Share this article Share this article ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company, today announced it executed a discounted sale and transfer of 2,409 acres of critically endangered species habitat in southeast Georgia to the Open Space Institute. This transaction, together with previous transfers of land by fellow Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power, brings the total acres contributed for the conservation of protected species in Georgia to more than 10,000 acres. The Wayne County Conservation Property includes critical habitat essential for the restoration of rare species, including Georgia's state reptile, the gopher tortoise, and one of the state's rarest plants, hairy rattleweed. Additionally, the land contains trailing milkvine, another endangered plant species.