BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Alabama Power Co. is one of the top 10 U.S. utilities for economic development, according to a list published in the September issue of Site Selection magazine.

The magazine considered factors including corporate activity in the utilities’ markets, programs and incentives for business, energy efficiency and renewable energy programs and the utilities’ investments in infrastructure.

Alabama Power’s economic development team helped bring 3,832 new jobs to its territory in 2012, and more than $2.3 billion in investment, the magazine noted.

“Today the utility's economic development team, led by Ken Novak, vice president of economic and community development, continues to support projects such as the blockbuster Airbus project going to Brookley Field in Mobile and continuing success at the state's steel makers and three automotive assembly plants operated by Mercedes, Hyundai and Honda,” the magazine reports.

The top 10 utilities were not ranked and , in addition to Alabama Power, include American Electric Power, Columbus, Ohio; CenterPoint Energy, Houston, Texas; Duke Energy, Charlotte, N.C.; Entergy, New Orleans; FirstEnergy, Akron, Ohio; Florida Power & Light, Juno Beach, Fla.; Georgia Power, Atlanta; LG&E-KU, Louisville, Ky.; and Tennessee Valley Authority, Nashville.