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 third 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 and Georgia Power Capital Trust VII is recorded
         is "Investments in Subsidiary Companies."

          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 September 30, 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:  November 12, 2004                     GEORGIA POWER COMPANY




                                           By:  /s/Wayne Boston
                                                  Wayne Boston
                                              Assistant Secretary