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 K 7.125% Senior Notes due August 15, 2004 (the "Notes")

Item 2.  Issue, renewal or guaranty.

                  Issue

Item 3.  Principal amount of each security.

                  $250,000,000

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

                  7.125%

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

                  August 19, 1999

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

                  Not Applicable

Item 7.  Date of maturity of each security.

                  August 15, 2004





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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 Lehman Brothers Inc., BNY
         Capital Markets, Inc., A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. and First Union
         Capital Markets Corp., as the Underwriters, pursuant to an Underwriting
         Agreement dated August 13, 1999.

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

                  None

Item 10. Consideration received for each security.

                  $248,920,000.

Item 11. Application of proceeds of each security.

                  The proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be applied by the
                  Company to repay a portion of its outstanding short-term
                  indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes.

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:  August 23, 1999               ALABAMA POWER COMPANY



                                     By:     /s/Wayne Boston
                                                Wayne Boston
                                             Assistant Secretary