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Southern Company
NYSE:SOUnited Stateswebsite
Southern Company is a utility with a nuclear fleet listed on the NYSE as SO, with operations in United States, tracked under the nuclear utilities stage. On this site it is joined to 3 operated reactor sites, each shown below with its own source.
Market cap
$98.29B
live · primary listing
Share price
$85.44
NYSE:SO · -8.5% 1y
Dividend yield
3.56%
analyst target $98.13 (23 analysts)
Segment
Nuclear utility
United States
Headline figures
SO share price
What they do
- Owns 4,787 MW of nuclear generating capacity across Farley, Hatch and Vogtle, operated by its Southern Nuclear subsidiary.
- Georgia Power's share of Vogtle Units 3 and 4, the first new US reactors in decades, was financed in part under a DOE loan guarantee.
Reportable nuclear segment: Nuclear is a disclosed generation line in the FY2025 Form 10-K properties table; the owned capacity and its share of the fleet are cited below.
Owned nuclear capacity: 4,787 MW as of 2025-12-31. Item 2 lists nuclear generating capacity of 4,786,706 kW (4,787 MW) across the Southern Company system, including Farley 1,720,000 kW and Georgia Power's 45.7% share of Vogtle at 2,167,094 kW.
On this site
Operated reactor sites map →
- Alvin W Vogtle4,958 MW · 4 units · United Statessource
- Edwin I Hatch1,832 MW · 2 units · United Statessource
- Joseph M Farley1,846 MW · 2 units · United Statessource
Operated site capacity, not ownership share. Source: Global Energy Monitor, Global Nuclear Power Tracker, September 2025 release (CC BY 4.0).
Frequently asked questions
- What does Southern Company do?
- Atlanta-based regulated utility holding company whose Alabama Power and Georgia Power subsidiaries own 4,787 MW of nuclear capacity (Farley, Hatch and the Vogtle units, including the new Units 3 and 4) operated by Southern Nuclear. Owns 4,787 MW of nuclear generating capacity across Farley, Hatch and Vogtle, operated by its Southern Nuclear subsidiary. Each statement links to the company disclosure that supports it.
- Where does Southern Company sit in the nuclear value chain?
- Southern Company is tracked under the nuclear utilities stage as a utility with a nuclear fleet. Reportable nuclear segment: Nuclear is a disclosed generation line in the FY2025 Form 10-K properties table; the owned capacity and its share of the fleet are cited below.
- How much nuclear capacity does Southern Company operate?
- Southern Company operates 8 units at 3 sites totalling 8,636 MW, per Global Energy Monitor, Global Nuclear Power Tracker, September 2025 release (CC BY 4.0). Operated site capacity is not ownership share; the company's own filing states 4,787 MW owned.
- Where does Southern Company stock trade?
- Southern Company trades on the NYSE under the ticker SO. The market cap shown on this page is computed live from the primary listing.
Figures on this page come from the cited disclosures and datasets; the tracker methodology explains stages, materiality tiers and staleness rules. Prices refresh hourly. Informational only, not investment advice.
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