Southern Co. Names William Grantham VP, CFO Of Southern Power

(RTTNews) - Electric utility Southern Co. (SO) Wednesday named William Grantham as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer for subsidiary Southern Power, effective September 1. Grantham replaces Michael Southern, who has announced plans to retire.

Grantham began his Southern Co. career in 1988 as a distribution co-op student at Mississippi Power. He then worked in system planning, competitive wholesale generation and corporate finance before being named as vice president and chief financial officer for operations in 2010.

In addition, Southern Co. said that John Trawick will return to the company from the Tennessee Valley Authority, succeeding Grantham in the newly expanded role of vice president of commercial operations and services, effective August 1.

In his new role, the company's fleet operations and trading functions will report directly to Trawick, a role currently held by Charles Long, who has announced plans to retire. Trawick most recently served as TVA's senior vice president of power supply and fuels.

Further, the company said that Kimberly Flowers will become vice president of engineering for engineering and construction services. Lewis Jeffers will succeed Flowers as vice president of technical services for engineering and construction services.