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About the Company

Southern Company is one of the largest energy providers in the United States. Based in Atlanta, Ga., Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states (Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power) and a growing competitive generation company. The men and women who work at Southern Company understand that we dont simply provide a product or service. Clean, safe, reliable and affordable electricity is essential to our way of life. More than 100 years ago, our company played a major role in the growth and prosperity of the South – and we continue to play a role today through our support of economic development and our philanthropic efforts. We believe the communities we serve should be better off because we`re there. Our principal business is to make, move and sell electricity. Those are the whats of our business. But its the hows that make us different. The actions of our employees are what truly define us and have earned us a high level of trust among our customers, shareholders and regulators. Southern Company has been named by the U.S. Department of Defense and G.I. Jobs magazine as a top military employer, listed by Black Enterprise magazine as one of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity and designated a 2014 Top Employer for Hispanics by Hispanic Network. The company earned the 2014 National Award of Nuclear Science and History from the National Atomic Museum Foundation for its leadership and commitment to nuclear development, and is consistently ranked among the top utilities in Fortunes annual Worlds Most Admired Electric and Gas Utility rankings.

About the Person

Marie Mouchet serves as Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Information Technology of Southern Company Generation and Energy Marketing, a business unit of Southern Company that works to manage and generate electricity for Southern Co.'s retail customers and markets energy in the competitive wholesale supply business. Ms. Mouchet is responsible for leading the information technology functions for Southern Company's fossil and hydro generating plants, engineering services, and contract administration. Ms. Mouchet served as the director of Generation and Energy Marketing's Financial and Contract Services and was responsible for overall management, administration, and implementation of all wholesale and bulk power contracts for Southern Company. Ms. Mouchet began her career with Southern Company in 1981 as an assistant analyst for Southern Co.'s rate and economic services division, she progressed through positions of increasing responsibility before being named supervisor of regulatory research in 1986. She served as supervisor of market intelligence for Southern, manager of market intelligence since 1988 and assistant to the vice president of public relations since 1990. She transferred to Southern Company's Georgia Power subsidiary in 1992 to serve as a senior regulatory affairs representative. While at Georgia Power, Ms. Mouchet held managerial roles within Southern Co.'s electric transportation and commercial sales and services programs. In 1996, she was named manager of the first national accounts group for Southern Company. Under her leadership, Southern Company's National Accounts program gained recognition as one of the top three programs in the country as rated by hundreds of large electricity customers. Ms. Mouchet was recently selected by the International Women's Forum as one of 14 Fellows for the 2003-2004 Leadership Foundation Program, an internationally acclaimed professional leadership training program for up-and-coming women leaders. Ms. Mouchet serves on the Board of Directors for Sheltering Arms Child Development in Georgia where she serves as Chairman of the Community Awareness Committee. She is also a mentor both in the Georgia 100 program and in Southern Company Leadership Program. A native of Georgia, Ms. Mouchet graduated from Georgia State University with a bachelor's degree in math and a master's in mathematics education.