SOUTHERN COMPANY AUTOMATES ALABAMA POWER FACILITY with PRIYA
Southern Company improves emergency preparedness by standardizing on Priya platform

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (May 24, 2002) - Southern Company’s Alabama Power materials distribution center entered the age of warehouse automation with a Priya go-live on April 15, 2002. The implementation enables the 250,000 square foot facility to better supply materials for construction and emergency crews and 65 transmission and distribution warehouses throughout Alabama.

Priya will automate the facility’s warehouse operations and track inventory, equipment, and personnel in real-time.

Greg Smith, supervisor of warehouse operations for the facility said, “We wanted an off-the-shelf product because custom work is hard to maintain. Priya closely aligned with our current processes, but was configurable enough to set up the way we wanted it.”

Alabama Power is the second Southern Company subsidiary to go live with Priya. Georgia Power went live with Priya on February 20, 2002. The two subsidiaries cooperated on all aspects of the vendor selection and implementation. Combined, they serve the majority of Southern Company’s customers.

Motek project manager Coreen McCorkendale said, “Priya enables everybody to operate on the same warehouse management platform, which means they [Southern Company] can make all their facilities run the same way.” Smith added, “In a storm situation, our workforce can help out in another facility with minimal training. One of our goals was to make our processes identical.”"

“With this implementation, Southern Company will be able to implement Priya in any other facility themselves. They know the process, understand what needs to be done, and have taken full ownership,” said McCorkendale. “Georgia’s go live was smooth, Alabama’s was even smoother.”

Alabama Power has already seen a reduction in shipping errors and an increase in space utilization.

About Southern Company
With nearly 4 million customers and more than 34,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier super-regional energy company in the Southeast and a leading U.S. producer of electricity. Southern Company owns five electric utilities, a fast-growing competitive generation company and an energy services business, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Information on Southern Company is available at www.southerncompany.com.