EXHIBIT 10(b)17

BASE SALARIES OF NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

The following are the annual base salaries, effective March 1, 2011, of the current Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Alabama Power Company and certain other current or former executive officers of Alabama Power Company who served during 2010.

Charles D. McCrary                                                                                            $758,611

President and Chief Executive Officer

Art P. Beattie*                                                                                                     $556,400

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and

Treasurer

Mark A. Crosswhite**                                                                                       $399,543

Executive Vice President

Theodore J. McCullough***                                                                            $219,305

Senior Vice President

Steven R. Spencer                                                                                               $414,737

Executive Vice President

Jerry L. Stewart****                                                                                           $364,132

Senior Vice President

Philip Raymond*****                                                                                        $271,039

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

and Treasurer

*          Through August 12, 2010

**       Through December 31, 2010

***     Effective July 1, 2010

****   Retired October 1, 2010

***** From August 13, 2010