FOURTH BANK LOAN CERTIFICATE OF NOTIFICATION
(Fourth Quarter - 1996)
Filed by
MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY
Pursuant to order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated
March 13, 1996 in the matter of File No. 70-8797.
Mississippi Power Company (MISSISSIPPI) hereby certifies to said Commission,
pursuant to Rule 24, that, in accordance with the terms and conditions of and
for the purposes represented by the statement on Form U-1 in the above matter
at the end of the fourth quarter of 1996, MISSISSIPPI had:-
Short-term and/or term loan notes outstanding - $80,000,000;
Commercial paper to dealers outstanding - $0; and
Non-negotiable promissory notes to public entities in exchange for the proceeds
of their revenue anticipation notes - $0.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this certificate to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 13, 1997 MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ Wayne Boston
Wayne Boston, Assistant Secretary
