Careers Contact Us Information for Investors What We're Doing About Southern Company Leadership & Governance CEO Tom Fanning CEO Chairman, President, CEO Southern Company - Thomas A. Fanning Tom Fanning, Chairman, President, CEO Southern Company Full Biography Thomas A. (Tom) Fanning is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Southern Company, one of America's largest producers of electricity. As an advocate for Southern Company's 4.4 million customers, Fanning has called for a comprehensive, common sense national energy policy that helps achieve North American energy security. Southern Company supports a policy based on three guiding principles: 1) developing the full energy portfolio (new nuclear, 21st century coal, natural gas, renewables and energy efficiency); 2) investing in energy innovation; and 3) restoring America's financial integrity. Southern Company is the only company in America committed to developing a full portfolio of energy resources and investing in robust proprietary research and development. Through its subsidiaries, Southern Company is building the first new nuclear units in a generation in Georgia; using proprietary cutting-edge coal gasification technology to build a facility in Mississippi that generates electricity from coal with a carbon footprint better than that of a natural gas-fired plant; partnering with Turner Renewable Energy on solar projects in California, New Mexico, Nevada and North Carolina; and has built one of the world's largest wood-fired biomass generating facilities in Texas. To restore America's financial integrity, Fanning supports a plan based on three main objectives: 1) executing energy policymaking through Congress; 2) restoring the national balance sheet; and 3) enacting comprehensive tax reform. Related Content For more information on Tom Fanning's viewpoints on various issues, click on the links below. Building Together Energy Innovation Energy Information Administration - Prepared Remarks Addressing America's Energy Challenges American Energy Policy Perspectives Leadership Perspectives CEO Print Media: CEO on Energy Future CEO on Nuclear Expansion CEO on Industry-Leading Performance 2014 Annual Report Awards and Recognition Information for Investors Overview Corporate Governance Latest News Stock Information Financial Information Shareowner Services Electric Utilities Alabama Power Georgia Power Gulf Power Mississippi Power Operations Generation Southern Wholesale Energy Transmission What We're Doing Corporate Responsibility News Center Energy Innovation Environmental Reports Stakeholder Engagement Celebrating Success The Payne Stewart Award Subsidiaries Southern Nuclear Southern Power Southern-Telecom SouthernLINC Wireless About Southern Company Our Business Safety History Leadership/Governance CEO Facts & Figures Careers at Southern Company Working With Us Energy Auction Suppliers Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube GOOGLE + © 2015 Southern Company. Use constitutes acceptance of General Website Terms and Conditions | Revised Privacy Statement