Elizabeth Wash
Manager of Acquisitions
Southern Power
Elizabeth works as a Southern Power Business Development Manager, executing Southern Power’s growth strategy through the acquisition of new generating assets across all renewable, natural gas and storage technologies.
“Seeing innovation and new technologies that are changing the energy industry are incredibly fascinating. It’s exciting to be working on new acquisition projects for Southern Power across the country.”
Before joining Southern Power’s business development team, Elizabeth led the siting and development services team that handled the early to late-stage development of a project, including landowner relations, local permitting and technical siting aspects. Prior to this role, Elizabeth served as project manager for the greater southeast in Southern Power’s external affairs department before she was promoted to the state and local affairs manager position. Before joining Southern Power, Elizabeth worked at Alabama Power in corporate real estate, where she worked in land management and land sales.
Elizabeth graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English with a business minor before earning her law degree at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.
“I love the external role of this job. The opportunities to collaborate with developers and community leaders makes each project successful.”
A native of Birmingham, Ala., Elizabeth now resides in Vestavia, Ala., where she lives with her husband, Robert, and son, Owen.
Phone: 205-992-0033 Email: ewash@southernco.com
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Where do you call home? I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama.
What is your current role at Southern Power? I am a Business Development Manager, executing Southern Power’s growth strategy through the acquisition of new generating assets across all renewable, natural gas and storage technologies.
What are your hobbies? I’m an avid runner. I’ve run almost a dozen half marathons in more than three different states, including the Triple Crown competition in Alabama, which is three half marathons in three months.
What’s the best vacation you’ve taken? I’m not sure if this counts as a vacation, but I attended culinary school in Florence, Italy. I was there for three months. The class was based on the history of Italian culture and its impact on cooking traditions. We would have a mini-history lesson every morning, and then, we would make a meal that related to that period of history. We learned how to make an authentic spaghetti with handmade pasta; that was definitely my favorite.
Favorite food. Anything with pasta, specifically Chicken Marsala. That’s my favorite thing to make for my family.
If you were stuck on an island, what three things would you bring? Basic island necessities: some books for entertainment, my running shoes and my family. Then it’s like we’re on vacation.
Tell us something we might not know about you. I learned to water ski when I was six on one solemn ski, and I love to ski every chance I get!
What is your biggest pet peeve? I hate being late, but sometimes I don’t even abide my own rule.
What are you currently watching on Netflix? I’m watching “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, which is actually a show on Amazon Prime.