35-CERT

                           CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION

                                    Filed by

                              GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

Pursuant to orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated December 15,
1994, January 17, 1996 and August 26, 1996 in the matter of File No. 70-8461.

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Georgia Power Company (the "Company") hereby certifies to said Commission, 
pursuant to Rule 24, as follows with respect to the transactions described 
particularly in Amendment No. 9 (Post-Effective No. 6) herein:

         1. On August 28, 1996, the issuance and sale by Georgia Power Capital
Trust I (the "Trust"), a Delaware business trust, of 9,000,000 of its 7.75%
Trust Preferred Securities (Liquidation amount $25 per Preferred Security) and
all transactions relating thereto were carried out in accordance with the terms
and conditions of and for the purposes represented by the application, as
amended, and of said orders with respect thereto.

         2. The issuance by the Company of $231,958,775 aggregate principal
amount of its Series A 7.75% Junior Subordinated Notes due June 30, 2036,
pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 15, 1996,
supplementing the Subordinated Note Indenture dated as of August 1, 1996,
between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee, was carried out in
accordance with the terms and conditions of and for the purposes represented by
the application, as amended, and of said orders with respect thereto.

         3. The execution by the Company of the Guarantee Agreement providing
for the guarantee by the Company of certain obligations of the Trust, in respect
of the Trust Preferred Securities, was carried out in accordance with the terms
and conditions of and for the purposes represented by the application, as
amended, and of said orders with respect thereto.






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     4.   Filed herewith are the following exhibits:

        Exhibit A - Copy of the prospectus supplement with respect to the
                    Trust  Preferred  Securities,  dated  August 21,  1996,  and
                    accompanying   prospectus  dated  August  16,  1996.  (Filed
                    electronically  August  22,  1996,  in File Nos.  333-06037,
                    333-06037-01, 333-06037-02 and 333-06037-03.)

        Exhibit B - Underwriting  Agreement dated August 21, 1996,  among
                    the Company,  the Trust and Lehman Brothers Inc. (Designated
                    in Form 8-K dated  August  21,  1996,  File No.  1-6468,  as
                    Exhibit 1.)

        Exhibit C - Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Georgia Power
                    Capital  Trust I.  (Designated  in Form 8-K dated August 21,
                    1996, File No. 1-6468, as Exhibit 4.5.)

        Exhibit D - Subordinated  Note  Indenture  dated as of August 1,
                    1996,  between the Company and The Chase  Manhattan Bank, as
                    Trustee. (Designated in Form 8-K dated August 21, 1996, File
                    No. 1-6468, as Exhibit 4.1.)

        Exhibit E - Supplemental  Indenture  dated as of August 15, 1996,
                    providing for the issuance of the  Company's  Series A 7.75%
                    Junior Subordinated Notes due June 30, 2036.  (Designated in
                    Form 8-K dated August 21, 1996, File No. 1-6468,  as Exhibit
                    4.2.)

        Exhibit F - Guarantee Agreement relating to Georgia Power Capital
                    Trust I. (Designated in Form 8-K dated August 21, 1996, File
                    No. 1-6468, as Exhibit 4.8.)

        Exhibit G - Opinion of Troutman  Sanders LLP dated  September  4,
                    1996.



Dated    September 4, 1996                  GEORGIA POWER COMPANY



                                          By  /s/Wayne Boston
                                                 Wayne Boston
                                              Assistant Secretary

EX-99

                                                                    Exhibit G

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                                September 4, 1996


Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549

RE:      Statement on Form U-1
         of Georgia Power Company
         (herein called the "Company") et al.
         File No. 70-8461

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read the statement on Form U-1, as amended, referred to above and are
furnishing this opinion with respect to the issuance and sale by Georgia Power
Capital Trust I (the "Trust") of its Trust Preferred Securities and the related
issuance by the Company of its Guarantee and Junior Subordinated Notes (all as
defined therein).

We are of the opinion that:

     (a)  the Company is validly  organized  and duly  existing as a corporation
          under the laws of the State of Georgia;

     (b)  the  transactions  have  been  consummated  in  accordance  with  such
          statement on Form U-1, as amended;

     (c)  all state laws  applicable  to such  transactions  have been  complied
          with;

     (d)  the Company's obligations with respect to the Guarantee and the Junior
          Subordinated Notes are valid and binding obligations of the Company in
          accordance with their terms; and

     (e)  the  consummation of the transactions did not violate the legal rights
          of the  holders  of  any  securities  issued  by  the  Company  or any
          associate company thereof.

We hereby give our written consent to the use of this opinion in connection with
the above-mentioned statement on Form U-1 and to the filing thereof with the
Commission at the time of the filing by the Company of its certificate pursuant
to Rule 24.


                                                Very truly yours,

                                            /s/Troutman Sanders LLP