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CONTENTS CUSTOMER SERVICE Alabama Power once again is No. 1 overall in customer service as rated by the Southern Company 2016 proprietary survey of Large Business, Residential and General Business categories. Page 1 SALUTING OUR VETERANS Alabama Power employees throughout the company's 110 years have served their country in peacetime and in war. In honor of Veterans Day, we salute three retirees: Eddie Olsen, who fought in World War II; Billy Glover, a Korean War veteran; and Buford Lee, who served in the Vietnam War. Page 2 COMMUNITY Alabama Power founded Project SHARE 34 years ago to help older and disabled citizens pay their power bills. The company is joining with the Salvation Army, which replaces the Red Cross in overseeing SHARE. Page 7 PROFILES Every Sunday morning, employees statewide sing, direct, play musical instruments and fill other important roles in bringing inspired songs to their church audiences. Page 9 TARGET ZERO Through the Safe-T-Opolis miniature city, Eastern Division employees are spreading the word about safety to thousands of students in 98 schools. Page 12 APSO During the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons, the Gorgas and Western Division chapters of the Alabama Power Service Organization do some of their most important annual work, ensuring happy holidays for many children and families. Page 13 PROFILE When it comes to the sport of arm wrestling, there are few more successful athletes than Nate Adams, who daylights as an assistant plant control operator at the National Carbon Capture Center at Plant Gaston.. Page 15 ENERGIZERS Alabama Power's Energizers raise money throughout the year to be able to make Christmas dreams come true at the Southwest Regional School for the Deaf and the Blind. Page 19 OUR TOWN Columbiana in Alabama Power's Birmingham Division is the seat of government for Shelby County, with many modern offices and businesses alongside a downtown dominated by buildings more than a century old. Page 21 OUR TOWN SIDEBAR Andrew and Diane Moore have spent decades buying and restoring historic buildings in Shelby County. They now live in the Columbiana Inn, where they welcome visitors to six guestrooms. Page 27 PROFILE Selina Lee is the 2016 Outstanding Alumni Volunteer for the University of Alabama College of Engineering. She's also the Distribution general manager of the Eastern Division. Page 31 HYDRO On Dec. 31, 1926, Martin Dam began producing electric power for the people of Alabama. Upon completion, it was the highest dam in the state and the company's biggest construction project, which created the largest man- made lake in the world. Page 35 HISTORY James Mitchell's 1911 journey to Alabama marked the beginning of organized economic development in the state, as the visionary engineer plotted a course to turn falling water into an industrial boom. Page 41 RETIREES Page 43 OPT IN Page 43 TARGET ZERO HEROES We salute the employees who continue working safely every day. Page 44 IN MEMORIAM Page 47 THUMBS UP! Page 48 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER • 2016 EDITOR Chuck Chandler 205-257-3651 cchandle@southernco.com ART DIRECTOR Jay Parker WRITERS Donna Cope Carla Davis Gilbert Nicholson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Leah Rawls Atkins Erin Harney CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Dan Anderson Billy Brown Wynter Byrd Christopher Jones Nik Layman Meg McKinney Chuck St. John ON THE COVER Nate Adams is happy to be among the top seven super heavyweights in the WAL. Photo by Christopher Jones Story on Page 15 POWERGRAMS © Alabama Power Company 2016 Powergrams magazine won the 2016 Silver Quill Award of Excellence from the International Association of Business Communicators Southern Region. The Southern Region is the one of three in the United States, covering 13 states in addition to the Caribbean, Latin America and encompassing the broadest global region in the worldwide organization.

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