Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
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Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
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<div align='center'>UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )</div>

| ☑ |     | Filed by the Registrant |     | ☐ |     | Filed by a party other than the Registrant |

| CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX: |     |                                                                                 |
| ☑                          |     | Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                     |
| ☐                          |     | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |
| ☐                          |     | Definitive Proxy Statement                                                      |
| ☐                          |     | Definitive Additional Materials                                                 |
| ☐                          |     | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12                                           |

#### The Southern Company
<div align='center'>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</div>

| PAYMENT OF FILING FEE (CHECK ALL BOXES THAT APPLY): |     |                                                                                                     |
| ☑                                                   |     | No fee required                                                                                     |
| ☐                                                   |     | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials                                                      |
| ☐                                                   |     | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11 |

Our Company

|                        |     | Capabilities in |     |           |     | More than |     |                    |
| 45,000 MW              |     | 50 States       |     | 9 million |     |    28,000 |     |                  7 |
| of generating capacity |     |                 |     | Customers |     | Employees |     | Electric & natural 
      gas utilities |

Our Major Subsidiaries

| 1.6 million                                                                                  
 electric utility customers                                                                   |     | 2.8 million                                                                                                                                   
 electric utility customers                                                                                                                    |     | 193,000                                                         
 electric utility customers                                      |
| 12,600 MW                                                                                    
 of wholesale solar, wind, natural gas and clean alternative technology provider in 15 states |     | 4.4 million                                                                                                                                   
 natural gas distribution customers across four state-regulated, wholesale and retail