35-CERT

                           CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION

                                    Filed by

                               GULF POWER COMPANY

Pursuant to order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated June 27, 2003
in the matter of File No. 70-10117.

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Gulf Power Company (the "Company") hereby certifies to said Commission, pursuant
to Rule 24, as follows:

         1. On July 22, 2003, the issuance by the Company of $60,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its Series G 4.35% Senior Notes due July 15, 2013
(the "Series G Notes"), pursuant to the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as
of July 22, 2003, supplementing the Senior Note Indenture dated as of January 1,
1998 between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly The Chase Manhattan
Bank), as Trustee (the "Indenture"), and the issuance by the Company of
$60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series H 5.25% Senior Notes due
July 15, 2033 (the "Series H Notes"), pursuant to the Eighth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of July 22, 2003, supplementing the Indenture, were carried
out in accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the purposes
represented by the application, as amended, and of said order with respect
thereto.

         2. Filed herewith are the following exhibits:

       Exhibit A -- Prospectus supplement with respect to the Series G
                    Notes, dated July 14, 2003. (Filed electronically July 16,
                    2003, in File Nos. 333-104449, 333-104449-01 and
                    333-104449-02.)

       Exhibit B -- Prospectus supplement with respect to the Series H
                    Notes, dated July 10, 2003. (Filed electronically July 14,
                    2003, in File Nos. 333-104449, 333-104449-01 and
                    333-104449-02.)

       Exhibit C -- Underwriting Agreement with respect to the Series G
                    Notes dated July 14, 2003. (Designated in Form 8-K dated
                    July 10, 2003 as Exhibit 1.1.)

       Exhibit D -- Underwriting Agreement with respect to the Series H
                    Notes dated July 10, 2003. (Designated in Form 8-K dated
                    July 10, 2003 as Exhibit 1.2.)

       Exhibit E -- Seventh Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture
                    dated as of July 22, 2003 providing for the issuance of the
                    Series G Notes. (Designated in Form 8-K dated July 10, 2003,
                    as Exhibit 4.1.)






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       Exhibit F -- Eighth Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture dated
                    as of July 22, 2003 providing for the issuance of the Series
                    H Notes. (Designated in Form 8-K dated July 10, 2003, as
                    Exhibit 4.2.)

       Exhibit G -- Opinion of Beggs & Lane, a Registered Limited
                    Liability Partnership, dated July 30, 2003.



Dated:   July 30, 2003                               GULF POWER COMPANY



                                                   By /s/Wayne Boston
                                                        Wayne Boston
                                                   Assistant Secretary

EX-99

                                                                      Exhibit G


                                  Beggs & Lane
                        Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
                              Post Office Box 12590
                          Pensacola, Florida 32591-2950
                                  850-432-2451




                                  July 30, 2003





Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549

RE:      Statement on Form U-1
         of Gulf Power Company
         (herein called the "Company").
         File No. 70-10117

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read the statement on Form U-1, as amended, referred to above and are
furnishing this opinion with respect to the issuance and sale by the Company of
$60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series G 4.35% Senior Notes due
July 15, 2013 (the "Series G Notes") and the issuance and sale by the Company of
$60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series H 5.25% Senior Notes due
July 15, 2033 (the "Series H Notes").

We are of the opinion that:

(a)   the Company is validly organized and duly existing as a corporation under
      the laws of the State of Maine and is duly admitted to do business as a
      foreign corporation in the States of Florida, Georgia and Mississippi;

(b)   the subject transactions have been consummated in accordance with such
      statement on Form U-1, as amended;

(c)   all state laws applicable to the transactions have been complied with;

(d)   the Series G Notes and the Series H Notes are valid and binding
      obligations of the Company in accordance with each of their terms; and

(e)   the consummation of the transactions did not violate the legal rights of
      the holders of any securities issued by the Company or any associate
      company thereof.







Securities and Exchange Commission
July 30, 2003
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We hereby give our written consent to the use of this opinion in connection with
the above-mentioned statement on Form U-1, as amended, and to the filing thereof
with the Commission at the time of the filing by the Company of its certificate
pursuant to Rule 24.


                                                              Very truly yours,

                                                              /s/Beggs & Lane

                                                              Beggs & Lane