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Southern Company Services

Logo: Southern Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Southern Company Services, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company. Formed in 1963, as Southern Services, the company provides administrative and operational services to all of Southern Company's operating divisions.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1963Founded1
  • Industryelectricity supply company1
  • HeadquartersBirmingham1
  • Websitewww.southerncompany.com
  • Legal formFor-Profit Corporation3
  • LEI549300QE8CNT261U1W163
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY INC, 36104 Montgomery, United States3
  • Registered withSecretary of State, 000-017-4003

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Southern Company Services, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company. Formed in 1963, as Southern Services, the company provides administrative and operational services to all of Southern Company's operating divisions.2

Products and brands

  • shared services

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1963Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$3.0B 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $3.0B in all. Federal grants $1.2B; Other federal assistance $15.0M; Federal contracts $1.8B.$0$200M$400M$600M2008 · Federal contracts: $168.7M20082009 · Federal grants: $235.5M2009 · Federal contracts: $32.3M2010 · Federal grants: $62.5M2010 · Federal contracts: $108.5M20102011 · Federal grants: $125.1M2011 · Federal contracts: $115.5M2012 · Federal grants: $35.4M2012 · Federal contracts: $78.7M20122013 · Federal grants: $10.1M2013 · Federal contracts: $41.9M2014 · Federal grants: $56.4M2014 · Federal contracts: $83.9M20142015 · Federal grants: $23.6M2015 · Federal contracts: $37.1M2016 · Federal grants: $166.1M2016 · Federal contracts: $51.2M20162017 · Federal grants: $35.6M2017 · Federal contracts: $255.1M2018 · Federal grants: $36.3M2018 · Federal contracts: $416.2M20182019 · Federal grants: $17.4M2019 · Other federal assistance: $7.8K2019 · Federal contracts: $43.5M2020 · Federal grants: $25.4M2020 · Other federal assistance: $1.1M2020 · Federal contracts: $33.7M20202021 · Federal grants: $20.3M2021 · Other federal assistance: $2.6M2021 · Federal contracts: $31.0M2022 · Federal grants: $45.7M2022 · Other federal assistance: $1.2M2022 · Federal contracts: $66.6M20222023 · Federal grants: $29.4M2023 · Other federal assistance: $1.8M2023 · Federal contracts: $22.8M2024 · Federal grants: $201.3M2024 · Other federal assistance: $1.0M2024 · Federal contracts: $45.4M20242025 · Federal grants: $8.5M2025 · Other federal assistance: $5.2M2025 · Federal contracts: $57.8M2026 · Federal grants: $40.9M2026 · Other federal assistance: $2.0M2026 · Federal contracts: $110.2M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceFederal contractsTotal
2026$40.9M$2.0M$110.2M$153.0M
2025$8.5M$5.2M$57.8M$71.6M
2024$201.3M$1.0M$45.4M$247.7M
2023$29.4M$1.8M$22.8M$54.0M
2022$45.7M$1.2M$66.6M$113.5M
2021$20.3M$2.6M$31.0M$53.9M
2020$25.4M$1.1M$33.7M$60.3M
2019$17.4M$7.8K$43.5M$60.9M
2018$36.3M–$416.2M$452.5M
2017$35.6M–$255.1M$290.7M
2016$166.1M–$51.2M$217.3M
2015$23.6M–$37.1M$60.7M
2014$56.4M–$83.9M$140.3M
2013$10.1M–$41.9M$52.0M
2012$35.4M–$78.7M$114.1M
2011$125.1M–$115.5M$240.6M
2010$62.5M–$108.5M$171.0M
2009$235.5M–$32.3M$267.8M
2008––$168.7M$168.7M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for 20 registered units, including subsidiaries under the same parent. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Sep 22, 2008$256.4M from Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research And Development6 To SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. Award DENT0000749
  2. Jun 6, 2014$251.0M from Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research And Development7 To SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. Award DEFE0022596
  3. Feb 1, 2006$182.0M from Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research And Development8 To SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. Award DEFC2606NT42391
  4. Dec 24, 2009$164.5M from Department of Energy: Electricity Delivery And Energy Reliability, Research, Development And Analysis9 To SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. Award DEOE0000208
  5. Jan 1, 2025$160.3M from Department of Energy: Grid Infrastructure Deployment And Resilience10 To GEORGIA POWER COMPANY Award DEGD0001018
  6. Sep 14, 1990$104.3M from Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research And Development11 To SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. Award FC21-90MC25140
  7. Oct 1, 2021$64.4M from Department of Energy: Nuclear Energy Research, Development And Demonstration12 To SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. Award DENE0009045
  8. Apr 1, 2026$40.8M from Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research And Development13 To SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. Award DEFE0032704

Largest direct payments

  1. $6.7M from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - High Cost14 To SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC Award HC-143000842-259010-FHCS
  2. Nov 15, 2021$5.0M from Department of Energy: Grid Deployment Office - Other Direct Funding Mechanisms/Identified Transactions15 To GEORGIA POWER COMPANY Award DEGR0000085
  3. $1.6M from Federal Communications Commission: Universal Service Fund - High Cost16 To SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC Award HC-143000842-229006-FHCS

Largest contracts

  1. Oct 18, 2017$505.5M from Department of the Army: Igf::ct::igf detailed survey and report to determine the destruction and plan for repair of the power grid.17 To POWERSECURE, INC. Award W912EP18C0003
  2. Jul 10, 2000$114.6M from Department of the Army18 To GEORGIA POWER COMPANY Award DAKF1096C0064
  3. Sep 22, 2006$90.7M from Defense Logistics Agency: Defense energy support center georgia power company ralph mcgill blvd ne atlanta ga fort gordon columbia georgia electric services services 19 To GEORGIA POWER COMPANY Award SP060006C8250
  4. Sep 8, 2006$89.9M from Department of the Army: Estimated electrical services for main post and eamc20 To GEORGIA POWER COMPANY Award W9124906F0207
  5. May 23, 2003$77.8M from Defense Logistics Agency: Defense energy support center alabama power company north street birmingham al fort rucker coffee alabama electric services services not dis21 To ALABAMA POWER COMPANY Award SP060003C8262

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