Form U-6B-2

                       Securities and Exchange Commission
                                 Washington, DC

                                   Form U-6B-2
                           Certificate of Notification
                         Carolina Power & Light Company
                      d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
                            410 S. Wilmington Street
                                Raleigh, NC 27601


Filed by a registered  holding  company or subsidiary  thereof  pursuant to Rule
U-20-(d) [Reg.  Section 250.20,  paragraph 36,652] or U-47 [Reg. Section 250.47,
paragraph 36,620] adopted under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

Certificate  is filed by Carolina  Power & Light Company d/b/a  Progress  Energy
Carolinas, Inc. (the "Corporation").

This certificate is notice that the above named company has issued,  renewed, or
guaranteed the security or securities  described herein, which issue, renewal or
guaranty was exempted from the  provisions of Section 6(a) of the Public Utility
Holding  Company Act of 1935,  and was neither the subject of a  declaration  or
application on Form U-1 nor included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48,
[Reg.Section 250.48, paragraph 36,621].

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Type of the security or securities.

                  First Mortgage Bonds

2. Issue, renewal or guaranty.

                  Issuance

3. Principal amount of each security.

                  $300,000,000 Series due 2015
                  $200,000,000 Series due 2035

4. Rate of interest per annum of each security.

                  $300,000,000 Series due 2015 - 5.15%
                  $200,000,000 Series due 2035 - 5.70%


5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security.

                  March 22, 2005

6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue.

                  N/A

7. Date of maturity of each security. (In case of demand notes, indicate "on
demand").

                  $300,000,000 Series due April 1, 2015
                  $200,000,000 Series due April 1, 2035

8. Name of the person to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed.

                  Citigroup and JP Morgan, as underwriters

9. Collateral given with each security, if any.

                    Each  series  of bonds  will be  secured  by the lien of the
                    Company's  Mortgage  and Deed of Trust,  dated May 1,  1940,
                    with The Bank of New York  (formerly  Irving Trust  Company)
                    and Frederick G. Herbst (Douglas J. McInnes , successor), as
                    Trustees.

10. Consideration received for each security.

                  Cash

11. Application of proceeds of each security.

                  The use of the net proceeds from the sale of the bonds of
                  approximately $494.9 million, after deducting offering
                  discounts and estimated offering expenses, will be as follows:

                    1) $300 million to retire the  Company's  7.50% Senior Notes
                    due  April 1,  2005;  and 2) the  remainder  to  reduce  the
                    outstanding balance of the Company's commercial paper.

12. Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below whether the issue,
renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt from the provisions of Section
6(a) because of:

     a. The provision contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b)|_|

     b. The provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section 6(b)|_|

     c. The provisions  contained in any rule of the Commission  other than Rule
U-48 |X|


13. If the security or  securities  were exempt from the  provisions  of Section
6(a) by virtue of the first  sentence of Section  6(b),  give the figures  which
indicate that the security or securities aggregate (together with all other then
outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity of nine months or less,  exclusive of
days of grace, as to which company is primarily or secondarily  liable) not more
than 5 per centum of the principal  amount and par value of the other securities
of such company then outstanding. (Demand notes, regardless of how long they may
have been  outstanding  shall be  considered  as  maturing in not more than nine
months for the purposes of the exemption from Section 6(a) of the Act granted by
the first sentence of Section 6(b).

         N/A

14. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of Section 6(a)
because of the fourth sentence of Section 6(b), name the security outstanding on
January 1,  1935,  pursuant  to the terms of which the  security  or  securities
herein described have been issued.

         N/A

15. If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of Section 6(a)
because of any rule of the Commission other than Rule U-48 (Reg. Section 250.48,
paragraph 36,621) designate the rule under which exemption is claimed.

               Rule 52(a)


                      Carolina Power & Light Company
                      d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.



                      By:      /s/ Robert H. Bazemore, Jr.
                               Robert H. Bazemore, Jr.
                               Controller
                               (Chief Accounting Officer)

Date:  April 1, 2005