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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000092122-97-000032.txt : 19970520
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000092122-97-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	35-CERT
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19970516
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GEORGIA POWER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000041091
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				580257110
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			GA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		35-CERT
		SEC ACT:		1935 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	070-08795
		FILM NUMBER:		97610636

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 PIEDMONT AVE NE
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30308
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4045266526
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<TYPE>35-CERT
<SEQUENCE>1
<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
<TEXT>

                   FIFTH BANK LOAN CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION

                             (First Quarter - 1997)

                                    Filed by

                              GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

Pursuant  to order of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  dated  March
13,  1996 in the  matter of File No.70-8795.



Georgia Power Company (GEORGIA) hereby certifies to said Commission, pursuant to
Rule 24, that, in accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the
purposes represented by the statement on Form U-1 in the above matter at the end
of the first quarter of 1997, GEORGIA had:-

Short-term and/or term loan notes outstanding - $58,400,000;

Commercial paper to dealers outstanding - $203,437,586; and

Non-negotiable promissory notes to public entities in exchange for the proceeds
of their revenue anticipation notes - $0.



                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this certificate to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


Dated: May 15, 1997                   GEORGIA POWER COMPANY


                                      By:           /s/  Wayne Boston
                                         Wayne Boston, Assistant Secretary


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