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<SEC-DOCUMENT>/in/edgar/work/0000092122-00-500051/0000092122-00-500051.txt : 20001102
<SEC-HEADER>0000092122-00-500051.hdr.sgml : 20001102
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000092122-00-500051
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	U-12-IB
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20001031
GROUP MEMBERS:		SOUTHERN ENERGY INC
GROUP MEMBERS:		WILLIAM T. ORR

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

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

		FILING VALUES:
			FORM TYPE:		U-12-IB
			SEC ACT:		
			SEC FILE NUMBER:	012-00001
			FILM NUMBER:		750029
</FILING-VALUES>

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

				MAIL ADDRESS:	
					STREET 1:		270 PEACHTREE STREET
					CITY:			ATLANTA
					STATE:			GA
					ZIP:			30303
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</SUBJECT-COMPANY>

					FILED BY:		

						COMPANY DATA:	
							COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN ENERGY INC
							CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001010775
							STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [4911
]							IRS NUMBER:				582056305
							STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
							FISCAL YEAR END:			1231
</COMPANY-DATA>

							FILING VALUES:
								FORM TYPE:		U-12-IB
</FILING-VALUES>

								BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
									STREET 1:		1155 PERIMETER CENTER WEST
									STREET 2:		SUITE 100
									CITY:			ATLANTA
									STATE:			GA
									ZIP:			30338
									BUSINESS PHONE:		770-821-7000
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>

									MAIL ADDRESS:	
										STREET 1:		1155 PERIMETER CENTER WEST
										STREET 2:		SUITE 100
										CITY:			ATLANTA
										STATE:			GA
										ZIP:			30338
</MAIL-ADDRESS>

										FORMER COMPANY:	
											FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SEI HOLDINGS INC
											DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960315
</FORMER-COMPANY>
</FILED-BY>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>U-12-IB
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>orr.txt
<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)

         1. Name and business address of person filing statement.

         William T. Orr, 1155 Perimeter Center West, Atlanta, GA 30338

         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, Southern Energy, Inc. and 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.

         Senior Vice President of Southern Energy's Americas Group

         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     received     to be            Person or company from whom received
recipient                received         or to be received
               (a)       (b)
William T.     N/A       to be included   Southern Energy Resources, Inc.
 Orr                     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: N/A

         (b) Itemized list of all other expenses: N/A


Date     October 10, 2000           (Signed) /S/ William T. Orr


</TEXT>
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