Certificate of Notification

                                    Filed by

                              GEORGIA POWER COMPANY


     Pursuant to an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated
October 23, 2002 in the matter of File No. 70-10073.

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         Georgia Power Company (GEORGIA) hereby certifies to said Commission,
pursuant to Rule 24 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended, with respect to its financing subsidiaries and in accordance with the
terms and conditions of and for the purposes represented by the statement on
Form U-1, as amended, in the above matter at the end of the first quarter of
2004 that:

1.   GEORGIA accounts for the special purpose subsidiaries created as a result
     of this authorization under the equity method in accordance with Financial
     Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46R, "Consolidation of
     Variable Interest Entities."

2.   The names of the subsidiaries are:

         Georgia Power Capital Trust VI
         Georgia Power Capital Trust VII

3.   The values of GEORGIA's investment accounts in the subsidiaries are:

         Georgia Power Capital Trust VI     $9,279,000
         Georgia Power Capital Trust VII    $6,185,575

4.   The balance sheet account where the cost of the investment in Georgia Power
     Capital Trust VI is recorded is "Trust VI - Miscellaneous Paid-In Capital,"
     and the balance sheet account where the cost of the investment in Georgia
     Power Capital Trust VII is recorded is "Trust VII - Miscellaneous Paid-In
     Capital."

     Both of these accounts are included in "Equity investments in
     unconsolidated subsidiaries" on GEORGIA's balance sheet in the Form 10-Q
     for the quarter ended March 31, 2004.

5.   The amounts invested in financing subsidiaries by GEORGIA are:

         Georgia Power Capital Trust VI     $9,279,000
         Georgia Power Capital Trust VII    $6,185,575

6.   Georgia Power Capital Trust VI and Georgia Power Capital Trust VI are
     Delaware statutory trusts.

7.   GEORGIA owns 100% of the Common Securities of Georgia Power Capital Trust
     VI and Georgia Power Capital Trust VII.






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8.   There are no other owners of Georgia Power Capital Trust VI or Georgia
     Power Capital Trust VII.

9.   The purposes of GEORGIA's investment in Georgia Power Capital Trust VI and
     its investment in Georgia Power Capital Trust VII were to issue Trust
     Preferred Securities.

10. a. Georgia Power Capital Trust VI issued $300,000,000 aggregate liquidation
       amount of Flexible Trust Preferred Securities on November 6, 2002. The
       proceeds of the preferred securities and GEORGIA's equity investment were
       loaned to GEORGIA through the sale of $309,279,000 junior subordinated
       notes to Georgia Power Capital Trust VI.

    b. Georgia Power Capital Trust VII issued $200,000,000 aggregate liquidation
       amount of 5 7/8% Trust Preferred Securities on January 23, 2004. The
       proceeds of the preferred securities and GEORGIA's equity investment were
       loaned to GEORGIA through the sale of $206,185,575 junior subordinated
       notes to Georgia Power Capital Trust VII.



                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended, the undersigned company has duly caused this certificate to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


Dated:  May 12, 2004                            GEORGIA POWER COMPANY




                                                By: /s/Wayne Boston
                                                          Wayne Boston
                                                      Assistant Secretary