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 CC 3.50% Senior Notes due November 15, 2007 (the "Notes")

Item 2.     Issue, renewal or guaranty.

            Issue

Item 3.     Principal amount of each security.

            $300,000,000

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

            3.50%

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

            November 16, 2004

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.

            November 15, 2007

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

            The Company issued and sold the Notes to Banc of America
            Securities LLC, Lehman Brothers Inc., Lazard Freres & Co. LLC,
            Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and Synovus Securities Inc., as
            the Underwriters, pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated
            November 9, 2004.

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

            None

Item 10.    Consideration received for each security.

            $298,866,000 (99.622% 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: November 18, 2004                               ALABAMA POWER COMPANY



                                                      By: /s/Wayne Boston
                                                            Wayne Boston
                                                        Assistant Secretary