SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three year period ending 2009

                      FORM U-12(I)-B (Advance/Supplemental)

  Statement Pursuant to Section 12(i) of Public Utility Holding Company Act of
    1935 by a Person Regularly Employed or Retained by a Registered Holding
        Company or a Subsidiary Thereof and Whose Employment Contemplates
                Only Routine Expenses as Specified in Rule 71(b)

         1.       Name and business address of person filing statement. George
                  A. Martin
                  241 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE
                  Bin 10221
                  Atlanta, GA 30308

         2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the
undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.

                  None

         3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

                  Georgia Power Company - Southern Company and all its
                  subsidiaries.

         4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or
retained by each of the companies named in item 3, and brief description of
nature of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.

                  Environmental Specialist Sr

         5. (a) Compensation received during the prior reporting period and
estimated to be received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or
others, directly or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from
each of the companies designated in item 3. (Use column (a) as supplementary
statement only.)

                     Salary or other
                      Compensations
               -------------------------------
Name of          received        to be           Person or company from whom
recipient                      received          received or to be received
                  (a)            (b)

George A.     $246,577.13    to be included      Georgia Power Company
Martin                      in supplementary
                               statement

           (b) Basis for compensation if other than salary. N/A

          6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only.) Expenses incurred
by the undersigned or any person named in item 2, above, during the calendar
year in connection with the activities described in item 4, above, and the
source or sources of reimbursement for same.

           (a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client: n/a

           (b) Itemized list of all other expenses: n/a

Date 1/26/06                               /s/George Martin