SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
Three year period ending 2002
FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)
Statement Pursuant to Section 12(i) of Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 by a Person Regularly Employed or Retained by a Registered Holding
Company or a Subsidiary Thereof and Whose Employment Contemplates
Only Routine Expenses as Specified in Rule 71(b)
1. Name and business address of person filing statement.
Balch & Bingham LLP
1710 Sixth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203-2015
Balch & Bingham LLP
1901 Sixth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203-2628
Balch & Bingham LLP
655 Gallatin Street
Huntsville, AL 35801-4901
Balch & Bingham LLP
2 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104-3515
Balch & Bingham LLP
1275 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20004-2404
2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the
undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.
Any partner, attorney or employee of Balch & Bingham LLP
3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
undersigned is regularly employed or retained.
Southern Company and its subsidiaries.
4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or
retained by each of the companies named in item 3, and brief description of
nature of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.
This Firm is retained generally to provide legal services to
Alabama Power Company, Southern Company Services, Inc., and
other subsidiaries of The Southern Company
5. (a) Compensation received during the prior reporting period and
estimated to be received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or
others, directly or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from
each of the companies designated in item 3. (Use column (a) as supplementary
statement only.)
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5. (a) Continued
Salary or other
compensations
Name of received to be Person or company from whom received
recipient received or to be received
(a) (b)
Balch & Bingham LLP (See Attachment)
(b) Basis for compensation if other than salary. N/A
6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only.) Expenses incurred
by the undersigned or any person named in item 2, above, during the calendar
year in connection with the activities described in item 4, above, and the
source or sources of reimbursement for same.
(a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client: $64,524.00
(b) Itemized list of all other expenses: None
Date January 20, 2000 (Signed) /s/ Balch & Bingham LLP
By /s/Walter M. Beale, Jr.
Walter M. Beale, Jr.
Partner
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Item 5.(a) Salary or other compensations
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Received during To be received Person or Company
prior 3-year from whom received
reporting period or to be received
(a) (b)
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$22,833,100.00 To be included in supplementary Alabama Power Company
statement
40,564.00 To be included in supplementary Southern Electric Generating Company
statement
3,084,803.00 To be included in supplementary Southern Nuclear Operating Company
statement
6,152,229.00 To be included in supplementary Southern Company Services, Inc.
statement
241,831.00 To be included in supplementary Georgia Power Company
statement
30,013.00 To be included in supplementary Gulf Power Company
statement
9,729.00 To be included in supplementary Mississippi Power Company
statement
199,277.00 To be included in supplementary Southern Communications Services, Inc.
statement
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