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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000092122-99-000026
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	POS AMC
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19990303

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000092122
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				580690070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		POS AMC
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	070-08733
		FILM NUMBER:		99556398

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		270 PEACHTREE ST
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30303
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4045065000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		270 PEACHTREE STREET
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30303
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 12 (POST-EFFECTIVE NO. 8)
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                              Troutman Sanders LLP
                              600 Peachtree Street
                                Atlanta, GA 30308


                                  March 3, 1999


Securities & Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549-1004


In Re:   Amendment No. 11 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 8) in
         Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 File No. 70-8733
         Pertaining To Mobile Energy Services Company, Noticed Through
         Release No. 35-26899 (July 23, 1998)

Gentlemen:

         In HCAR No. 35-26899 (July 23, 1998), the Commission issued public
notice of post-effective Amendment No. 11 in File No. 70-8733 pertaining to a
proposed restructuring of Mobile Energy Services Company. This is to advise that
the Applicants no longer request that the Commission process the
above-referenced post-effective amendment and withdraw the same without
prejudice to the continued effectiveness of currently effective declaration, as
amended, that is the subject of that file.

         Please consider this letter as Amendment No. 12 in this file (post
effective amendment No. 8) and maintain the same in the file.

                                            Sincerely,

                                            /s/Robert P. Edwards, Jr.

                                            Robert P. Edwards, Jr.

                                            Counsel for Applicants
                                            The Southern Company, et al.


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