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4 unusual facts about Southern Company


Skip Stewart

After a brief stint towing gliders in a Maule, he flew for a UPS feeder for six months before being hired by the Southern Company, where he flew King Air, Citation II, and Citation V aircraft as Captain.

Southern Company

Currently, Southern Company is building the first new nuclear units in the U.S. in 30 years at Plant Vogtle near Augusta, Georgia; building one of the largest photovoltaic plants in the U.S. at Cimarron, New Mexico; building one of the largest biomass plants at Nacogdoches, Texas; and installing over four million smart meters by 2012.

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In 2009 Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, Southern Company and Kinder Morgan were involved in an explosion that killed one person and injured three people in Sylvarena, Mississippi.

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In partnership with Turner Renewable Energy, the company is building one of the largest solar photovoltaic plants in the U.S. near Cimarron, New Mexico.


SouthernLINC Wireless

SouthernLINC Wireless is also a Motorola iDEN network with a broad dealer base and is a subsidiary of Southern Company.


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