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.

     10-Year First Mortgage Bond

2.   Issue, renewal or guaranty.

     Issuance

3.   Principal amount of each security.

     $300,000,000.00

4.   Rate of interest per annum of each security.

     6.650%

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

     July 18, 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").

     July 15, 2011

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

     Banc of America Securities LLC, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Salomon
     Smith Barney, SunTrust Equitable Securities, Wachovia Securities

9.   Collateral given with each security, if any.

     None

10.  Consideration received for each security.

     Cash

11.  Application of proceeds of each security.

     Net proceeds from the sale of the bonds will be used to retire outstanding
     commercial paper or other short-term debt, some of which was used to
     refinance recently matured medium-term notes. The medium-term notes, which
     matured on July 1, 2001, had an aggregate principal balance of $80 million
     and a stated interest rate of 6.47%.

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: July 26, 2001