Case Study: Southern Company achieves 25% faster migrations and $250K in savings with Informatica PowerCenter

Electricity producer shortens migration project time by 25% and reduces project staff from 18 to six, saving $250,000, with Informatica

Southern Company, one of the largest electricity producers in the U.S. with nearly 39,000 MW of capacity serving 4.1 million customers across 120,000 square miles, needed to consolidate workflow and document management across three nuclear power plants. The utility faced the challenge of integrating data from three outdated mainframes, meeting strict nuclear regulatory requirements, and minimizing migration risk while streamlining operations and reducing costs.

Using Informatica PowerCenter to extract, cleanse, translate, and deliver data, Southern shortened the migration timeline by 25%, cut migration cut-over per plant from one week to two days, and reduced project staff from 16 to six—saving $250,000. The solution made previously inaccessible data and documents readily available, helped control costs and risk, and simplified regulatory compliance.

Southern Company

Lisa Kelley

Project Manager