Georgia Power Company, a privately owned entity headquartered in the US, was founded in 1945 and employs approximately 5,360 individuals. Operating as an electric utility, the company traces its historical roots to the Georgia Railway and Power Company, which began operations in 1902 running streetcars in Atlanta as a successor to the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company. Georgia Power functions as an investor-owned, tax-paying public utility, serving more than 2.4 million customers across nearly all of Georgia's 159 counties. The company is identified as the largest of the four electric utilities owned and operated by Southern Company. Its primary corporate office, the Georgia Power Building, is located at 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard in downtown Atlanta.
