As Georgia Power celebrates Earth Day, the company is encouraging its employees to help protect the environment by sharing with them a few simple things they can do at home and at work to make their environment a greener place.

Several vendors will be on hand at Georgia Power Monday, April 23 to share environmental tips with employees on how "green" they can be. Georgia Power customers can use these tips in their homes and workplaces as well. Georgia Power is looking forward to hosting 25 internal and external organizations for its Earth Day celebration including visitors from the Clean Air Campaign, Milliken Carpets, Pollinator Gardens, Fulton County Water Services, Georgia Conservancy, Georgia Recycling Coalition, Georgia Wildlife Federation, Keep Georgia Beautiful, Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, Georgia Tech, Nature Conservancy, Southface and Let's Get Wild.

Another way customers can help protect the environment is by participating in Georgia Power's Green Energy(R) program. Green Energy is electricity produced from environmentally friendly sources like solar, wind, hydro, biomass and landfill gas-to-energy. Since the program began, more than 2,500 Georgia Power customers have signed up for 4,300 100-kilowatt-hour blocks of Green Energy per month. This commitment is equivalent to planting 500,000 trees or not driving 8.5 million miles per year.

Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the nation's largest generators of electricity. The company is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility with rates well below the national average. Georgia Power serves 2.3 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties.