<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000092122-20-000052.txt : 20200601
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000092122-20-000052
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20200601
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200601

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000092122
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				580690070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03526
		FILM NUMBER:		20931752

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., N.W.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30308
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4045065000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 IVAN ALLEN JR. BLVD., N.W.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30308
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<div><a name="s99B06437179275AE04215B8EC0A6E72B"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Washington, D. C.  20549 </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">__________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">FORM SD</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Specialized Disclosure Report</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font 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style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Atlanta, Georgia</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">30308</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(Zip code)</font></div><div 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Evans</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(404) 506-5000</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">in connection with this report) </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">__________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:682px;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:32px;"></td><td style="width:49px;"></td><td style="width:601px;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:12pt;">x</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019.</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;"><hr></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Section 1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01  Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In filing this Form SD, The Southern Company, a Delaware corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Southern Company&#8221; or &#8220;we&#8221; or &#8220;us&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;), is relying on the &#8220;Updated Statement on the Effect of the Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule&#8221; issued on April 7, 2017, by the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;2017 SEC Statement&#8221;). As permitted by the 2017 SEC Statement, Southern Company is providing disclosure in this Form SD under the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Item 1.01 but is not filing a Conflict Minerals Report or providing other disclosures under the provisions of paragraph (c) of this Item 1.01.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Conflict Minerals Disclosure </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Form SD of Southern Company is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#8220;Rule 13p-1&#8221;), for the reporting period January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 (the &#8220;Reporting Period&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Rule 13p-1 requires disclosure of the information required by the applicable items of Form SD. Item 1.01 of Form SD requires the disclosure of certain information when a reporting company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which specified conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified conflict minerals are columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, and wolframite, including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten (the &#8220;Conflict Minerals&#8221;). The &#8220;Covered Countries&#8221; for the purposes of this Form SD are the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">After conducting a good faith evaluation of our operations and products during the Reporting Period, Southern Company determined that PowerSecure, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#8220;PowerSecure&#8221;), is the only Southern Company business unit that manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (&#8220;Covered Products&#8221;). Southern Company has designed and conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#8220;RCOI&#8221;) to determine whether, during the Reporting Period, any necessary Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products of PowerSecure may have originated in a Covered Country and may not have come from recycled or scrap sources. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">All references in this Form SD to our suppliers, supply chain, RCOI, and similar matters refer to the Covered Products of PowerSecure.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Company Overview</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Southern Company is the parent company of&#160;three&#160;traditional electric operating companies, Southern Power Company, Southern Company Gas, PowerSecure, and other direct and indirect subsidiaries. The traditional electric operating companies - Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, and Mississippi Power Company - are vertically integrated utilities providing electric service in&#160;the states of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. Southern Power Company is also an operating public utility company that develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects, and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. Southern Company Gas is an energy services holding company whose primary business is the distribution of </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">natural gas in&#160;Illinois, Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee through natural gas distribution utilities and is involved in several other businesses that are complementary to the distribution of natural gas.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PowerSecure is a provider of energy solutions to electric utilities and their customers in the areas of distributed generation, energy storage and renewables and energy efficiency. PowerSecure also provided customers with utility infrastructure services until July 2019 and with LED lighting products until December 2019. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Conflict Minerals Policy Statement</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">PowerSecure has adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy Statement with respect to Conflict Minerals. As stated in the Conflict Minerals Policy Statement, while PowerSecure does not source any Conflict Minerals from any of the Covered Countries directly, such Conflict Materials may exist in certain of the products, materials, and components that PowerSecure sources from its suppliers. PowerSecure is committed to working with its suppliers to responsibly source the materials and components that are used in its products.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">To facilitate compliance with Rule 13p-1, suppliers of materials relating to products that PowerSecure manufacturers or contracts to manufacture are required to respond to information requests regarding the uses and sources of Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries, including information about Conflict Minerals that are recycled or scrapped.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In addition, the following is required of PowerSecure&#8217;s suppliers:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">To assist in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations relating to Conflict Minerals and to provide all necessary representations, declarations, or certifications;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">To undertake reasonable diligence within their supply chain to determine the source and chain of custody of their Conflict Minerals, including developing policies and systems to avoid the use of Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries; and</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:72px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">To pass these requirements along to their suppliers though the supply chain and require them to do the same.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We evaluate PowerSecure&#8217;s relationships with its suppliers on an ongoing basis to ensure continued compliance with its Conflict Minerals Policy Statement. We reserve the right to request additional documentation from PowerSecure&#8217;s suppliers regarding the source of any Conflict Minerals included in PowerSecure&#8217;s products.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The full text of the Conflict Minerals Policy Statement is available to the public on PowerSecure&#8217;s website at </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">www.powersecure.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. The contents of any website referred to in this Form SD are included for general information only and are not incorporated by reference in this Form SD.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Covered Products    </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Certain of PowerSecure&#8217;s operations manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. 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style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Supply Chain Description</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Although some of PowerSecure&#8217;s products are Covered Products that contain Conflict Minerals, PowerSecure does not purchase unrefined Conflict Minerals from their original sources. PowerSecure&#8217;s supply chain is complex, with many parties between the original sources of the Conflict Minerals and PowerSecure. PowerSecure purchases materials used in its products from a large network of suppliers, and some of those materials contribute necessary Conflict Minerals to its products. PowerSecure&#8217;s direct suppliers (and, in turn, their suppliers) are responsible for the procurement of most of the raw materials used in the Covered Products. Certain materials purchased by PowerSecure&#8217;s direct suppliers may come directly or indirectly from processing facilities. The origin of Conflict Minerals cannot be determined with certainty once the ores are refined and converted to Conflict Minerals. Because PowerSecure does not purchase any materials directly from their original sources or processing facilities, in conducting the RCOI we must necessarily rely on the information provided by PowerSecure&#8217;s suppliers regarding the type and source of the Conflict Minerals contained in the materials they supply to PowerSecure.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (RCOI)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We conducted a good faith RCOI regarding the necessary Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products. The RCOI was designed to determine whether any of those Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries or were from recycled or scrap sources. The RCOI was based largely on the internationally recognized due diligence framework in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (the &#8220;OECD&#8221;) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">4</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition (2016), and related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten, and Gold (collectively, the &#8220;OECD Guidance&#8221;), specifically as it relates to PowerSecure&#8217;s position in the Conflict Minerals supply chain as a &#8220;downstream&#8221; company. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The RCOI was led by a cross-functional team that included business, financial and accounting leaders in our organization working with external conflict minerals consultants and external legal counsel. The RCOI process included reviewing internal data bases regarding product composition and raw materials purchases and was focused on conducting a supply chain survey with direct suppliers of the parts, products, equipment, components, and other materials that potentially contained Conflict Minerals incorporated into the Covered Products during the Reporting Period (&#8220;in-scope suppliers&#8221;) using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the &#8220;CMRT&#8221;) developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (the &#8220;RMI,&#8221; formerly known as the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative). The RMI is an initiative founded by members of the Responsible Business Alliance and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative. The CMRT is the industry standard template developed to facilitate the transfer of information through the supply chain regarding mineral country of origin and smelters being utilized. Utilizing the CMRT, we conducted a supply chain survey of in-scope suppliers that requested information and confirmations related to whether any Conflict Minerals were present in the parts and materials supplied to PowerSecure and, if so, the countries of origin of those Conflict Minerals supplied or whether such Conflict Minerals were sourced from recycled or scrap materials. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For the in-scope suppliers that responded and provided smelter or refiner data, we compared the smelters and refineries identified as potential sources of Conflict Minerals in the supply chain for PowerSecure&#8217;s Covered Products during the Reporting Period to the list of facilities that have successfully completed an assessment against the applicable standard of the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (the &#8220;RMAP,&#8221; formerly known as the Conflict-Free Smelter Program), conducted by the RMI, or an equivalent cross-recognized standard, which smelters and refiners are designated &#8220;Conformant&#8221; by the RMI. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#333333;">Smelters and refiners that have committed to undergo an RMAP assessment are designated &#8220;Active&#8221; by the RMI. Under </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the RMAP, the RMI implements a risk-based assessment program for smelting and refining facilities in Conflict Minerals chains, and is a voluntary initiative in which an independent third party validates facility due diligence management systems in line with the OECD Guidance However, not all smelters and refiners identified in the RCOI participate in the RMAP, and even of those that are participating, not all have completed the RMAP assessment process. Thus, we are unable to determine the conflict-free status of all of the smelters and refiners identified in our RCOI .</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:32px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This supplier communication process utilizing the CMRT included reaching out to all of the PowerSecure in-scope suppliers and engaging in an escalation process with in-scope suppliers who were non-responsive to either the survey or our requests for information or that provided incomplete or unclear responses. Further communications and engagement steps were taken with certain in-scope suppliers, seeking information about their own due diligence efforts, to ensure that the responses provided in response to the supply chain survey regarding Conflict Minerals were understood and accurate. However, many of the responding in-scope suppliers utilized multiple sources for the same Conflict Mineral and thus were unable to identify specifically which of those multiple sources were utilized with respect to the particular Conflict Mineral actually supplied to PowerSecure. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Due Diligence</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">We also conducted due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the necessary Conflict Minerals used in the Covered Products. These due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products were designed to be in conformity, in all material respects, </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">with the internationally recognized due diligence framework in the OECD Guidance. 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Moreover, many of the responding in-scope suppliers provided data at a company level rather than a product level, so we were unable to determine with certainty the country of origin of the specific Conflict Minerals contained in the parts, products, equipment, components, and other materials actually supplied to PowerSecure during the Reporting Period.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">As a result, based on the information obtained from our good faith RCOI and due diligence process described herein, we were unable to obtain and do not have sufficiently complete and accurate information to conclusively identify the countries of origin of all the necessary Conflict Minerals used in the Covered Products during the Reporting Period. Accordingly, after conducting the good faith RCOI and the due diligence, we are unable to determine whether any of the necessary Conflict Minerals used in the Covered Products during the Reporting Period originated in any of the Covered Countries and, if so, whether or not the Conflict Minerals were from recycled or scrap sources or from other conflict-free sources. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:36px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">A copy of this Form SD is publicly available in the Investors section of Southern Company&#8217;s website at </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#31009c;text-decoration:underline;">investor.southerncompany.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. 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