Exhibit 12.1
											2/23/2009
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for
the five years ended December 31, 2008
	Year ended December 31,
			2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
	--------------------------------------------------Thousands of Dollars--------------------------------------------------
EARNINGS AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K:
Earnings before income taxes		$	819,955	$	819,515	$	875,256	$	969,493	$	1,026,386
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized			211,373		215,431		254,229		275,814		280,921
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities			0		0		0		0		0
AFUDC - Debt funds			6,856		8,173		7,939		17,990		20,251
Earnings as defined		$	1,038,184	$	1,043,119	$	1,137,424	$	1,263,297	$	1,327,558
FIXED CHARGES AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K:
Interest on long-term debt		$	173,226	$	186,542	$	231,060	$	250,512	$	264,621
Interest on affiliated loans			16,479		16,563		16,764		15,369		11,619
Interest on interim obligations			465		1,063		1,873		1,915		1,070
Amort of debt disc, premium and expense, net			14,793		14,559		12,987		14,542		11,776
Other interest charges			13,266		4,877		(514)		11,467		12,086
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities			0		0		0		0		0
Fixed charges as defined		$	218,229	$	223,604	$	262,170	$	293,805	$	301,172
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES			4.76		4.67		4.34		4.30		4.41