vocabulary:
  name: Southern Company Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Domain vocabulary for Southern Company, covering electric and natural gas utility
    operations, customer account management, energy usage data, billing, and regulatory
    compliance terminology used across Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Mississippi Power,
    and Southern Company Gas subsidiaries.
  tags:
    - Electric Utility
    - Natural Gas
    - Energy
    - Fortune 500
  terms:
    - term: Account
      definition: >-
        A customer utility account representing the billing relationship between a
        Southern Company subsidiary and a residential or commercial customer.
      category: Customer Management
    - term: Usage
      definition: >-
        Energy consumption data measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh) for electric service
        or therms/CCF for natural gas service, recorded at regular intervals.
      category: Energy Metering
    - term: Billing Period
      definition: >-
        The monthly cycle during which energy usage is measured and billed to a customer.
      category: Billing
    - term: Rate Tariff
      definition: >-
        The regulatory-approved pricing schedule that determines how a customer is
        charged for energy consumption, including base charges, energy rates, and
        applicable riders.
      category: Regulatory
    - term: Demand
      definition: >-
        The maximum rate of electricity consumption (measured in kilowatts, kW) during
        a defined period, used to determine demand charges for commercial customers.
      category: Energy Metering
    - term: Smart Meter
      definition: >-
        An advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) device that records energy usage at
        short intervals and communicates this data digitally to the utility.
      category: Energy Metering
    - term: Green Button
      definition: >-
        A standardized data format and API specification that enables customers to
        securely access and share their energy usage data with authorized third parties.
      category: Data Standards
    - term: Outage
      definition: >-
        An interruption of electric or gas service to one or more customers, tracked
        by cause, duration, affected customers, and restoration time.
      category: Operations
    - term: Service Address
      definition: >-
        The physical location where utility service is delivered, associated with
        a customer account and meter.
      category: Customer Management
    - term: Kilowatt-Hour (kWh)
      definition: >-
        The standard unit of electrical energy consumption, equal to the energy
        delivered by one kilowatt of power sustained for one hour.
      category: Energy Metering
    - term: Subsidiary
      definition: >-
        A regulated operating utility company owned by Southern Company, including
        Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Mississippi Power, and Southern Company Gas.
      category: Corporate
    - term: Investor Relations
      definition: >-
        Southern Company's program for communicating financial performance, governance,
        and strategic information to shareholders, analysts, and potential investors.
      category: Corporate
    - term: Regulated Utility
      definition: >-
        A utility company whose rates and services are overseen by state public service
        commissions, ensuring fair pricing and service standards.
      category: Regulatory
    - term: IRP (Integrated Resource Plan)
      definition: >-
        A long-term planning document filed by regulated utilities showing how they
        will meet future electricity demand through a mix of generation sources.
      category: Regulatory
    - term: Renewable Energy
      definition: >-
        Electricity generated from sources that are naturally replenished, including
        solar, wind, and hydropower, which Southern Company develops alongside
        traditional generation sources.
      category: Energy Generation