CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
                                (Third Quarter - 1994)

                                       Filed by

                                 THE SOUTHERN COMPANY

          Pursuant to order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated
          August 3, 1994 in the matter of File No. 70-8421.




          The Southern Company (SOUTHERN) hereby certifies to said

          Commission, pursuant to Rule 24, that, in accordance with the

          terms and conditions of and for the purposes represented by the

          statement on Form U-1 in the above matter during the third

          quarter of 1994, SOUTHERN made no direct or indirect investment

          in the securities of any company engaged directly or indirectly,

          and exclusively in the business of owning and holding the

          securities of foreign utility companies and exempt wholesale

          generators.



                                      SIGNATURE

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding

          Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this

          certificate to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned

          thereunto duly authorized.


          Dated: November 30, 1994      THE SOUTHERN COMPANY



                                        By: Tommy Chisholm                
                                                  Tommy Chisholm
                                                    Secretary