Company: SOJE
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000092122-25-000032
Chunk: 24

Company: SOUTHERN CO
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 24
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 for the Board and key leadership roles on the Board and its committees.                           
 4Review and make recommendations regarding total compensation for non-employee Directors.                                      
 4Oversee the Company’s stockholder engagement program.                                                                         |     |                |     |                     |     | 4Periodically review and recommend updates to the Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board committee charters.                                                        
 4Coordinate the performance evaluations of the Board and its committees.                                                                                               
 4Oversee the Company’s practices and positions to advance its corporate citizenship, including environmental, sustainability and corporate responsibility initiatives. |     |                   |
| The Board has determined that each member of the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee is independent. |     |                |     |                     |     |                                                                                                                                                                        |     |                   |

Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee

| Members                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |     | Dale E. Klein   |     | Anthony F. Earley, Jr. |     |                                                                                                                                                       |     | Attendance100%    
 Meetings in 20245 |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     | David E. Meador |     | Kristine L. Svinicki   |     |                                                                                                                                                       |     |                   |
| The Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee’s duties and responsibilities include the following:                                                                                                                                                                                           |     |                 |     |                        |     |                                                                                                                                                       |     |                   |
| 4Oversee information, activities and events relative to significant operations of the Southern Company system including nuclear and other power generation facilities, electric transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution and storage, fuel and information technology initiatives. 
 4Oversee business strategies designed to address the long-term reduction of GHG emissions, fleet transition and related risks and opportunities across the Company.                                                                                                                               |     |                 |     |                        |     | 4Oversee significant environmental and safety regulation, policy and operational matters, including net zero carbon strategies.                       
 4Oversee the Southern Company system’s management of significant construction projects.                                                               
 4Provide input to the Compensation and Talent Development Committee on the key operational goals and metrics for the incentive compensation programs. |     |                   |
| The Board has determined that each member of the Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee is independent.                                                                                                                                                                                   |     |                 |     |                        |     |                                                                                                                                                       |     |                   |

#### Southern Company2025 Proxy Statement27

#### Governance

#### Board Composition and Structure

#### Board Leadership Structure
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our By-Laws allow the independent Directors to