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 7, 2012                                                                       

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

The name and address of the registrant have not changed since the last report.

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01.                      Other Events.

On August 7, 2012, Georgia Power Company (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series 2012C 0.75% Senior Notes due August 10, 2015 (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 7, 2012, among the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
4.2	Forty-eighth Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note Indenture dated as of August 10, 2012, providing for the issuance of the Senior Notes.
4.9	Form of the Senior Note (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 10, 2012 GEORGIA POWER COMPANY       By             /s/Melissa K. Caen                                               Melissa K. Caen Assistant Secretary