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 N 4.875% Senior Notes due September 1, 2004 (the
                  "Series N Notes") Series O Floating Rate Senior Notes due
                  March 3, 2003 (the "Series O Notes" and, together with the
                  Series N Notes, the "Notes")

Item 2.           Issue, renewal or guaranty.

                  Issue

Item 3.           Principal amount of each security.

                  Series N Notes:   $275,000,000
                  Series O Notes    $167,000,000

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

                  Series N Notes:   4.875%
                  Series O Notes:   Floating rate reset quarterly based on
                                    three-month LIBOR plus 0.10%

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

                  The Notes:        August 29, 2001

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

                  Not Applicable






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Item 7.           Date of maturity of each security.

                  Series N Notes:   September 1, 2004
                  Series O Notes:   March 3, 2003

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., Jackson Securities Inc. and
                  Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as the Underwriters, pursuant to
                  an Underwriting Agreement dated August 22, 2001.

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

                  None

Item 10. Consideration received for each security.

                  Series N Notes: $273,559,000 (99.476% of the principal amount)
                  Series O Notes: $166,749,500 (99.850% of the principal amount)

Item 11. Application of proceeds of each security.

                  The proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be applied by the
                  Company to redeem on August 31, 2001 $131,500,000 aggregate
                  principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 9% Series due
                  February 1, 2024 and will be used for other general corporate
                  purposes which includes the repayment of a portion of the
                  Company's outstanding short-term indebtedness.

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 31, 2001                           ALABAMA POWER COMPANY



                                                By: /s/Wayne Boston
                                                      Wayne Boston
                                                   Assistant Secretary