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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000092122-03-000026.txt : 20030130
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20030130172702
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000092122-03-000026
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	U-12-IB
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030130
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20030130
GROUP MEMBERS:		ROBIN A. HURST

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALABAMA POWER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000003153
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				630004250
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			AL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		U-12-IB
		SEC ACT:		1935 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	012-00013
		FILM NUMBER:		03532750

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		600 N 18TH ST
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 2641
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35291
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2052571000

FILED BY:		

	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

	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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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three year period ending 2005

                      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.

                  Robin A. Hurst
                  Alabama Power Company
                  P. O. Box 2641
                  Birmingham, AL 35291-0700

         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.

        Alabama Power Company, 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.


                  Senior Vice President - Power Delivery


         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 supplemental
statement only.)

                           Salary or other
                            Compensations
Name of     received                to be          Person or company from whom
recipient                           received       received or to be received

             (a)               (b)
Robin A.  $ 1,686,764       to be included         Alabama Power Company
Hurst                       in supplemental
                            statement

           (b) Basis for compensation if other than salary. None

          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:  December 20, 2002                    (Signed)  Robin A. Hurst



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