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.

             In connection with the issuance and sale by the Development
             Authority of Bartow County (the "Bartow Authority") of $46,790,000
             Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Georgia Power Company Plant Bowen
             Project), First Series 1998 (the "Bartow First Series Revenue
             Bonds"), the issuance and sale by the Bartow Authority of
             $17,000,000 Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Georgia Power Company
             Plant Bowen Project), Second Series 1998 (the "Bartow Second Series
             Revenue Bonds"), the Development Authority of Coweta County (the
             "Coweta Authority") of $12,475,000 Pollution Control Revenue Bonds
             (Georgia Power Company Plant Yates Project), First Series 1998 (the
             "Coweta Revenue Bonds"), and the issuance and sale by the
             Development Authority of Putnam County (the "Putnam Authority") of
             $13,725,000 Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Georgia Power Company
             Plant Branch Project), First Series 1998 (the "Putnam Revenue
             Bonds" and, together with the Bartow First Series Revenue Bonds,
             the Bartow Second Series Bonds and the Coweta Revenue Bonds, the
             "Revenue Bonds"), the Company issued the following:

             (a)    promissory note dated March 12, 1998 in the principal amount
                    of $46,790,000 (the "Bartow First Series Note"), evidencing
                    the obligation of the Company to repay the Bartow
                    Authority's loan (the "Bartow First Series Loan") to it of
                    the proceeds of the Bartow First Series Revenue Bonds,

             (b)    promissory note dated March 12, 1998 in the principal amount
                    of $17,000,000 (the "Bartow Second Series Note"), evidencing
                    the obligation of the Company to repay the Bartow
                    Authority's loan (the "Bartow Second Series Loan") to it of
                    the proceeds of the Bartow Second Series Revenue Bonds,

             (c)    promissory note dated March 12, 1998 in the principal amount
                    of $12,475,000 (the "Coweta Note"), evidencing the
                    obligation of the Company to repay the Coweta Authority's
                    loan (the "Coweta Loan") to it of the proceeds of the Coweta
                    Revenue Bonds, and

             (d)    promissory note dated March 12, 1998 in the principal amount
                    of $13,725,000 (the "Putnam Note"), evidencing the
                    obligation of the Company to repay the Putnam Authority's
                    loan (the "Putnam Loan") to it of the proceeds of the Putnam
                    Revenue Bonds.

Item 2.      Issue, renewal or guaranty.

             Issue.

Item 3.      Principal amount of each security.

             See Item 1 hereinabove.

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

             Each of the Notes will bear interest at the rate or rates of
             interest borne by the corresponding series of Revenue Bonds.

             Initially, the Bartow First Series Revenue Bonds will bear
             interest from the date of their original issuance and delivery
             at a Daily Rate determined by J. P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
             the Remarketing Agent for the Bartow First Series Revenue
             Bonds.

             Initially, the Bartow Second Series Revenue Bonds will bear
             interest from the date of their original issuance and delivery at a
             Daily Rate determined by Lehman Brothers Inc., the Remarketing
             Agent for the Bartow Second Series Revenue Bonds.

             Initially, the Coweta Revenue Bonds and the Putnam Revenue Bonds
             will bear interest from the date of their original issuance and
             delivery at a Daily Rate determined by Citicorp Securities, Inc.,
             the Remarketing Agent for the Coweta Revenue Bonds and the Putnam
             Revenue Bonds.

             The Company may from time to time change the method of determining
             the interest rate on any series of the Revenue Bonds to a Daily,
             Weekly, Commercial Paper or Long-Term Interest Rate.

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

             March 12, 1998.

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

             Not Applicable.

Item 7.      Date of maturity of each security.

The Bartow First Series Note    - March 1, 2024, subject to prepayment or prior
                                  redemption.

The Bartow Second Series Note   - March 1, 2025, subject to prepayment or prior
                                  redemption.

The Coweta Note                 - March 1, 2024, subject to prepayment or prior
                                  redemption.

The Putnam Note                 - March 1, 2024, subject to prepayment or prior
                                  redemption.

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

             The Notes were issued in favor of the respective Authorities and
             assigned by each of them to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
             "Revenue Bond Trustee") for the benefit of the holders of the
             respective series of Revenue Bonds.

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

             None.

Item 10.     Consideration received for each security.

             The Company issued the Notes in consideration of the Loans
             aggregating $89,990,000 (the "Loans' Proceeds").

Item 11.     Application of proceeds of each security.

             The Loans' Proceeds have been deposited with the Revenue Bond
             Trustee and will be applied to the refunding redemptions of
             $46,790,000 outstanding 5 3/8% Development Authority of Bartow
             County Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Georgia Power Company Plant
             Bowen Project), First Series 1993 due March 1, 2005; $10,000,000
             outstanding 5.90% Development Authority of Bartow County Pollution
             Control Revenue Bonds (Georgia Power Company Plant Bowen Project),
             First Series 1994 due December 1, 2024; $7,000,000 outstanding
             5.90% Development Authority of Bartow County Pollution Control
             Revenue Bonds (Georgia Power Company Plant Bowen Project), Second
             Series 1994 due December 1, 2024; $4,100,000 outstanding 6.20%
             Development Authority of Coweta County Pollution Control Revenue
             Bonds (Georgia Power Company Plant Yates Project), First Series
             1992 due September 1, 2022; $8,375,000 outstanding 6% Development
             Authority of Coweta County Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Georgia
             Power Company Plant Yates Project), First Series 1993 due March 1,
             2018; and $13,725,000 outstanding 6% Development Authority of
             Putnam County Pollution Control Revenue Bonds (Georgia Power
             Company Plant Branch Project), First Series 1993 due March 1, 2018.

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.

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:  March 25, 1998                    GEORGIA POWER COMPANY



                                           By:/s/Wayne Boston
                                              Wayne Boston
                                           Assistant Secretary