Exhibit 24(a)

February 19, 2008

Patricia L. Roberts and Wayne Boston

Ms. Roberts and Mr. Boston:

The Southern Company proposes to file or join in the filing of reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the following: (1) the filing of this Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and (2) the filing of Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q during 2008 and any Current Reports on Form 8-K.

The Southern Company and the undersigned directors and officers of said Company, individually as a director and/or as an officer of the Company, hereby make, constitute and appoint each of you our true and lawful Attorney for each of us and in each of our names, places and steads to sign and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the foregoing said Annual Report on Form 10-K, said Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, any Current Reports on Form 8-K and any necessary or appropriate amendment or amendments to any such reports, to be accompanied in each case by any necessary or appropriate exhibits or schedules thereto.

Yours very truly,

THE SOUTHERN COMPANY

By                 /s/David M. Ratcliffe

David M. Ratcliffe

Chairman of the Board, President

and Chief Executive Officer

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/s/Juanita P. Baranco Juanita P. Baranco	/s/J. Neal Purcell J. Neal Purcell
/s/Dorrit J. Bern Dorrit J. Bern	/s/David M. Ratcliffe David M. Ratcliffe
/s/Francis S. Blake Francis S. Blake	/s/William G. Smith, Jr. William G. Smith, Jr.
/s/Jon A. Boscia Jon A. Boscia	/s/Gerald J. St. Pe' Gerald J. St. Pe'
/s/Thomas F. Chapman Thomas F. Chapman	/s/G. Edison Holland, Jr. G. Edison Holland, Jr.
/s/H. William Habermeyer, Jr. H. William Habermeyer, Jr.	/s/William Paul Bowers William Paul Bowers
/s/Warren A. Hood, Jr. Warren A. Hood, Jr.	/s/W. Ron Hinson W. Ron Hinson
________________________________ Donald M. James

Extract from minutes of meeting of the board of directors of The Southern Company.

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RESOLVED: That for the purpose of signing the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and Form 10-Q’s and Form 8-K’s during 2008 and of remedying any deficiencies with respect thereto by appropriate amendment or amendments, this Company, the members of its Board of Directors, and its officers, are authorized to give their several powers of attorney to Patricia L. Roberts and Wayne Boston.

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The undersigned officer of The Southern Company does hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the board of directors of The Southern Company, duly held on February 19, 2008, at which a quorum was in attendance and voting throughout, and that said resolution has not since been rescinded but is still in full force and effect.

Dated: February 25, 2008	THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
	By             /s/Patricia L. Roberts Patricia L. Roberts Assistant Secretary