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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 26, 2010                                           


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


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Item 8.01.                      Other Events.

On August 26, 2010, Georgia Power Company (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale by the Company of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2010C 4.75% Senior Notes due September 1, 2040 (the “Senior Notes”).  The Senior Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the shelf registration statement (Registration No. 333-165133) of the Company.
 
Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)  Exhibits.
 
1.4
 
Underwriting Agreement relating to the Senior Notes, dated August 26, 2010, among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
     
4.2
 
Forty-Second Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note Indenture dated as of August 31, 2010, providing for the issuance of the Senior Notes.
     
4.9
 
Form of the Senior Notes (included in Exhibit 4.2 above).
     
5.1
 
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP relating to the Senior Notes.
     
12.1
 
Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.


 
 

 

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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 31, 2010
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
 
 
 
By                   /s/Melissa K. Caen                                        
Melissa K. Caen
Assistant Secretary