SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.

                                   FORM U-6B-2

                           Certificate of Notification

                                    Filed by

                              GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
                                 (the "Company")

         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 Act
and was neither the subject of a declaration or application on Form U-1 nor
included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48.

Item 1.  Type of security or securities.

         Series I 5.25% Senior Notes due May 8, 2003 (the "Notes")

Item 2.  Issue, renewal or guaranty.

         Issue

Item 3.  Principal amount of each security.

         $90,000,000

Item 4.  Rate of interest per annum of each security.

         5.25%

Item 5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security.

         May 8, 2001

Item 6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue.

         Not Applicable






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Item 7.  Date of maturity of each security.

         May 8, 2003

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

         The Company issued and sold the Notes to Salomon Smith Barney Inc.,
         Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. and Blaylock & Partners, L.P., as the
         Underwriters, pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated May 1, 2001.

Item 9. Collateral given with each security, if any.

         None.

Item 10. Consideration received for each security.

         $89,775,000 (99.75% of the principal amount)

Item 11. Application of proceeds of each security.

         The proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be applied by the Company
         to redeem in June 2001 the $75,000,000 outstanding principal amount of
         its First Mortgage Bonds, 6.35% Series due August 1, 2003 and to repay
         a portion of its outstanding short-term indebtedness, which aggregated
         approximately $576,000,000 as of May 1, 2001.

Item 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 provisions 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_ -

Item 13. Not Applicable.

Item 14. Not Applicable.





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Item 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, designate the rule under
         which exemption is claimed.

         Rule 52


Date:  May 14, 2001                        GEORGIA POWER COMPANY



                                           By:  /s/Wayne Boston
                                                  Wayne Boston
                                               Assistant Secretary