Southern Company Plans $17.9 Billion Capital Program for 2016-2018

SUGAR LAND--April 13, 2016--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) (Atlanta, Georgia), one of the nation's largest utilities, has shared with investors its three-year, $17.9 billion capital spending plan. That sum excludes the $8 billion Southern plans to spend to acquire AGL Resources Incorporated (NYSE:GAS) (Atlanta, Georgia), a gas utility with operations in the Southeast and Midwest. Within this article: Lists specific planned investments as well as capital projects from 2016-2018.