The Southern Company (SO)

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Southern Company's board amended and restated the company's by-laws on 20 October 2026, changing what a stockholder must show to call a special meeting or nominate directors 3.

Georgia Power said on 5 October 2026 that an unauthorized party reached limited information on about 300,000 customer accounts through its online portal 67. The broader incident affected roughly 400,000 accounts 6.

The company said it found no evidence of continued unauthorized access to customer accounts 6. It is offering free credit monitoring to affected customers 7.

The newest results are for the second quarter, when Southern Company earned $1.2 billion, or $1.03 per share, against $0.9 billion, or $0.80 per share, a year earlier 2. For adjusted earnings, the company named investment in state-regulated utilities, customer usage and growth, equity-method earnings and lower income taxes as drivers 2.

Southern Company plans to release third-quarter results by 7:30 Eastern time on 5 November 2026 4. On 20 October it announced a regular quarterly dividend of 76 cents per share, payable 7 December to shareholders of record on 16 November 5.

Contracts for data centers keep growing: the quarterly report counts about 16 gigawatts of new large-load contracts, and about five gigawatts of them still await review by state commissions 1.

As of Oct 30, 2026. Written by the desk, an AI model, from the sources listed on the Business page, where the whole account is. Nothing here is advice.

Newer filings are on file since this was written; an update is queued.