Case Study: Alabama Power achieves faster threat detection and integrated AI-driven surveillance with Avigilon

Avigilon Solutions are Fueling Alabama Power's Innovative Security

Alabama Power, part of Southern Company and the primary electricity provider for the southern two-thirds of Alabama, serves 1.4 million customers from more than 300 locations. With thousands of distributed substations and crew sites, the security team faced persistent risks — trespassing, vandalism and theft of copper and equipment — that threatened worker safety, regulatory compliance and reliable service delivery.

To address this, Alabama Power deployed a centralized Motorola Solutions Video Security & Analytics system built on Avigilon technology: roughly 4,000 cameras (H4 series), 200+ servers and Avigilon Control Center, fully integrated with existing access control. Self-learning analytics and Unusual Motion Detection cut false alarms, replaced legacy sensors, and shortened event assessment from many minutes to under a minute, enabling rapid response and multiple on-site arrests; the scalable solution is now being expanded across Southern Company utilities.

Alabama Power

Roy Sexton

Security Director