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 C 7% Senior Notes due March 31, 2048 (the "Notes")
Item 2. Issue, renewal or guaranty.
Issue
Item 3. Principal amount of each security.
$190,000,000
Item 4. Rate of interest per annum of each security.
7%
Item 5. Date of issue, renewal or guaranty of each security.
April 23, 1998
Item 6. If renewal of security, give date of original issue.
Not Applicable
Item 7. Date of maturity of each security.
March 31, 2048
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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.,
A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Edward D.
Jones & Co., L.P., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, PaineWebber
Incorporated, Prudential Securities Incorporated, The
Robinson-Humphrey Company, LLC and Smith Barney Inc., as
Representatives of the Underwriters, pursuant to an
Underwriting Agreement dated April 17, 1998.
Item 9. Collateral given with each security, if any.
None
Item 10. Consideration received for each security.
$184,703,000.
Item 11. Application of proceeds of each security.
The proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used by the
Company to redeem in May 1998 the $124,155,000 outstanding
principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 8 3/4% Series
due December 1, 2021 and to repay a portion of its 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: April 28, 1998 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
By: /s/Wayne Boston
Wayne Boston
Assistant Secretary
