The Southern Company (SO) S-3ASR Automatic shelf registration

Exhibit 25.1

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

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CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b) (2)

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

A National Banking Association (Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization if not a U.S. national bank)	94-1347393 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
101 North Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Address of principal executive offices)	57104 (Zip code)

Wells Fargo & Company

Law Department, Trust Section

MAC N9305-175

Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, 17th Floor

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

(612) 667-4608

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

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The Southern Company

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	58-0690070 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia (Address of principal executive offices)	30308 (Zip code)

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Senior Notes

(Title of the indenture securities)

Item 1.    General Information.   Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

(a)    Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

    Comptroller of the Currency

    Treasury Department

    Washington, D.C.

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    Washington, D.C.

    Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

    San Francisco, California 94120

(b)    Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

    The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Item 2.    Affiliations with Obligor.   If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None with respect to the trustee.

No responses are included for Items 3-14 of this Form T-1 because the obligor is not in default as provided under Item 13.

Item 15.    Foreign Trustee.   Not applicable.

Item 16.    List of Exhibits.   List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.

Exhibit 1.	A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee now in effect.*
Exhibit 2.	A copy of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Certificate of Corporate Existence & Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated November 1, 2019.*
Exhibit 3.	A copy of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Certificate of Corporate Existence & Fiduciary Powers for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, dated November 1, 2019. *
Exhibit 4.	Copy of By-laws of the trustee as now in effect.*
Exhibit 5.	Not applicable.
Exhibit 6.	The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.*
Exhibit 7.	A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
Exhibit 8.	Not applicable.

Exhibit 9. Not applicable.

*    Incorporated by reference to the exhibit of the same number to the trustee’s Form T-1 filed as an exhibit to a Form S-3AR filing of December 20, 2019 under file number 333-235649.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York and State of New York on the 12th day of February, 2021.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

/s/Raymond Delli Colli

Raymond Delli Colli
Vice President

Exhibit 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

Wells Fargo Bank National Association

of 101 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

at the close of business December 31, 2020, filed in accordance with 12 U.S.C. §161 for National Banks.

				Dollar Amounts In Millions
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
	Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin			$27,565
	Interest-bearing balances			218,658
Securities:
	Held-to-maturity securities			205,668
	Available-for-sale securities			211,554
	Equity Securities with readily determinable fair value not held for trading			11
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
	Federal funds sold in domestic offices			48
	Securities purchased under agreements to resell			58,356
Loans and lease financing receivables:
	Loans and leases held for sale			34,944
	Loans and leases, net of unearned income		855,301
	LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses		18,220
	Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance			837,081
Trading Assets				69,659
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)				11,262
Other real estate owned				173
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies				13,592
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures				54
Intangible assets				30,307
Other assets				48,876
Total assets				$1,767,808
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
	In domestic offices			$1,443,370
		Noninterest-bearing	543,901
		Interest-bearing	899,469
	In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs			36,129
		Noninterest-bearing	423
		Interest-bearing	35,706
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
	Federal funds purchased in domestic offices			1,253
	Securities sold under agreements to repurchase			6,971

		Dollar Amounts In Millions
Trading liabilities		15,639
Other borrowed money
	(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)	48,157
Subordinated notes and debentures		12,350
Other liabilities		33,011
Total liabilities		$1,596,880
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus		0
Common stock		519
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)		114,820
Retained earnings		52,938
Accumulated other comprehensive income		2,617
Other equity capital components		0
Total bank equity capital		170,894
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries		34
Total equity capital		170,928
Total liabilities, and equity capital		$1,767,808

I, Michael P. Santomassimo, Sr. EVP & CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Michael P. Santomassimo

Sr. EVP & CFO

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

Directors

Maria R. Morris

Theodore F. Craver, Jr.

Juan A. Pujadas