ATLANTA, July 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern
Company today announced executive leadership changes involving
several of its subsidiaries, effective July
30.
John G. Trawick has been
named senior vice president and chief operating officer for
subsidiary Southern Power. Trawick was formerly senior vice
president of commercial operations and planning for Southern
Company Services. In this role, Trawick will lead the operations of
Southern Power's expanding electric generation fleet, as well as
project development and construction, and asset
optimization.
John L. Pemberton has been
named senior vice president, chief administrative officer and
general counsel for Southern Power. Pemberton was formerly senior
vice president and senior production officer for subsidiary Georgia
Power. In this position, Pemberton will work closely with the
Southern Company system legal organization. His additional
responsibilities will include contract compliance, environmental
compliance, communications, real estate and coordinating with
system federal policy efforts.
"As Southern Company creates the future of energy, we are
drawing from the system's exceptional leadership bench strength to
support Southern Power's rapid growth," said Southern Power
President and CEO Joseph A. "Buzz"
Miller. "John Trawick and
John Pemberton will deliver
immediate value as members of Southern Power's executive team."
Theodore "Ted" J. McCullough will assume Pemberton's senior
production officer responsibilities for Georgia Power's 17,500
megawatts of natural gas, coal and hydro generation. McCullough is the current senior vice
president and chief production officer for Southern Company
Services. McCullough takes on this
role in addition to his current duties, which include overseeing
the operation of the Southern Company system's fossil, hydro and
renewable generation assets.
"Over the years, John Pemberton's
leadership has steadily guided Georgia Power's fleet through
significant changes in our generation mix," said Paul Bowers, chairman, president and CEO of
Georgia Power. "Ted's operations expertise and broad understanding
of our business ensures Georgia Power's generation fleet will
continue to evolve, including more renewable projects, working with
our partners across the system to provide our customers with safe,
reliable and affordable energy today and into the future."
Currently Southern Company Services' senior vice president of
commercial operations and planning, Trawick began his career as a
senior consultant with J. Kennedy and Associates in Atlanta, before joining Southern Energy Inc.
in 1996 and serving as director of market affairs for Mirant Corp.
He later transitioned to Southern Company as manager of portfolio
management and served in a variety of roles, including director of
strategic and corporate affairs for Southern Power. In 2008, he
joined the Tennessee Valley Authority as vice president of
strategy, pricing and contracts before returning to Southern
Company in 2013. Trawick graduated from Auburn
University with a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics
and earned a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Tennessee. He serves on the
leadership council of the College of Science and Mathematics at
Auburn University.
Pemberton joined Southern Company in 2003 as vice president of
governmental affairs in Southern Company's Washington, D.C. office, where he managed the
company's federal outreach activities. Before joining Southern
Company, Pemberton served as chief of staff for the Environmental
Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation, where he helped
manage the office's efforts on several utility-related policy
issues. Pemberton was also counsel and then chief of counsel
for the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. He is a
graduate of Southern Methodist
University and the Creighton
University School of Law.
McCullough joined Southern
Company in 1987 and has held leadership positions at coal-fired,
gas-fired and hydroelectric power plants in Georgia and Alabama. Prior to overseeing the system's
fossil and hydro generation assets, McCullough served as senior vice president of
engineering and construction services and as senior production
officer at Alabama Power and Gulf Power. McCullough is a registered professional
engineer with degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics
from Vanderbilt University. He also has
a master's degree in business administration from Auburn University.
About Southern Power
Southern Power, a subsidiary of
Southern Company, is a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider
meeting the electricity needs of municipalities, electric
cooperatives and investor-owned utilities. Southern Power and its
subsidiaries own or have the rights to 39 facilities operating or
under construction in 10 states with more than 10,800 MW of
generating capacity in Alabama,
California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Carolina,
Oklahoma and Texas.
About Georgia Power
Georgia Power is the largest
subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), one of the nation's
largest generators of electricity. Value, Reliability,
Customer Service and Stewardship are the cornerstones of the
company's promise to 2.5 million customers in all but four of
Georgia's 159 counties. Committed
to delivering clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy at rates
below the national average, Georgia Power maintains a diverse,
innovative generation mix that includes nuclear, 21st century coal
and natural gas, as well as renewables such as solar, hydroelectric
and wind. Georgia Power focuses on delivering world-class
service to its customers every day and the company is consistently
recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as an industry leader in
customer satisfaction. For more information, visit
www.GeorgiaPower.com and connect with the company on Facebook
(Facebook.com/GeorgiaPower) and Twitter
(Twitter.com/GeorgiaPower).
About Southern Company
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is
America's premier energy company, with 44,000 megawatts of
generating capacity and 1,500 billion cubic feet of combined
natural gas consumption and throughput volume serving 9 million
electric and gas utility customers through its subsidiaries. The
company provides clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy
through electric utilities in four states, natural gas distribution
utilities in seven states, a competitive generation company serving
wholesale customers across America and a nationally recognized
provider of customized energy solutions, as well as fiber optics
and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for
excellent customer service, high reliability and affordable prices
that are below the national average. Through an industry-leading
commitment to innovation, Southern Company and its subsidiaries are
inventing America's energy future by developing the full portfolio
of energy resources, including carbon-free nuclear, 21st
century coal, natural gas, renewables and energy efficiency, and
creating new products and services for the benefit of
customers. Southern Company has been named by the U.S.
Department of Defense and G.I. Jobs
magazine as a top military employer, recognized among the Top 50
Companies for Diversity by DiversityInc, listed by Black Enterprise
magazine as one of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity and
designated a Top Employer for Hispanics by Hispanic Network. The
company has earned a National Award of Nuclear Science and History
from the National Atomic Museum Foundation for its leadership and
commitment to nuclear development and is continually ranked among
the top utilities in Fortune's annual World's Most
Admired Electric and Gas Utility rankings. Visit our website at
www.southerncompany.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Information
Certain information contained in this release is
forward-looking information based on current expectations and plans
that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking information
includes, among other things, statements concerning future growth
of Southern Company and Southern Power. Southern Company and
Southern Power caution that there are certain factors that can
cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
information that has been provided. The reader is cautioned not to
put undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is
not a guarantee of future performance and is subject to a number of
uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the
control of Southern Company and Southern Power; accordingly, there
can be no assurance that such suggested results will be realized.
The following factors, in addition to those discussed in Southern
Company's and Southern Power's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2015, and
subsequent securities filings, could cause actual results to differ
materially from management expectations as suggested by such
forward-looking information: the impact of recent and future
federal and state regulatory changes, environmental laws regulating
emissions, discharges, and disposal to air, water, and land, and
also changes in tax and other laws and regulations to which
Southern Company and its subsidiaries are subject, as well as
changes in application of existing laws and regulations; current
and future litigation, regulatory investigations, proceedings, or
inquiries; the effects, extent, and timing of the entry of
additional competition in the markets in which Southern Company and
its subsidiaries operate; variations in demand for electricity;
available sources and costs of natural gas and other fuels; effects
of inflation; the ability to control costs and avoid cost overruns
during the development and construction of generating facilities,
which include the development and construction of generating
facilities, to construct facilities in accordance with the
requirements of permits and licenses, and to satisfy any
environmental performance standards, including the requirements of
tax credits and other incentives; advances in technology; state and
federal rate regulations; the ability to successfully operate
generating facilities and the successful performance of necessary
corporate functions; internal restructuring or other restructuring
options that may be pursued; potential business strategies,
including acquisitions or dispositions of assets or businesses,
which cannot be assured to be completed or beneficial to Southern
Company or Southern Power; the ongoing partnerships with Turner
Renewable Energy, LLC, First Solar, Inc., and Recurrent Energy; the
ability of counterparties of Southern Company and its subsidiaries
to make payments as and when due and to perform as required; the
ability to obtain new short- and long-term contracts with wholesale
customers; the direct or indirect effect on Southern Company and
its subsidiaries' businesses resulting from cyber intrusion or
terrorist incidents and the threat of terrorist incidents; interest
rate fluctuations and financial market conditions and the results
of financing efforts; changes in Southern Company's and its
subsidiaries' credit ratings; the impacts of any sovereign
financial issues; the ability of Southern Company's subsidiaries to
obtain additional generating capacity (or sell excess generating
capacity) at competitive prices; catastrophic events such as fires,
earthquakes, explosions, floods, hurricanes and other storms,
droughts, pandemic health events such as influenzas, or other
similar occurrences; the direct or indirect effects on Southern
Company's and its subsidiaries' businesses resulting from incidents
affecting the U.S. electric grid or operation of generating
resources; and the effect of accounting pronouncements issued
periodically by standard-setting bodies. Southern Company and
Southern Power expressly disclaim any obligation to update any
forward-looking information.
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