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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000092122-00-000049.txt : 20000203
<SEC-HEADER>0000092122-00-000049.hdr.sgml : 20000203
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000092122-00-000049
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	U-12-IB
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20000131

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	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:		U-12-IB
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	012-00001
		FILM NUMBER:		517309

	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

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MISSISSIPPI POWER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000066904
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				640205820
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MS
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		U-12-IB

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2992 W BEACH
		CITY:			GULFPORT
		STATE:			MS
		ZIP:			39501
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2288641211
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<TYPE>U-12-IB
<SEQUENCE>1
<TEXT>

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three year period ending 2002


                      FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)

  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)

  (To be filed in DUPLICATE. If acknowledgment is desired, file in triplicate)

         1. Name and business address of person filing statement.
                      P. C. Raymond
                      2992 West Beach Boulevard
                      Gulfport, MS  39501
         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.

                      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.

                      The  undersigned  is Manager,  Regulatory  Accounting  and
                      Research  of  Mississippi  Power  Company.  He files  this
                      statement  on behalf  of said  Company  or any  affiliated
                      company before the  Securities and Exchange  Commission or
                      Federal  Energy  Regulatory   Commission  or  any  member,
                      officer  or  employee  of such  commissions  or before any
                      member or committee of Congress,  which may include, among
                      other things,  proceedings  in connection  with the Public
                      Utility  Holding  Company  and Federal  Energy  Regulatory
                      Commission Acts or in connection with legislation.

         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 recipient    received    to be               Person or company from whom
                                received             received or to be received

                      (a)         (b)
P. C. Raymond    $389,257.69    to be included       Mississippi Power Company
                                in supplementary     and Southern Company
                                statement            Services, Inc.


           (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:  None

          (b)   Itemized list of all other expenses:  None




(Date)  1/20/00                         (Signed) /S/ P. C. Raymond
                                                     P. C. Raymond
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