POWERGRAMS

• Alabama Power partnered with the Birmingham Zoo on a solar power education and research project. An array of 280 panels – totaling 150 feet long and 32 feet wide – was installed atop the pergola in the Junior League of Birmingham-Hugh Kaul Children's Zoo. MAY • More than 200 students in grades 9-12 interested in math, science and engineering attended Alabama Power's fourth annual Automobiles for a Cleaner Tomorrow education event at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The students learned from experts in the Electric Transportation group about how math and science connects to careers involving the automotive industry. • For the 23rd consecutive year, the Foundation awarded scholarships to students to attend college, trade or technical school. Twenty students received a $2,500 scholarship, while the Presidential Scholarship recipient has tuition paid for four years. The foundation has awarded more than $4 million to help more than 1,000 students pursue higher education. • About 100 juniors and seniors from 13 Birmingham-area schools attended Alabama Power's seventh annual E-Day, which is part of the LEAP (Learning Engineering and Applying Principles) outreach program. The event gives students an inside look at a day in the life of an engineer. JUNE • About 150 Alabama Power employees assisted in the 20th Exceptional Anglers event at Oak Mountain Lake, helping many children fish for the first time. During three days, more than 1,000 youngsters fished on a newly expanded pier in the lake stocked with some 10,000 catfish, all funded through a Foundation grant. • Alabama Schools Superintendent Tommy Bice was keynote speaker at the Brighter Minds Education Summit, the Foundation's newest education initiative. Bice said the program meshes well with the state's plan for improving K-12 education. Brighter Minds focuses on early childhood education, environmental classes and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) courses. • The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker received the Association for Defense Communities' 2014 Installation Excellence Award for energy-efficiency improvements undertaken with the help of Alabama Power. Fort Rucker met a federal mandate to reduce energy consumption 30 percent by 2015 through a partnership with the company. JULY • The Foundation awarded 38 Good Roots grants totaling more than $33,000 to help communities across Alabama plant trees. Since the start of Good Roots, more than $650,000 has been given to nearly 700 cities, towns and nonprofit organizations, which have planted at schools, churches, city parks and other key locations. • More than 200 Alabama Power and Southern Company employees took part in the annual Heart Walk in Birmingham to benefit the American Heart Association. The Alabama Power team raised about $4,000 to support research and education to prevent heart disease and stroke. • Engineering and geology graduate students from around the world gathered at Alabama Power facilities for the second year in a row to participate in the Department of Energy's Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration. They visited Gaston Steam Plant, Corporate Headquarters and the National Carbon Capture Center at Barry Steam Plant. AUGUST • For the third year in a row, Alabama Power reached its highest- ever large business customer score and took the top position in Southern Company's annual survey of peer utilities. Alabama Power scored 9.59 on a scale of 10, finishing first or second in each of the driver rankings for the 21 companies surveyed. Alabama Power's overall score has improved each of the past five years. • Federal mandates are forcing Alabama Power to close two coal-fired generating units at Gorgas Steam Plant and reduce or eliminate the ability to use coal at Barry Steam Plant and Greene County Steam Plant by 2016. The rules tied to federal environmental regulations are forcing a reduction in workforce, but layoffs will be avoided through attrition and transfers. • Alabama Power employees kicked off GridWatch, a campaign to more closely involve all workers in keeping company facilities safe. Employees companywide are asked to watch for and report unusual circumstances at substations, along transmission lines and power poles, outside generating plants and around business offices by calling 1-844-257-1525. 4 YEAR IN REVIEW More than 200 employees raised funds during the Heart Walk in Birmingham. High school students learned about Automobiles for a Cleaner Tomorrow at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

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