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 September 22, 2004, the issuance by the Company of $75,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its Series K 4.90% Senior Notes due October 1,
2014 (the "Series K Notes"), pursuant to the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture
dated as of September 22, 2004, 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"), was 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
                           K Notes, dated September 13, 2004. (Filed
                           electronically September 15, 2004, in File Nos.
                           333-118060, 333-118060-01 and 333-118060-02.)

             Exhibit  B -- Underwriting Agreement with respect to the
                           Series K Notes dated September 13, 2004. (Designated
                           in Form 8-K dated September 13, 2004 as Exhibit 1.)

             Exhibit  C -- Eleventh Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture
                           dated as of September 22, 2004 providing for the
                           issuance of the Series K Notes. (Designated in Form
                           8-K dated September 13, 2004, as Exhibit 4.1.)

             Exhibit  D -- Opinion of Beggs & Lane, a Registered Limited
                           Liability Partnership, dated September 29, 2004.


Dated:   September 29, 2004                          GULF POWER COMPANY


                                                     By  /s/Wayne Boston
                                                           Wayne Boston
                                                        Assistant Secretary

EX-99

                                                                      Exhibit D

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


                               September 29, 2004





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
$75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series K 4.90% Senior Notes due
October 1, 2014 (the "Series K 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 K Notes are valid and binding obligations of the Company in
      accordance with 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
September 29, 2004
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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