Southern Company
Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
Southern Company spent $10.7M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on energy & nuclear, environment, taxes. It used 21 lobbyists, including people who worked for 4 members of Congress.
- Spent on lobbying
- $10.7M
- Lobbyists
- 21
- Bills lobbied
- 11
- Issues
- 10
Spending by quarter
- 2025 Q3$2.3M
- 2025 Q4$2.7M
- 2026 Q1$2.5M
- 2026 Q2$3.2M
Issues lobbied
- Energy & nuclear
- Environment
- Taxes
- Homeland security
- Utilities
- Transportation
- Clean air & water
- Telecom
- Small business
- Commodities
Bills lobbied on
- H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act9 reports
- H.R. 44764 reports
- S. 26514 reports
- S. 14494 reports
- H.R. 1897: ESA Amendments Act of 20254 reports
- H.R. 76244 reports
- S. 36052 reports
- H.R. 74502 reports
- H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20262 reports
- S.J.Res. 41 report
- H.J.Res. 20: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code…1 report
Lobbying firms hired
- Southern Company$10.7M
- Lj Consulting, LLC$250K
- The Simmons & Russell Group, LLC$240K
- Miller Strategies, LLC$240K
- Bracewell LLP$200K
- Polaris-Hutton Group, LLC$160K
- Guidepoststrategies, LLC$120K
- Farragut Partners LLP$120K
Lobbyists who worked in Congress
- John Edwards
Office of Sen. Cynthia Lummis (2021-2023), EPA Senior Advisor for Senate Affairs (2019-2021), Office of Sen. Bob…Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) - Daniel Murray
Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Sen. James Risch (ID)James E. Risch (R-ID) - James Min
Chief of Staff, Rep. Vince Fong; Chief of Staff, Office of the 20th District of California; Chief of Staff, Deputy…Vince Fong (R-CA) - Jonathan Hiler
Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Vice President, Mike Pence; Legislative Director, Senator Tom Cotton…Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Agencies contacted
- Senate · 105
- House Of Representatives · 94
- Energy, Dept of · 14
- Environmental Protection Agency (Epa) · 9
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) · 9
- White House Office · 8
Related
Filings
- 2026 Q3 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$60K
- 2026 Q2 report$50K
- 2026 Q2 report$40K
From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.
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Capitol Receipts, “Southern Company: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/csouthern/southern-company (accessed 2026-10-15).