Southern Company owns all of the outstanding common stock of Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power, each of which is an operating public utility company. The traditional electric operating companies supply electric service in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi.
Chief Calligrapher Patricia Blair gets the largest sum: $102,212 a year. It might seem odd that the White House spends more than a quarter of a million dollars on fancy penmanship, but calligraphers have been held in rather high esteem at the White House for years.
The East Room. The chandeliers and decor remain from the 1902 Gilded Age restoration by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Blue Room. A patriotic tree fills the oval Blue Room. The wallpaper and draperies recall the designs used in this room in 1817. The Red Room. This used to be Dolly Madison's sitting room where her famous salons were held. It was yellow then. Some of the best sights are the vistas from the inside of the White House. The State Dining Room. Holidays are about children and the White House is no exception. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's first Christmas theme was The Nutcracker. The portrait of President Lincoln is the only painting in the State Dining Room.