UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 3, 2017

Commission File Number	Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address and Telephone Number	I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
1-6468	Georgia Power Company (A Georgia Corporation) 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30308 (404) 506-6526	58-0257110

The name and address of the registrant have not changed since the last report.

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Item 8.01.Other Events.

On August 3, 2017, Georgia Power Company (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2017C 2.00% Senior Notes due September 8, 2020 (the “Series 2017C Senior Notes”). The Series 2017C Senior Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the shelf registration statement (Registration No. 333-209779) of the Company.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.
1.4	Underwriting Agreement relating to the Series 2017C Senior Notes, dated August 3, 2017, among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
4.2	Fifty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note Indenture dated as of August 8, 2017, providing for the issuance of the Series 2017C Senior Notes.
4.9	Form of the Series 2017C Senior Note (included in Exhibit 4.2 above).
5.1	Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP relating to the Series 2017C Senior Notes.
8.1	Tax Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP relating to the Series 2017C Senior Notes.
12.1	Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.
23.1	Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).
23.2	Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1 above).

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:August 8, 2017		GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
	By	/s/Kristi L. Dow
		Kristi L. Dow Assistant Secretary