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YEAR IN REVIEW Looking back at 2013 JANUARY • The Edison Electric Institute honored Alabama Power with the prestigious Emergency Assistance Award for restoring power in treacherous conditions after Hurricane Sandy and windstorms that had struck earlier. After Sandy landed in October 2012, crews spent up to 18 days working 16-hour shifts in West Virginia, New Jersey and New York. They also worked long hours aiding utilities in Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia after a June derecho. • The Alabama Power Foundation awarded a $15,000 grant to Project Horseshoe Farm, an innovative program in Greensboro that provides housing for elderly mentally ill women with no home or help from family. • Metering Service-Montgomery employees reached a momentous Target Zero milestone on Jan. 8 when they completed 90 years with no lost-time injuries. The employees travel each year to every corner of Southern Division, driving nearly 200,000 total miles to take care of more than 20,000 work orders. MARCH • The Southeastern Electric Exchange awarded Plant Barry the Chairman's Award, which is the organization's highest annual honor. Barry's research eliminating mercury and selenium from the plant exhaust was named the industry's "Best of the Best." • Alabama Power Service Organization members were honored for volunteering for more than 55,000 hours the previous year, as they funded projects statewide ranging from providing books to students to building homes for the needy. • About 100 students from more than 50 middle schools took part in the fourth annual Girls Engineering Conference at Alabama Power Corporate Headquarters. Employees and college representatives told participants how they can become engineers or pursue jobs in other areas dominated by male workers. Photo by Wynter Byrd In 2013, Alabama Power employees continued reaching milestones for their work on the job and in their communities, while setting the standard for reliability, customer service, innovation, safety and emergency assistance to utilities nationwide. The company's 107th year was another banner trip through the calendar. Highlights include: Employees encourage girls in the iCan program. Photo by Kelley Cochran APRIL Jonique Parker has been teaching children about safety for 12 years. • Alabama Power continued its long-term trend of reducing key air emissions at its power plants. Emissions of sulfur dioxide were down 30 percent, while nitrogen oxide emissions fell 28 percent. Since 1996, NOx and SO2 emissions at company plants were down by 78 percent and 76 percent, respectively. • The Alabama Power Foundation reached out to help improve healthcare in Alabama with a $100,000 grant to Judson College in support of its nursing program. The program was established in 2011 to help people in Perry, Hale, Greene and Tuscaloosa counties. • More than 40 employees, supported by a $10,000 Good Roots grant, revitalized Montgomery's Boat Ramp Park during a twomonth project that removed limbs and brush from the 1-acre site before sod was laid and trees planted. FEBRUARY MAY • Alabama Power was among a group of prominent companies receiving top honors from the nonprofit Freshwater Land Trust as one of the group's Corporate Partners for Conservation. The company was honored for its longtime commitment that has helped preserve more than 10,000 acres across north-central Alabama. • Alabama Power won the first Excellence Award presented by the Southeast Area of the American Power Dispatchers Association. The honor stems from outstanding employee contributions and service to the APDA, as well as the safety record and commitment of the staff of the Alabama Control Center. • Alabama Power supported Anniston's salute to the Freedom Riders on the city's Civil Rights and Heritage Trail as part of the 50th anniversary of pivotal events in the civil rights movement. • More than 2,000 students attended the Alabama SkillsUSA Leadership Conference in Birmingham sponsored by Alabama Power. Employees from many areas of the company met with students to provide career advice and guidance. • Alabama Power extended its partnership and funding of major environmental programs that have restored or enhanced more than 900,000 acres of habitat in the Southeast. The company continued its commitment supporting the Longleaf Legacy and Power of Flight for another five years. • An independent survey found that Alabama Power continues to be the state's most respected company, as a record high 57 percent of respondents named APC Alabama's best company. continued 3

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