Exhibit 24.1

February 16, 2009

David M. Ratcliffe, W. Paul Bowers, Melissa K. Caen and Wayne Boston

Gentlemen and Ms. Caen:

The Southern Company (the “Company”) proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement or statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the issuance and sale of an indeterminate amount or number of common stock and debt securities, and any necessary or appropriate amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such registration statement or statements.

The Company and the undersigned directors and officers of the Company, individually as a director and/or as an officer of the Company, hereby make, constitute and appoint each of you our true and lawful Attorney (with full power of substitution) for each of us and in each of our names, places and steads to sign and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the aforementioned registration statement or statements and any appropriate amendment or amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), to be accompanied in each case by a prospectus and any appropriately amended prospectus or supplement thereto and any necessary exhibits.

The Company hereby authorizes you or any one of you to execute said registration statement or statements and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) on its behalf as attorney-in-fact for it and its authorized officers, and to file the same as aforesaid.

The undersigned directors and officers of the Company hereby authorize you or any of you to sign said registration statement or statements on their behalf as attorney-in-fact and to amend, or remedy any deficiencies with respect to, said registration statement or statements by appropriate amendment or amendments (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same as aforesaid.

Yours very truly,

THE SOUTHERN COMPANY

By        /s/ David M. Ratcliffe

David M. Ratcliffe

Chairman, President and

Chief Executive Officer

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/s/ Juanita Powell Baranco Juanita Powell Baranco	/s/ J. Neal Purcell J. Neal Purcell
/s/ Francis S. Blake Francis S. Blake	/s/ David M. Ratcliffe David M. Ratcliffe
/s/ Jon A. Boscia Jon A. Boscia	/s/ William G. Smith, Jr. William G. Smith, Jr.
/s/ Thomas F. Chapman Thomas F. Chapman	/s/ Gerald J. St. Pé Gerald J. St. Pé
/s/ H. William Habermeyer, Jr. H. William Habermeyer, Jr.	/s/ G. Edison Holland, Jr. G. Edison Holland, Jr.
/s/ Veronica M. Hagen Veronica M. Hagen	/s/ W. Paul Bowers W. Paul Bowers
/s/ Warren A. Hood, Jr. Warren A. Hood, Jr.	/s/ W. Ron Hinson W. Ron Hinson
/s/ Donald M. James Donald M. James

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Extract from minutes of meeting of the board of directors of The Southern Company.

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The undersigned officer of The Southern Company does hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the board of directors of The Southern Company, duly held on February 16, 2009, at which a quorum was in attendance and voting throughout, and that said resolution has not since been rescinded but is still in full force and effect.

Dated: May 8, 2009 THE SOUTHERN COMPANY By           /s/ Wayne Boston Wayne Boston Assistant Secretary