File No. 70-8737
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM U-1
APPLICATION OR DECLARATION
under
The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY
2992 West Beach
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
(Name of company or companies filing this statement
and addresses of principal executive offices)
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
(Name of top registered holding company parent of each applicant or declarant)
Michael W. Southern
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer
Mississippi Power Company
2992 West Beach
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all
orders, notices and communications to:
W. L. Westbrook John D. McLanahan, Esq.
Financial Vice President Troutman Sanders LLP
The Southern Company 600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
270 Peachtree Street, NW Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
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INFORMATION REQUIRED
Item 1. Description of Proposed Transactions.
Item 1 is hereby amended by adding the following thereto:
"Mississippi requests that the commission reserve jurisdiction,
pending completion of the record, over the issuance and sale, from time to time
or at any time on or before December 31, 2002, of one or more series of its
first mortgage bonds and one or more series of its preferred stock in an
aggregate amount of up to $400,000,000 in any combination of issuance.
Mississippi also hereby deletes all requests to deviate from the
provisions of the Statement of Policy Regarding First Mortgage Bonds and all
requests to deviate from the provisions of the Statement of Policy Regarding
Preferred Stock."
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this amendment to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 11, 1998 MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY
By:/s/ Wayne Boston
Wayne Boston
Assistant Secretary
