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| Financial Highlights (as of Dec 31, 2011) | |
| Operating revenues | $17,657 billion |
| Net Income | $2,203 billion |
| Earnings Per Share | $2.57 |
| Average Shares Outstanding | 857 million |
| Return on Average Common Equity | 13.04 percent |
| Total Assets | $59,267 billion |
| Utility Customers and Sales | Customers | Energy sales (millions of kWh) |
| Residential | 3,809,000 | 53,341 |
| Commercial | 579,000 | 55,855 |
| Industrial | 15,000 | 51,570 |
| Other | 9,000 | 936 |
| Total Retail | 159,702 | |
| Total Wholesale | 30,345 | |
| Total | 4,412,000 | 190,047 |
43,555 megawatts of generating capacity.
Sources of generation: 52% coal; 30% oil and gas; 16% nuclear; 2% hydro
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Southern Company has been one of the most reliable and rewarding long-term investments around — No. 1 in financial soundness among Fortune magazine's "Most Admired Electric and Gas Utilities" three years in a row.
