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Southern Company is a regional energy company with more than 40,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity in the Southeast. It is one of the largest producers of electricity in the United States. The company supplies energy to a 120,000-square-mile service territory throughout most of Georgia and Alabama, southeastern Mississippi and the panhandle region of Florida. It is ranked in the top 200 in the FORTUNE 500 listing of the largest United States corporations. Southern Company owns five regulated retail electric utilities: Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, Mississippi Power and Savannah Electric. It also owns Southern Nuclear and Southern Company Gas. David M. Ratcliffe has been the chief executive officer of Southern Company for more than two years. He has been with the utility company for over 35 years. Ratcliffe attended Valdosta State University. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SO. It is headquartered in Atlanta.

The Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization representing eight states focused on promoting equal educational opportunities for disadvantaged individuals. Committed to advancing student access, persistence, and completion of postsecondary education, SAEOPP actively supports TRIO personnel through professional development, education, and advocacy. With member states including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee, SAEOPP hosts various events aimed at enhancing the skills and knowledge of its members. The organization also honors contributions to the field, such as the William Matthew Jackson Professional Award, recognizing individuals who have made a significant impact in educational opportunity programs. Generated from the website

Patterson & Dewar Engineers in an engineering firm based in Norcross, Ga. The professional engineering service maintains electrical, civil and testing departments. Services include substation design, associated protective relaying, distribution analysis and planning and rate analysis. Additional services include load forecasting and management, custom digital mapping, sectionalizing, capacitor studies and SCADA system design. Patterson & Dewar was founded in 1947, providing civil and electrical engineering and surveying for rural electrification program in towns and farms in the South. The engineering firm works with electrical cooperatives, municipalities, industrial companies, state and local governments and residential and commercial developers. The company has a 30-year continuing business relationship with the Atlanta Airport Engineers and Georgia Power Company.