Company: The Southern Company
Ticker: SO
Form: 10-K
Filed: 2026-02-19
Fiscal Period: {"fp": "FY", "fy": 2025}

Question: What was The Southern Company's total assets in fiscal year 2025?
Question Type: value_lookup

Concept: Assets
Answer (Numeric): 155720.0
Answer (Display): $155,720 million
Unit: USD millions

Evidence:
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