Energy company Southern Company has combined the leadership of three of its businesses — Southern Power, PowerSecure and Southern Holdings — under one CEO to address the needs of large commercial, industrial and municipal customers across the United States.
The company has named Chris Cummiskey to the new position of group CEO for Southern Energy Resources, and executive vice president of Southern Company Services Commercial Development.
Southern Power, PowerSecure, and Southern Holdings will maintain their brands as individual companies. Mark Lantrip, president and CEO of Southern Company Services, will continue as chairman of each.
Cummiskey was previously executive vice president of external affairs and nuclear development for Georgia Power, also a Southern Company subsidiary.
Effective July 1, Cummiskey will be responsible for Southern Company’s competitive power businesses in front of the meter and behind the meter. As CEO of Southern Holdings,
