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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Long-Term Debt Payable to Affiliated Trusts&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Certain of the traditional operating companies have formed certain wholly-owned trust subsidiaries
   for the purpose of issuing preferred securities. The proceeds of the related equity investments
   and preferred security sales were loaned back to the applicable traditional operating company
   through the issuance of junior subordinated notes totaling $412&amp;#160;million, which constitute
   substantially all of the assets of these trusts and are reflected in the balance sheets as
   &amp;#8220;Long-term Debt.&amp;#8221; Such traditional operating companies each consider that the mechanisms and
   obligations relating to the preferred securities issued for its benefit, taken together, constitute
   a full and unconditional guarantee by it of the respective trusts&amp;#8217; payment obligations with respect
   to these securities. At December&amp;#160;31, 2009, preferred securities of $400&amp;#160;million were outstanding.
   See Note 1 under &amp;#8220;Variable Interest Entities&amp;#8221; for additional information on the accounting
   treatment for these trusts and the related securities.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Securities Due Within One Year&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;A summary of scheduled maturities and redemptions of securities due within one year at December&amp;#160;31
   was as follows:
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Maturities through 2014 applicable to total long-term debt are as follows: $1.1&amp;#160;billion in 2010;
   $1.1&amp;#160;billion in 2011; $1.8&amp;#160;billion in 2012; $941&amp;#160;million in 2013; and $430&amp;#160;million in 2014.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bank Term Loans&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Certain of the traditional operating companies have entered into bank term loan agreements. In
   2008, Georgia Power borrowed $300&amp;#160;million under a three-year term loan agreement. In 2008, Gulf
   Power borrowed $110&amp;#160;million under a three-year loan agreement. Mississippi Power also borrowed
   $80&amp;#160;million under a three-year term loan agreement in 2008. The proceeds of these loans were used
   to repay maturing long-term and short-term indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Senior Notes&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Southern Company and its subsidiaries issued a total of $2.4&amp;#160;billion of senior notes in 2009.
   Southern Company issued $650&amp;#160;million, and the traditional operating companies&amp;#8217; combined issuances
   totaled $1.8&amp;#160;billion. The proceeds of these issuances were used to repay long-term and short-term
   indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;At December&amp;#160;31, 2009 and 2008, Southern Company and its subsidiaries had a total of $14.7&amp;#160;billion
   and $12.9&amp;#160;billion, respectively, of senior notes outstanding. At December&amp;#160;31, 2009 and 2008,
   Southern Company had a total of $1.8&amp;#160;billion and $1.1&amp;#160;billion, respectively, of senior notes
   outstanding.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pollution Control Revenue Bonds&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Pollution control obligations represent loans to the traditional operating companies from public
   authorities of funds derived from sales by such authorities of revenue bonds issued to finance
   pollution control and solid waste disposal facilities. The traditional operating companies have
   $3.6&amp;#160;billion of outstanding pollution control revenue bonds and are required to make payments
   sufficient for the authorities to meet principal and interest requirements of such bonds. Proceeds
   from certain issuances are restricted until qualifying expenditures are incurred.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Assets Subject to Lien&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Each of Southern Company&amp;#8217;s subsidiaries is organized as a legal entity, separate and apart from
       Southern Company and its other subsidiaries. Alabama Power and Gulf Power have granted one or more
       liens on certain of their respective property in connection with the issuance of certain pollution
       control revenue bonds with an outstanding principal amount of $194&amp;#160;million. There are no
       agreements or other arrangements among the subsidiary companies under which the assets of one
       company have been pledged or otherwise made available to satisfy obligations of Southern Company or
       any of its other subsidiaries.
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bank Credit Arrangements&lt;/b&gt;
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   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;At December&amp;#160;31, 2009, unused credit arrangements with banks totaled $4.8&amp;#160;billion, of which $1.5
   billion expires during 2010, $25&amp;#160;million expires in 2011, and $3.2&amp;#160;billion expires in 2012. The
       following table outlines the credit arrangements by company:
   &lt;/div&gt;
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Years&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="11" style="font-size: 8pt"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(in millions)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Head --&gt;
   &lt;!-- Begin Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
   &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Southern Company
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;950&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;950&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;950&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Alabama Power
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,271&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,271&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;372&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;481&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;25&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;765&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Georgia Power
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,715&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,703&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;40&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;595&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,120&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Gulf Power
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;220&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;220&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;70&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;220&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Mississippi Power
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;156&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;156&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;41&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;156&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Southern Power
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;400&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;400&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;400&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Other
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;60&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;60&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;60&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;60&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;&amp;#8212;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="29" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;
   &lt;div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"&gt;Total
   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,772&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;4,760&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;517&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;81&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;1,512&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;25&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td align="right"&gt;3,235&lt;/td&gt;
       &lt;td&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr style="font-size: 1px"&gt;
       &lt;td colspan="29" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;!-- End Table Body --&gt;
   &lt;/table&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;All of the credit arrangements require payment of commitment fees based on the unused portion of
       the commitments or the maintenance of compensating balances with the banks. Commitment fees
       average approximately &lt;font style="font-size: 70%"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/font&gt;/&lt;font style="font-size: 60%"&gt;2&lt;/font&gt; of 1% or less for Southern Company, the traditional operating companies,
       and Southern Power. Compensating balances are not legally restricted from withdrawal.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Most of the credit arrangements with banks have covenants that limit debt levels to 65% of total
       capitalization, as defined in the agreements. For purposes of these definitions, debt excludes the
       long-term debt payable to affiliated trusts and, in certain arrangements, other hybrid securities.
   At December&amp;#160;31, 2009, Southern Company, Southern Power, and the traditional operating companies
       were each in compliance with their respective debt limit covenants.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;In addition, the credit arrangements typically contain cross default provisions that would be
       triggered if the borrower defaulted on other indebtedness above a specified threshold. The cross
       default provisions are restricted only to the indebtedness, including any guarantee obligations, of
       the company that has such credit arrangements. Southern Company and its subsidiaries are currently
       in compliance with all such covenants.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;A portion of the $4.8&amp;#160;billion unused credit with banks is allocated to provide liquidity support to
       the traditional operating companies&amp;#8217; variable rate pollution control revenue bonds. The amount of
       variable rate pollution control revenue bonds requiring liquidity support as of December&amp;#160;31, 2009
   was approximately $1.6&amp;#160;billion. Subsequent to December&amp;#160;31, 2009, two remarketings of pollution
       control revenue bonds increased the total requiring liquidity support to $1.8&amp;#160;billion.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Southern Company, the traditional operating companies, and Southern Power make short-term
       borrowings primarily through commercial paper programs that have the liquidity support of committed
       bank credit arrangements. Southern Company and the traditional operating companies may also borrow
       through various other arrangements with banks. The amounts of commercial paper outstanding and
       included in notes payable in the balance sheets at December&amp;#160;31, 2009 and December&amp;#160;31, 2008 were
   $638&amp;#160;million and $794&amp;#160;million, respectively. The amounts of short-term bank loans included in
       notes payable in the balance sheets at December&amp;#160;31, 2008 were $150&amp;#160;million. There were no short
       term-bank loans included in notes payable in the balance sheet at December&amp;#160;31, 2009.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;During 2009, the peak amount outstanding for short-term debt was $1.4&amp;#160;billion, and the average
       amount outstanding was $956&amp;#160;million. The average annual interest rate on short-term debt was 0.4%
   for 2009 and 2.7% for 2008.
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- Folio --&gt;
   &lt;!-- /Folio --&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;!-- PAGEBREAK --&gt;
   &lt;div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"&gt;
   &lt;b&gt;
   &lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Changes in Redeemable Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries&lt;/b&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"&gt;Each of the traditional operating companies has issued preferred and/or preference stock. The
       preferred stock of Alabama Power and Mississippi Power contains a feature that allows the holders
       to elect a majority of such subsidiary&amp;#8217;s board of directors if dividends are not paid for four
       consecutive quarters. Because such a potential redemption-triggering event is not solely within
       the control of Alabama Power and Mississippi Power, this preferred stock is presented as
   &amp;#8220;Redeemable Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries&amp;#8221; in a manner consistent with temporary equity under
       applicable accounting standards. The preferred and preference stock at Georgia Power and the
       preference stock at Alabama Power and Gulf Power do not contain such a provision that would allow
       the holders to elect a majority of such subsidiary&amp;#8217;s board. As a result, under applicable
       accounting standards, the preferred and preference stock at Georgia Power and the preference stock
       at Alabama Power and Gulf Power are required to be shown as &amp;#8220;noncontrolling interest,&amp;#8221; separately
       presented as a component of &amp;#8220;Stockholders&amp;#8217; Equity&amp;#8221; on Southern Company&amp;#8217;s consolidated balance
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       &lt;td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Redeemable Preferred Stock&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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