An internal investigation into the 2017 surveillance of a Southern Company executive has not been able to determine who ordered the operation or why, according to The Wall Street Journal. “Upon learning of the alleged surveillance of a Southern Company executive, we immediately engaged external legal counsel who conducted a thorough investigation and were unable to substantiate that Alabama Power Company or Southern Company authorized these highly inappropriate activities,” an Alabama Power spokeperson said in a statement this morning to AL.com. Pitts moved to subpoena Southern and Alabama Power for surveillance-related documents. Fanning, 66, retired last month from Southern Company but remains Southern’s executive chairman. Mark Crosswhite retired in December after eight years as leader of Alabama Power.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 28, 2023 15:05 UTC