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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_1" id="ixv-407">Pursuant to Rule 457(c), the "Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit" is based upon the average of the high and low prices paid for a share of Common Stock (the "Common Stock") of The Southern Company (the "Company") on November 6, 2026, as reported in the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system, and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.</ffd:OfferingNote>
    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="offrl_2" id="ixv-408">The Company previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-277137) (the "Prior Registration Statement"), which registered 11,582,905 shares of Common Stock, 6,961,860 of which remain unsold (the "Unsold Securities"). Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registration Statement to which this Calculation of Filing Fee Table is attached (the "Registration Statement") includes the Unsold Securities. The Unsold Securities were originally registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-253291) with an associated filing fee of $44,949.51. The Company is continuing to apply such filing fee to the Unsold Securities. In accordance with Rule 415(a)(6), the offering of securities registered under the Prior Registration Statement will be terminated as of the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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