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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000092122-00-000054
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:		517314

	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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                       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.
                      D. H. Van Loon
                      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, Rate Regulation and Planning
                      of Mississippi Power Company. She 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)
D. H. Van Loon    $361,806.52    to be included     Mississippi Power Company
                                 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: $ 0

            (b) Itemized list of all other expenses:  None





(Date)   January 21, 2000               (Signed) /S/ Donna H. Van Loon
                                                     Donna H. Van Loon

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