The Southern Company

Southern Company is an electricity and natural gas holding company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SO, and it is a member of the S&P 500 index. The group operates through regulated utilities across the southeastern United States.

At the center of the structure are subsidiaries such as Alabama Power and Georgia Power, which generate, transmit and distribute electricity. Southern Company Gas distributes natural gas in several states, while Southern Power manages generation assets that sell electricity into the wholesale market. Southern Nuclear operates the group's nuclear plants, including the Vogtle plant in Georgia. The generation portfolio is made up of natural gas, nuclear, coal, hydroelectric, solar and wind sources.

When following Southern Company stock, rate decisions by state regulators, cost management on nuclear and infrastructure projects, and electricity demand in the region are taken into account. On the SO page at Lzzo.com the price is shown in US dollars, and a price chart and technical indicators appear on the same page.