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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000044545-01-500002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	35-CERT
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20010227

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GULF POWER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000044545
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				590276810
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			ME
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		35-CERT
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	070-08947
		FILM NUMBER:		1555084

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLACE
		CITY:			PENSACOLA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32520-0102
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8504446111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE ENERGY PLACE
		CITY:			PENSACOLA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32520-0102
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<TEXT>

                 Fifteenth Bank Loan Certificate of Notification
                             (Fourth Quarter - 2000)

                                    Filed by

                               GULF POWER COMPANY

Pursuant to order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated December 13,
1996 in the matter of File No. 70-8947.

                              - - - - - - - - - - -

Gulf Power Company (GULF) hereby certifies to said Commission, pursuant to Rule
24, that, in accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the purposes
represented by the statement on Form U-1 in the above matter at the end of the
fourth quarter of 2000, GULF had:

Short-term and/or term loan notes outstanding - $43,000,000;

Commercial paper to dealers outstanding - $0; and

Non-negotiable promissory notes to public entities in exchange for the proceeds
of their revenue anticipation notes - $0

                                    SIGNATURE

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

Dated:       February 27, 2001                    GULF POWER COMPANY


                                                  By: /s/Wayne Boston
                                                        Wayne Boston
                                                    Assistant Secretary
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