Exhibit B-33


                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                      SOUTHERN COMPANY FUNDING CORPORATION


                                       I.

         The name of the corporation is Southern Company Funding Corporation
(the "Corporation").


                                       II.

         The initial registered office of the Corporation in the State of
Delaware shall be located at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New
Castle County, Delaware 19808. The initial registered agent of the Corporation
at such address shall be Corporation Service Company.


                                      III.

         The purpose or purposes for which the Corporation is organized shall be
to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


                                       IV.

         The Corporation shall be authorized to issue One Thousand (1,000)
shares of $0.01 par value capital stock, all of which shall be designated
"Common Stock." The shares of Common Stock shall have unlimited voting rights
and shall be entitled to receive all of the net assets of the Corporation upon
dissolution or liquidation.


                                       V.

         The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors
and as otherwise provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. The initial Board of
Directors of the corporation shall consist of four members, whose names are as
follows:

                                            Gale E. Klappa
                                            Allen L. Leverett
                                            Earl C. Long
                                            W. L. Westbrook

         The mailing address of the directors is c/o The Southern Company, 270
Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.


                                       VI.

         The Corporation shall have perpetual duration.


                                      VII.

         The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the power to
adopt, amend and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.


                                      VIII.

         To the fullest extent that the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as
it exists on the date hereof or as it may hereafter be amended, permits the
limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, no director of the
Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of duty of care or other duty as a director. No
amendment to or repeal of this Article shall apply to or have any effect on the
liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with
respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such
amendment or repeal.


                                       IX.

         The name and address of the Incorporator of the Corporation is
Melissa K. Caen,  Troutman  Sanders LLP, 600 Peachtree  Street,
N.E., Suite 5200, Atlanta, Georgia 30308.




         I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the
purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying
that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and
accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of January, 2001.



                                                     Melissa K. Caen,
                                                     Authorized Person