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Allen Franklin was named Southern Co.’s COO yesterday. In thenewly-created position, Franklin will be responsible for five ofSouthern’s Southeastern subsidiaries: Alabama Power, Georgia Power,Gulf Power, Mississippi Power and Savannah Electric. He will alsobe in charge of Southern Generation, including all of the company’sregulated fossil and hydro generation. Franklin is currentlyexecutive vice president of Southern and CEO of Georgia Power. Hejoined Southern Company in 1970 and has held various executivetitles.