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Gus Bell Joins Georgia Power's Board of Directors

   Gus Bell, elected to Georgia Power Board of Directors, 5/17/06. (PRNewsFoto/Georgia Power)

ATLANTA, GA UNITED STATES
   Georgia Power logo. (PRNewsFoto/Georgia Power)

ATLANTA, GA UNITED STATES
    ATLANTA, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Gus H. Bell III, Chairman of the Board
of Hussey, Gay, Bell and DeYoung, The Bell Companies, in Savannah, has been
elected to the Georgia Power Board of Directors. The Bell Companies
specialize in environmental, transportation, industrial, structural,
architectural and civil engineering.
    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060517/CLW052)
    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/CLW066LOGO)
    Bell is active in the community in Savannah and around the state of
Georgia, and is a member of the Savannah Electric Board of Directors. He is
also a member of a number of organizations, including the SunTrust Bank of
Savannah advisory board, Georgia Statewide Water Council Board, Georgia
Savannah River Committee and the Memorial Medical Center Board, among
others.
    "We are proud to welcome Gus Bell to the Georgia Power Board of
Directors," said Georgia Power CEO Mike Garrett. "His integrity, knowledge
and commitment to public service will be an invaluable asset to the board
and the company."
    Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the
nation's largest generators of electricity. The company is an
investor-owned, tax-paying utility, serving customers in 57,000 of the
state's 59,000 square miles. Georgia Power's rates are well below the
national average and its 2 million customers are in all but six of
Georgia's 159 counties.


SOURCE Georgia Power




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