8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                 Date of Report
                                January 10, 2006
                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                              ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
               (Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)

          Alabama                        1-3164                 63-0004250
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer
        incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

       600 North 18th Street
         Birmingham, Alabama                                           35291
(Address of principal executive offices)                            (Zip Code)

                                 (205) 257-1000
                (Company's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the
following provisions:

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     CFR 230.425)

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     240.14a-12)

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





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Item 8.01.      Other Events.

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

                Alabama Power Company (the "Company") plans to issue
$100,000,000 principal amount of its Series EE Senior Insured Quarterly Notes
due January 15, 2036 (the "Series EE Senior Notes"), which will be insured by XL
Capital Assurance Inc., subject to a reinsurance agreement with its affiliate,
XL Financial Assurance Ltd.

                Pursuant to Rule 411 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and in reliance on XL Capital Assurance
Inc. and XL Financial Assurance Ltd., SEC No-Action Letter (July 23, 2002),
Alabama Power Company (the "Company") does hereby incorporate by reference the
consolidated financial statements of XL Capital Assurance Inc. and XL Financial
Assurance Ltd. as of December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 and for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, included in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of XL Capital Ltd. (which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 11, 2005) into (i) this Current Report on Form 8-K;
(ii) the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-126348,
333-126348-01, 333-126348-02 and 333-126348-03); (iii) the preliminary
prospectus supplement dated January 10, 2006 relating to the Series EE Senior
Notes to be filed on the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act; and (iv) the final prospectus supplement relating to the Series
EE Senior Notes to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.

                In connection with the incorporation of such documents by
reference, the Company is hereby filing the consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, independent accountants for XL Capital Assurance Inc., insurer of the
Series EE Senior Notes, to the use of its name in such prospectus supplement.
The consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is filed herewith as Exhibit 23.1.

                Also, in connection with the incorporation of such documents by
reference, the Company is hereby filing the consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers,
independent accountants for XL Financial Assurance Ltd., to the use of its name
in such prospectus supplement. The consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers is filed
herewith as Exhibit 23.2.

Item 9.01.      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                (d) Exhibits.

                 23.1         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

                 23.2         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers.


                                    SIGNATURE

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:     January 10, 2006                  ALABAMA POWER COMPANY



                                            By /s/Wayne Boston
                                              ---------------------------------
                                                         Wayne Boston
                                                      Assistant Secretary

EX-23.1

                                                                   Exhibit 23.1





     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM



     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Prospectus
     Supplement of Alabama Power Series EE Senior Insured Quarterly Notes due
     January 15, 2036 comprising part of the Registration Statement (No.
     333-126348), of our report dated March 11, 2005 relating to the financial
     statements of XL Capital Assurance Inc., which appears as Exhibit 99.1 in
     XL Capital Ltd's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
     2004. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading
     "Experts" in such Prospectus Supplement.




     /s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

     PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
     New York, New York
     January 10, 2006

EX-23.2

                                                                    Exhibit 23.2





     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Prospectus
     Supplement of Alabama Power Series EE Senior Insured Quarterly Notes due
     January 15, 2036 comprising part of the Registration Statement (No.
     333-126348) of our report dated March 11, 2005 relating to the financial
     statements of XL Financial Assurance Ltd, which appears as Exhibit 99.2 in
     XL Capital Ltd's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
     2004. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading
     "Experts" in such Prospectus Supplement.


     /s/PricewaterhouseCoopers

     PricewaterhouseCoopers
     Chartered Accountants

     Hamilton, Bermuda
     January 10, 2006