Quick Facts
- Georgia Power, the largest of four electric utilities that make up Southern Company, has been providing electricity to Georgia for more than a century.
- Georgia Power is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility that serves customers in 57,000 of the state's 59,000 square miles. The company's 2.25 million customers are in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties.
- Georgia Power has approximately 9,200 employees throughout the state.
- Georgia Power rates are below the national average.
- Georgia Power has been ranked #1 in customer satisfaction for electric utilities by The American Customer Satisfaction Index for the 4th year in a row.
- J.D. Power and Associates ranked Georgia Power #1 in business satisfaction and #2 in residential satisfaction for the southern region.
- Transmission investments are critical to safe and reliable service. We're investing $3 billion on electrical system upgrades over the next few years.
- We are taking steps to reduce our impact on the environment by investing $1.3 billion over the next five years in additional controls in order to reduce the environmental impact of our power plants.
Our Values
Georgia Power operates from a set of corporate values known as Southern Style. The actions of our people are our company, and our people exhibit these behaviors and model these values.
Unquestionable Trust
Honesty, respect, fairness and integrity drive our behavior. We keep our promises and ethical behavior is our standard.
Superior Performance
We are dedicated to superior performance throughout our business. Our priorities are safety first, teamwork, diversity and continuous improvement through strong leadership.
Total Commitment
We are committed to the success of our employees, customers and shareholders and to citizenship and stewardship in all our actions.
Diversity
Georgia Power welcomes and values the differences among our employees, our customers and the communities we serve. Our success depends on it!
To us, diversity is much more than race and gender. It's each of us feeling welcomed and valued as individuals. It's about working in an environment where we can reach our potential and make our greatest contribution.
Customers First
Georgia Power's top priority is customer service. This means keeping reliability high and power rates low. Georgia Power ranks in the top quartile for customer satisfaction among peer utilities and has been cited on several occasions by J.D. Power and Associates.
Economic Development
Through the years, Georgia Power has received numerous awards for contributions to the state's economic development. Credited with playing a key role in pulling almost $2 billion in new capital investment projects and more than 14,000 new jobs into Georgia in 2007, Georgia Power's Community and Economic Development organization was ranked as one of the best in the world for the ninth straight year by Site Selection magazine.
Citizenship
Georgia Power is a Citizen Wherever We Serve and has been since that phrase was coined in 1927 by the company’s first president, Preston Arkwright. We are a part of a community that spans the Southeast. While that sounds like a pretty big neighborhood, each individual community we serve in Georgia offers us opportunities to make a difference in people's lives and businesses. And as part of Southern Company, our combined strength can make a truly significant difference. At Georgia Power, we are committed to stewardship - ensuring the future is bright for our next generation.
Georgia Power employees play important roles in the communities we serve, volunteering for charities and service organizations, and supporting local community civic organizations.
Charitable Giving
Giving back to the communities we serve is just one way Georgia Power honors its commitment to be a Citizen Wherever We Serve. Through the Georgia Power Foundation, the company has contributed more than $83 million to qualifying nonprofit agencies since its inception in 1986.Over the past five years, the company has contributed an additional $14 million to various community projects. The company's giving is focused on improving education by supporting organizations that impact statewide policy and workforce recruitment; protecting the environment; health and human services through United Way and Project Share; region and plant initiatives.
Environmental Stewardship
Georgia Power supports an array of environmental projects to make our air and water cleaner and our land more beautiful. The company actively promotes environmentally sound generation and funds research and development for advanced energy technologies.
Under the company's current environmental compliance strategy, Georgia Power expects to invest $2 billion over the next five years to further reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) by installing scrubbers and additional selective catalytic reduction systems on its larger coal-fired generating units. These investments will be in addition to the nearly $1 billion the company has already invested since 1990, which resulted in a nearly 40% reduction in SO2 and NOx emissions.
We're also building and enhancing habitats for wildlife and are involved in numerous company-supported programs that educate the public about the environment and energy conservation.
We do all this while continuing to keep our rates well below the national average.
Lakes and Recreation
Georgia Power is the largest non-government provider of recreation facilities in the state. The company is responsible for 14 reservoirs throughout Georgia, including some 60,000 acres of lakes, 1,350 miles of shoreline and dozens of parks developed for family enjoyment. In addition to these facilities, the company leases about 30,000 acres of prime hunting land to the state of Georgia for use as wildlife management areas operated by the Wildlife Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources.
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