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New leadership at Alabama Power

Jeff Peoples has been named as the new president and CEO of Alabama Power Company according to an announcement Thursday.

Peoples replaces Mark Crosswhite who retired.

Peoples will serve as chairman of the company’s board of directors.

Alabama Power is the state’s largest electricity provider and has 1.5 million customers in the state.

Alabama Power is a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company.

Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.