---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000092122-22-000069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SO"
cik: "0000092122"
company_name: "SOUTHERN CO"
filed_at: "2022-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T15:31:29.020404+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite to retire Dec 31, 2022; consulting deal for $125K

## Summary
- Mark Crosswhite, Chairman/President/CEO of Alabama Power and Southern Company NEO, notified retirement effective Dec 31, 2022.
- Crosswhite will serve as consultant to Alabama Power from Dec 31, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
- Southern Company Services will pay Crosswhite $125,000 in cash for consulting services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000092122-22-000069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SO
- cik: 0000092122
- company_name: SOUTHERN CO
- filed_at: 2022-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212222000069/0000092122-22-000069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212222000069/so-20221117.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-22-000069
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-22-000069.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000092122-22-000069.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Crosswhite departed as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Power Company and named executive officer of The Southern Company at SOUTHERN CO.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Power Company and named executive officer of The Southern Company
  source text: On November 17, 2022, Mark Crosswhite, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Power Company (“Alabama Power”) and a named executive officer of The Southern Company (“Southern Company”), notified Alabama Power of his intention to retire.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92122/000009212222000069/0000092122-22-000069-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.