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 FF 5.200% Senior Notes due January 15, 2016 (the "Notes")

Item 2.  Issue, renewal or guaranty.

         Issue

Item 3.  Principal amount of each security.

         $200,000,000

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

         5.200%

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

         January 18, 2006

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.

         January 15, 2016

Item 8.  Name of person to whom each security was issued, renewed or guaranteed.

           The Company issued and sold the Notes to Citigroup Global
           Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Keegan & Company,
           Inc., Jackson Securities, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and
           BNY Capital Markets, Inc., as the Underwriters, pursuant to
           an Underwriting Agreement dated January 11, 2006.

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

         None

Item 10. Consideration received for each security.

         $198,238,000 (99.119% 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 repay a portion of its outstanding short-term debt
         and for other general corporate purposes.

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: January 20, 2006                             ALABAMA POWER COMPANY



                                                   By:  /s/Wayne Boston
                                                         Wayne Boston
                                                     Assistant Secretary