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ATLANTA, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Thomas A. Fanning announced today that Stephen Kuczynski has been elected chairman, president and CEO of the company's Southern Nuclear subsidiary, effective July 11. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110615/CL20498 ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080801/SOCOLOGO ) Kuczynski will succeed James H. Miller, who has led the company's nuclear operations since 2008. "Jim's leadership and...
PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga., May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas A. Fanning, chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), reiterated the company's longstanding commitment to shareholder value and customer satisfaction at the company's annual meeting today. Fanning also emphasized a continued commitment to the communities the company serves and stressed the need for a national energy policy and a robust research and development initiative. "Southern Company keeps customers at the...
PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company President and CEO Dr. Aris S. Candris today addressed the company's 15,000 global employees and delivered a message of optimism for the nuclear energy industry. One of the primary topics of the address was the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. While Dr. Candris acknowledged that the crisis may result in a period of review and reassessment of nuclear energy,...
ATLANTA, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company said today it is increasing its annual dividend rate by 7 cents per share to $1.89 per share. The 3.9 percent increase marks the 10th straight year that Southern Company has raised the dividend on its common stock. Southern Company also announced today a regular quarterly dividend - including an increase of 1.75 cents per share on a quarterly basis - of 47.25 cents per share, payable June 6, 2011, to shareholders of record as of May...
Public Citizen, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace Among Those Urging NRC to Delay Licensing While NRC and Presidential Commission Conduct a Full Study of Implications of Japan Reactor Crisis.WASHINGTON, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A total of 45 groups and individuals from across the nation are formally asking the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to immediately suspend all licensing and other activities at 21 proposed nuclear...
ATLANTA, Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company's 2011 analysts meeting will be presented in a live webcast March 9. "Building on the Past...Focused on the Future" will begin at 8 a.m. EST with a panel discussion on company operations, featuring the CEOs of Southern Company's four operating subsidiaries. The panel discussion will be followed by a series of executive speakers providing updates on the construction of Plant Ratcliffe in Kemper County, Miss., and the new nuclear units...
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Buoyed by near-record levels of reliability and electricity production in 2010 and progress on construction of new nuclear power plants in three states, the nuclear energy industry is well-positioned to reliably supply low-cost and emission-free power deep into the 21st century, industry leaders told financial analysts (http://www.nei.org/financialcenter/discipline-pays-dividends-2011-briefing-for-the-financial-community/) here today. The industry's...
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company has completed preparatory work on fuel for its AP1000(TM) nuclear power plants and manufactured the first four fuel assemblies at the company's Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) in South Carolina. This fuel will be used at Sanmen Unit 1, located in the Zhejiang Province of China. The AP1000 pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel design uses proven "Robust Fuel Assembly(TM)" technology, which is already in...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Joint Labor-Management Administrative Committee - as established under the auspices of the National Nuclear Power Construction Labor Agreement negotiated by the North American Contractors Association and the Building and Construction Trades Department - is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Shawn A. Merrick as the Labor Relations Plant Site Coordinator for the construction of Units 3 and 4 at the Plant Vogtle nuclear...
ATLANTA, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Georgia Power today asked the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for permission to increase its base rates approximately $615 million, or 8.2 percent of the company's retail rates, to recover the costs of investments in cleaner generation sources, power lines, smart grid technologies, environmental controls and energy efficiency programs to meet current and future customer demand. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO)...
