SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.

                                   FORM U-6B-2

                           Certificate of Notification

                                    Filed by

                              ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
                                 (the "Company")


         This certificate is notice that the above named company has issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities described herein which issue,
renewal or guaranty was exempted from the provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act
and was neither the subject of a declaration or application on Form U-1 nor
included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48.


Item 1.  Type of security or securities.

          Series F 6.375% Senior Insured Quarterly Notes due September 30, 2018
          (the "Notes")

Item 2.  Issue, renewal or guaranty.

          Issue

Item 3.  Principal amount of each security.

          $100,000,000

Item 4.  Rate of interest per annum of each security.

          6.375%

Item 5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security.

          September 24, 1998

Item 6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue.

          Not Applicable

Item 7.  Date of maturity of each security.

          September 30, 2018





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Item 8.  Name of person to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed.

          The Company issued and sold the Notes to Goldman, Sachs & Co. and
          Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., as the Underwriters, pursuant to an
          Underwriting Agreement dated September 16, 1998.

Item 9. Collateral given with each security, if any.

          None

Item 10. Consideration received for each security.

          $97,500,000.

Item 11. Application of proceeds of each security.

          The proceeds from the sale of the Notes together with other funds of
          the Company will be applied by the Company to redeem in October 1998
          the $99,608,000 outstanding principal amount of its First Mortgage
          Bonds, 8.30% Series due July 1, 2022.

Item 12. Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below
         whether the issue, renewal or guaranty of each security was
         exempt from the provisions of Section 6(a) because of:

          a.   the provisions contained in the first sentence of Section 6(b)___

          b.   the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of Section
               6(b)___

          c.   the provisions contained in any rule of the Commission other than
               Rule U-48_X_

Item 13. Not Applicable.

Item 14. Not Applicable.






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Item 15. If the security or securities are exempt from the
         provisions of Section 6(a) because of any rule of the
         Commission other than Rule U-48, designate the rule under
         which exemption is claimed.

          Rule 52


Date:  September 28, 1998                 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY



                                          By: /s/Wayne Boston
                                                 Wayne Boston
                                              Assistant Secretary