Securities and Exchange Commission
                                 Washington, DC

                                  Form U-6B-2
                          Certificate of Notification
                           Florida Power Corporation
                            410 S. Wilmington Street
                               Raleigh, NC  27602



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 Florida Power 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 U-48,
[Reg. Section 250.48, paragraph 36,621].

REQUIREMENTS:

1.   Type of the security or securities.

     Commercial Paper

2.   Issue, renewal or guaranty.

     Issuance

3.   Principal amount of each security.

     Commercial paper balance at 03/31/01 was $382,668,000.  Florida Power
     Corporation issued $1,738,150,000 in commercial paper from 01/01/01 through
     03/31/01.

4.   Rate of interest per annum of each security.

     5.765% Weighted average rate.

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

     January 01, 2001 through March 31, 2001.


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").

     N/A

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

     Merrill Lynch and Bank One

9.   Collateral given with each security, if any.

     None

10.  Consideration received for each security.

     Cash

11.  Application of proceeds of each security.

     Proceeds were used for general corporate purposes.

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 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)

                                    Florida Power Corporation


                                    By:  /s/ Thomas R. Sullivan
                                         ------------------------
                                         Thomas R. Sullivan
                                         Treasurer

Date: June 28, 2001