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This combined Form 8-K is furnished separately by six registrants: The Southern Company, Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Southern Power Company and Southern Company Gas. Information contained herein relating to each registrant is furnished by each registrant solely on its own behalf. Each registrant makes no representation as to information relating to the other registrants.



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Registrant	Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
The Southern Company	Common Stock, par value $5 per share	SO	New York Stock Exchange
The Southern Company	Series 2015A 6.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2075	SOJA	New York Stock Exchange
The Southern Company	Series 2016A 5.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2076	SOJB	New York Stock Exchange
The Southern Company	Series 2017B 5.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2077	SOJC	New York Stock Exchange
Alabama Power Company	5.00% Series Class A Preferred Stock	ALP PR Q	New York Stock Exchange
Georgia Power Company	Series 2017A 5.00% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2077	GPJA	New York Stock Exchange
Southern Power Company	Series 2016A 1.000% Senior Notes due 2022	SO/22B	New York Stock Exchange
Southern Power Company	Series 2016B 1.850% Senior Notes due 2026	SO/26A	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). (Response applicable to each registrant)

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. Furthermore, such information, including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

On July 31, 2019, The Southern Company (“Southern Company”) issued a press release regarding its earnings for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2019. A copy of this release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. In addition, certain additional information regarding the financial results for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 is being furnished as Exhibits 99.02 through 99.07 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Exhibits 99.01, 99.02, 99.03 and 99.04 to this Current Report on Form 8-K include earnings and earnings per share in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. These exhibits also include earnings and earnings per share (1) for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, excluding (a) acquisition, disposition and integration impacts, (b) charges related to plants under construction, and (c) earnings from the Wholesale Gas Services business of Southern Company Gas, (2) for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2018, excluding settlement proceeds of Mississippi Power Company's claim for lost revenue resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and (3) for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018, excluding additional net tax benefits as a result of implementing federal tax reform legislation. The attached exhibits include additional information regarding these excluded items, as well as reconciliations of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most comparable financial measure under GAAP. Southern Company believes

the presentation of earnings and earnings per share, excluding these items, is useful to investors because it provides investors with additional information to evaluate the performance of Southern Company’s ongoing business activities. Southern Company management also uses earnings and earnings per share, excluding the effect of these items, to evaluate the performance of Southern Company’s ongoing business activities. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered a substitute for financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The exhibits hereto contain business segment information for Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Southern Power Company and Southern Company Gas. Accordingly, this report is also being furnished on behalf of each such registrant.



	Exhibit 99.01	Press Release.
	Exhibit 99.02	Financial Highlights.
	Exhibit 99.03	Significant Factors Impacting EPS.
	Exhibit 99.04	EPS Earnings Analysis.
	Exhibit 99.05	Consolidated Earnings.
	Exhibit 99.06	Kilowatt-Hour Sales and Customers.
	Exhibit 99.07	Financial Overview.
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Date: July 31, 2019	THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
	By	/s/Ann P. Daiss
		Ann P. Daiss Comptroller

	ALABAMA POWER COMPANY GEORGIA POWER COMPANY MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS
	By	/s/Melissa K. Caen
		Melissa K. Caen Assistant Secretary



	Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)	July 31, 2019



Commission File Number	Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address and Telephone Number	I.R.S. Employer Identification No.



Item 2.02	Results of Operations and Financial Condition