Exhibit 12.1
										8/25/2010
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for
the five years ended December 31, 2009
and the year to date June 30, 2010
												Six
												Months
												Ended
	Year ended December 31,											June 30,
		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010
	------------------------------Thousands of Dollars------------------------------
EARNINGS AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K:
Earnings before income taxes	$	1,197,831	$	1,236,845	$	1,262,231	$	1,410,963	$	1,244,272	$	695,539
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized		297,313		319,893		345,538		347,418		387,759		181,275
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities		0		0		0		0		0		0
AFUDC - Debt funds		11,811		12,354		28,470		39,610		39,790		26,371
Earnings as defined	$	1,506,955	$	1,569,092	$	1,636,239	$	1,797,991	$	1,671,821	$	903,185
FIXED CHARGES AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K:
Interest on long-term debt	$	215,263	$	217,954	$	270,429	$	325,774	$	372,998	$	188,310
Interest on affiliated loans		68,735		87,672		65,769		22,574		13,097		6,312
Interest on interim obligations		0		0		8,463		3,114		538		0
Amort of debt disc, premium and expense, net		17,109		17,054		18,432		19,994		20,329		10,613
Other interest charges		8,017		9,567		10,915		15,572		20,587		2,411
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities		0		0		0		0		0		0
Fixed charges as defined	$	309,124	$	332,247	$	374,008	$	387,028	$	427,549	$	207,646
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		4.87		4.72		4.37		4.65		3.91		4.35