ATLANTA – October 30, 2026 -- Southern Company (NYSE: SO) will place its entire generation fleet, including nuclear, under a single executive from January 1, 2027, as part of a leadership overhaul announced by Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack.
Kim Greene takes system operations, enterprise strategy and the full generation fleet
Kim Greene, currently chairman, president and CEO of Georgia Power, becomes president of Southern Company Operations. She will oversee generation, system planning, safety, transmission operations and policy, commercial operations, research and development, environmental affairs and sustainability, shared services and systemwide power delivery strategy. She will also lead enterprise strategy.
Bringing nuclear together with the other generation assets creates a more integrated approach to planning, operating and investing across the portfolio, the company said. Greene previously served as chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company Gas.
Stan Connally moves from COO to run Georgia Power, serving 2.8 million customers
Stan Connally, currently executive vice president and chief operating officer, becomes chairman, president and CEO of Georgia Power, Southern Company's largest subsidiary. The utility serves more than 2.8 million customers across 155 of Georgia's 159 counties.
Connally's stated priorities are securing the resources and infrastructure to serve state growth, maintaining reliability and keeping rates stable and predictable. He previously led Gulf Power as chairman, president and CEO.
Spainhour adds technology and AI oversight; Drake takes systemwide training
Sterling Spainhour, executive vice president and chief legal officer, expands his remit to the Technology Organization. The move aligns technology and AI strategy, governance and management of emerging technologies.
Sloane Drake, executive vice president and chief human resources officer, assumes responsibility for systemwide training. The change ties workforce development to the skills the company needs as technology changes how work gets done.
Womack called this a "transformative period" with growth creating new opportunities across the business. Southern Company serves 9 million customers and employs nearly 30,000 people.