N ich o la s ( N i c k ) C . S e l l e rs
Senior Vice President, Project Development and Construction • Southern Power
Nick Sellers is senior vice president
relations,
of
community
project
development
and
leading
federal
relations,
and
workforce
construction for Southern Power, a
development, and volunteer services.
subsidiary of Southern Company.
In addition, Sellers worked as the
Southern Power is America’s Premier
assistant to the president and CEO of
Wholesale Energy Partner, meeting
Alabama Power after beginning his
the electricity needs of municipalities,
career with Alabama Power as the
electric
federal legislative relations director.
cooperatives,
investor-
owned utilities and other energy
customers with one of the fastest
Sellers earned his undergraduate
growing clean energy portfolios in
degree from the University of the
the U.S.
Pacific in Stockton, California, and a
responsible
In this role, Nick is
for
generation
development,
siting,
Juris Doctor from the Birmingham School of Law in 2008.
construction and state and local affairs. He was named
to this position in 2016. Prior to his current role, Sellers
He serves on the boards of directors of A.G. Gaston
served as vice president of external and regulatory affairs
Enterprises, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, Alabama
for Southern Power.
Sports
Council,
Birmingham-Jefferson
Convention
Center, Bryant-Jordan Scholarship Foundation, and the
Sellers worked for the Business Council of Alabama and
Greater Birmingham Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
as policy advisor and special assistant for economic
development for the governor of Alabama before joining
He is a member of the 2014 Class of Henry Crown Fellows
Alabama Power in 2003, where he served in leadership
at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C.
assignments including vice president of regulatory and
corporate affairs with responsibilities for pricing, rate
Sellers and his wife, Julie, are the parents of three
design, policy and planning, federal affairs and corporate
children, Annie, Maria and Nicholas.
relations. He also served as vice president of corporate
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