natural Gas
• 2021 IABC Southern Region Silver Quill Award (Investor Relations website)
• 2021 Top U.S. Utility for Economic Development - Site Selection magazine
  • Alabama Power (3rd consecutive year)
  • Georgia Power (3rd consecutive year)
• 2021 Gold Stevie (utilities category), Silver Stevie (energy category) - 18^th Annual International Business Awards (IBA) program
  • Alabama Power
• 2021 Emergency Response Award – Edison Electric Institute
  • Alabama Power
• 2021 Gold Outage Restoration Award – Chartwell
  • Alabama Power
• 2021 Consumer Education Award - Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC)
  • Mississippi Power
• 2020 Technology Transfer Awards – The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
  • Power Delivery and Utilization Sector – Southern Company Services, Alabama Power and Georgia Power
  • Generation Sector – Southern Company Services, Alabama Power and Mississippi Power
• 2020 Local Distribution Company of the Year (LDC) (Virginia Natural Gas) - Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Awards (DMME) and Virginia Oil and Gas Association (VOGA)
• 2020 Excellence in Outreach Innovation Award (Virginia Natural Gas for its enhanced communication platform, Keep Me Informed (KMI)) - Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Awards (DMME) and Virginia Oil and Gas Association (VOGA)
• 2020 Community Outreach Award (Virginia Natural Gas for the charitable giving and volunteerism efforts through the Something in the Water festival) - Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Awards (DMME) and Virginia Oil and Gas Association (VOGA)
• 2020 Environmental Stewardship Award (Virginia Natural Gas for working to reduce greenhouse emissions through the purchase of Differentiated natural gas) - Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Awards (DMME) and Virginia Oil and Gas Association (VOGA)
• 2020 U.S. Transparency Awards (No.1 utility in transparency; No. 6 overall in corporate disclosure; No.2 Best Investor Relations Website) – Labrador
  
• 2020 Edison Award (Energy storage initiatives) – Edison Electric Institute
  
• 2020 Outstanding National Key Accounts Customer Service – Edison Electric Institute
  
• 2020 Smartest Utility Projects (Georgia Tech Microgrid) – Public Utilities Fortnightly magazine
• 2020 Utility Business Models Power Player of the Year - Smart Energy Power Alliance (SEPA)
  
• 2020 Smart Grid Award - POWER magazine’s Power Awards
  • Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhood at Reynolds Landing
• 2020 Emergency Recovery Award (Georgia Power for March 2019 tornado restoration) – Edison Electric Institute
• 2020 Inspiring Efficiency Awards (Nicor Gas) – Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
• 2019 Technology Transfer Awards – The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
  
  • Nuclear Sector –  Southern Nuclear
    
  • Power Delivery and Utilization Sector – Southern Company Services, Alabama Power and Georgia Power
    
  • Generation Sector – Southern Company Services, Southern Power, and Alabama Power
    
  • Energy and Environment Sector – Southern Company Services
    
• 2019 Top Safety Performance (Mississippi Power) - Southeastern Electric Exchange
  
• 2019 Transmission and Distribution Safety (Mississippi Power) - Southeastern Electric Exchange
  
• 2019 Golden Flame Award for Safety Communication Management – A new focus on safety: Critical Risk Management (Southern Company Gas) - International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
  
• 2019 Safety Award (Virginia Natural Gas for its safety outreach program) - Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Awards (DMME) and Virginia Oil and Gas Association (VOGA)
• 2019 Partnership Award (Virginia Natural Gas for experiential learning program with Tidewater Community College and Old Dominion University) - Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Awards (DMME) and Virginia Oil and Gas Association (VOGA)
• 2019 Smart Grid Customer Innovation Award - SmartEnergy IP
  
  • Alabama Power
    
  • Georgia Power
• 2019 Fortnightly Smartest Communities (Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhood® at Reynolds Landing) – Public Utilities Fortnightly
  
• 2019 Star of Systems Efficiency Award (Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhood® at Reynolds Landing) – Alliance to Save Energy
  
• 2019 Distributed Energy Award (PowerSecure)  – POWER magazine’s Power Awards
• 2019 Emergency Recovery Award – Edison Electric Institute
  • Alabama Power (2nd consecutive year)
  • Georgia Power (2nd consecutive year)
• 2018 Top Utilities - FORTUNE magazine (No.4 ranked)
• 2018 Emergency Assistance Award for Puerto Rico Power Restoration - Edison Electric Institute
  • Alabama Power
  • Georgia Power
  • Mississippi Power
• 2018 Industry Excellence Award for Safety Net program (Mississippi Power) - Southeastern Electric Exchange
• 2018 Power Delivery and Utilization Technology Transfer Award for cyber-security work (Mississippi Power) - Electric Power Research Institute
• 2018 Partnership Award (Virginia Natural Gas) - DMME & VOGA
• 2018 Localized Distribution Company of the Year (Virginia Natural Gas) - DMME & VOGA
• 2018 Top 40 Utility PowerBrands for US investor-owned utilities - Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Gulf Power

Customer Satisfaction Awards

• 2021 Top 24 Most Trusted Business Partners in the utility industry - Cogent Reports Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement Study
  • Chattanooga Gas
• 2021 Most Trusted Utility Brands - The Cogent Syndicated Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement™: Residential study from Escalent
  • Georgia Power
  • Nicor Gas
• 2020 Business Customer Satisfaction Award (Segment: Large Utilities in the South) - JD Power
  • Georgia Power - No. 1 (3rd consecutive year)
• 2020 Top 13 Most Trusted Business Partners in the utility industry - Cogent Reports Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement Study
  
  • Chattanooga Gas
  • Nicor Gas
  • Virginia Natural Gas
• 2020 Customer Experience (CE) Index survey – Forrester Research
  • Alabama Power – No. 2 in utility category
• 2020 Best Practices in COVID-19 Customer Communication (Georgia Power) – J.D. Power
  
• 2020 Residential Customers ‘Easiest to Do Business With’ - Cogent Reports Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement Study
  • Georgia Power – 2nd consecutive year
• 2019 Gas Utility Residential Customer Overall Satisfaction (South Region: Midsize Segment) - J.D. Power 
  • Virginia Natural Gas - No. 3
    
• 2019 Top 20 Trusted Business Partner Among Utilities (South Region) - The Cogent Syndicated Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement™: Business study from Escalent
  • Virginia Natural Gas - No. 4
    • No. 7 among all utilities
• 2019 Business Customer Champion - The Cogent Syndicated Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement™: Business study from Escalent
  
  • Chattanooga Gas
  • Nicor Gas
  • Virginia Natural Gas
• 2019 Business Customer Satisfaction Award (Segment: Large Utilities in the South) - JD Power
  • Georgia Power - No. 1 (2nd consecutive year)
  • Alabama Power - No. 2
• 2019 Most Trusted Electric-Only Utility Brand - Cogent Syndicated Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement: Residential Report from Escalent
  
  • Georgia Power - No. 2 
• 2019 Residential Customer Satisfaction Award - JD Power
  • Georgia Power - No. 1 (3rd consecutive year)
• 2018 Residential Customer Satisfaction Award - JD Power
  • Mississippi Power - No. 5
• 2018 Electric-only Utility by Residential and Business Customers - Engagement Brands Study
  • Georgia Power - No. 1
• 2018 Most Trusted Utility - Cogent Energy Reports
  • Nicor Gas
• 2018 Most Trusted Utility & Customer - Cogent Energy Reports
  • Georgia Power
• 2018 Customer Experience - Temkin Group
• Georgia Power - No. 1

Environmental Awards

• 2021 Top Project - Environment + Energy Leader
  • Alabama Power, PowerSecure and Southern Company for Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhood project
• 2021 Forestry for Wildlife Partnership - Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division
  • Georgia Power
• 2020 Environmental Stewardship Award (Alabama Power’s Plant Barry Environmental Stewardship Team) - Partners for Environmental Progress (PEP)
• 2019 Project of the Year (Gold Winner: Southern Power’s Cactus Flats Wind Project) – The Cleanie Awards
  
• 2019 Water Conservationist of the Year (Alabama Power’s Renew Our Rivers Conservation Program) - The Alabama Wildlife Federation (AWF)
  
• 2019 Gulf Guardian Award (Mississippi Power’s Renew Our Rivers Conservation Program) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Gulf of Mexico Division
  
• 2019 Community Impact Award (Virginia Natural Gas) - CoVaBiz Magazine and Coastal Virginia Magazine
• 2018 Community Service Award (Virginia Natural Gas) - Southern Gas Association
• 2018 Illinois Sustainability Award (Nicor Gas) - Emerging Technology Program (ETP)
  
• 2018 Keep Mississippi Beautiful Business/Industry Award (Mississippi Power) - Environmental Stewardship Council
• 2018 Environmental Award (Virginia Natural Gas) - DMME & VOGA

Workplace Awards

• 2021 Veteran Friendly Employer – Birmingham Business Journal
  • Alabama Power
• 2021 Best for Vets: Employers- The Military Times
  • No. 1 overall
• 2021 Best Employers By State – Forbes
  • Southern Company (No. 3 in Alabama, No. 6 in Georgia)
• 2021 Best Employers for Women - Forbes
• 2021 Top Workplaces - The Hampton Roads Top Workplaces by Inside Business
  • Virginia Natural Gas
• 2021 IDG's Insider Pro and Computerworld’s 100 "Best Places to Work in IT"
  • No. 24 overall (15th consecutive year)
• 2021 Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion- The Disability Equality Index - 100%/100%
  • (100% score 5th consecutive year)
• 2021 Top 50 Companies for Diversity - DiversityInc (6th consecutive year)
  • No. 20 overall (Top Utility)
  • No. 12 overall for Supplier Diversity (Only Utility)
• 2021 America’s Best Employers for Diversity - Forbes
• 2021 100 percent Corporate Equality Index Score - Human Rights Campaign (5th consecutive year)
• 2021 America’s Best Employers - Forbes magazine
• 2020 Best Employers for Veterans – Forbes
• 2020 Spirit of Alliance Award (Southern Company) -  Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council
  • Executive of the Year: Pedro Cherry, CEO, Atlanta Gas Light & Chattanooga Gas
• 2020 Diversity Best Practices Index
• 2020 Top Military Spouse Friendly Employer Award- G.I. Jobs magazine
• 2020 Best for Vets: Employers- The Military Times
  
  • No.2 for the second consecutive year 
    
• 2020 Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion- The Disability Equality Index - 100%/100%
  
  • (100% score 4th consecutive year)
    
• 2020 Top 50 Companies for Diversity - DiversityInc (5th consecutive year)
• 2020 Top 50 Employer -  Minority Engineer magazine
  
• 2020 Perfect Corporate Equality Index Score - Human Rights Campaign (4th consecutive year)
• 2020 Top 100 Military-Friendly Employer - GI Jobs magazine
  • No.2 (Top-ranked utility for 14th consecutive year, and the 3rd consecutive year in the Gold Top 10)
• 2020 Military-Friendly Spouse Employer - GI Jobs magazine
• 2020 IDG's Insider Pro and Computerworld’s 100 "Best Places to Work in IT"
  • No. 38 (14th consecutive year)
• 2019 Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-being – National Business Group on Health
• 2019 Best for Vets Employer - Military Times
  • No. 2 overall (10th consecutive year)
• 2019 Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion- The Disability Equality Index - 100%/100%
  
• 2019 America’s Best Employers - Forbes magazine
  • No. 14 (3rd consecutive year)
• 2019 Best Employer for Diversity - Forbes magazine
• 2019 Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality – Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index (3rd consecutive year)
• 2019 Champion of Diversity Award (Mississippi Power) – ourMississippi magazine
• 2019 Best Companies for Millennials - Women's Choice Award
• 2018 Best Place to Work - Disability Equality Index - 100%/100%
• 2018 50 Best Companies for Diversity - Black Enterpris (3rd consecutive year)
• 2018 Best for Vets Employer - Military Times
  • No. 7 (9th consecutive year)
• 2018 Innovation Award in Workforce Development (Virginia Natural Gas) - Opportunity Inc.
• 2018 Above and Beyond Award (Mississippi Power) - Mississippi Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
• 2018 Corporate Ally of the Year Award (Georgia Power) - Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• 2018 Technology and Analytics Award (Southern Company, Energy Innovation Center) - Business Culture Awards
• 2018 Outstanding Diversity Champion, Diversity and Inclusion Awards (Georgia Power) - Atlanta Business Chronicle