ALABAMA POWER CO (Form: 8-K, Received: 12/13/2006 13:57:16)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

December 5, 2006

Commission

File Number

Registrant, State of Incorporation,

Address and Telephone Number

I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.

1-3164

Alabama Power Company

(An Alabama Corporation)
600 North 18 ^th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35291
(205) 257-1000

63-0004250

The address of the registrant has not changed since the last report.

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year .

Effective December 12, 2006, Alabama Power Company (the “Company”) filed Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the “Amendment”). The Amendment sets forth the rights and preferences of the Company’s 5.625% Series Preference Stock, Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) (the “Preference Stock”).

Item 8.01.

Other Events .

On December 5, 2006, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale by the Company of 6,000,000 shares of the Preference Stock. The Preference Stock was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the shelf registration statement (Registration Nos. 333-126348, 333-126348-01, 333-126348-02 and 333-126348-03) of the Company.

Item 9.01.		Financial Statements and Exhibits .
	(c) Exhibits.

	1.3		Underwriting Agreement, dated December 5, 2006 relating to the Preference Stock among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement.

	4.5		Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company dated December 12, 2006.

	5.1		Opinion of Balch & Bingham LLP relating to the Preference Stock.

	12.1		Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.

	12.2		Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges plus preferred dividend requirements (pre-income tax basis).

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 13, 2006

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

By /s/Wayne Boston

Wayne Boston

Assistant Secretary

Exhibit 1.3

6,000,000 Shares

5.625% Series Preference Stock

Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share

(Stated Capital $25 Per Share)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

December 5, 2006

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Lehman Brothers Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

As Representatives of the Several Underwriters

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Alabama Power Company, an Alabama corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (the “Agreement”) with you and the other Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”, which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 11 hereof) for whom you are acting as representatives (in such capacity you shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Representatives”), with respect to the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of 6,000,000 shares of 5.625% Series Preference Stock, Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) of the Company (the “Preference Stock”) as set forth in Schedule I hereto.

The Company understands that the Underwriters are making a public offering of the Preference Stock.

SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters as follows:

(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-126348, 333-126348-01, 333-126348-02 and 333-126348-03) in respect of the Preference Stock and certain other securities has been prepared and filed in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); such registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered to the Underwriters, has been declared effective by

the Commission in such form (except that copies of the registration statement and any post-effective amendment delivered to the Underwriters need not include exhibits but shall include all documents incorporated by reference therein); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus, as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement, included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act, being hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”); such registration statement, as used with respect to the Preference Stock, including the information deemed a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(1) under the 1933 Act on the date of such registration statement’s effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the 1933 Act, as such Section applies to the Company and the Underwriters for the Preference Stock pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act (the “Effective Date”), including the exhibits thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 at the Effective Date, being hereinafter called the “Registration Statement;” the base prospectus relating to the Preference Stock and certain other securities of the Company, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement relating to the Preference Stock, being hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus;” the Basic Prospectus as amended and supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 4, 2006 relating to the Preference Stock and as further amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below) and has been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act (such document is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”); the Basic Prospectus as amended or supplemented in final form, including by a prospectus supplement relating to the Preference Stock in the form in which it is filed with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act in accordance with Section 4(e) hereof is hereinafter called the “Final Supplemented Prospectus;” any reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus, Basic Prospectus, Pricing Prospectus or Final Supplemented Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus, Basic Prospectus, Pricing Prospectus or Final Supplemented Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus, Basic Prospectus, Pricing Prospectus or Final Supplemented Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report

of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 10:30 AM (New York Time) on the date of this Agreement; the documents listed in Schedule III, taken together and attached hereto, are collectively referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.”

(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and as of such time of filing, when read together with the Pricing Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Section 3(a) hereof), none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Final Supplemented Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and, when read together with the Final Supplemented Prospectus as it otherwise may be amended or supplemented, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the Company makes no warranty or representation to the Underwriters with respect to: (A) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use in the Pricing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus; or (B) any information set forth in the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus under the caption “Certain Terms of the New Preference Stock - Book-Entry-Only Issuance - The Depository Trust Company.”

(c) The Registration Statement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus comply, and any further amendments or supplements thereto, when any such amendments become effective or supplements are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will comply, in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1939 Act (as hereinafter defined) and the General Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder and the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Supplemented Prospectus do not and will not, (i) as of the Effective Date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, (ii) as of the Applicable Time as to the Pricing Disclosure Package and (iii) as of the date of the Final Supplemented Prospectus as to the Final Supplemented Prospectus or as of the date when any supplement is filed as

to the Final Supplemented Prospectus as further supplemented, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the case of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, and, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in the case of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Supplemented Prospectus as further supplemented; except that the Company makes no warranties or representations with respect to (A) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statements of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”), (B) statements or omissions made in a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein or (C) any information set forth in the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus under the caption “Certain Terms of the New Preference Stock - Book-Entry-Only Issuance - The Depository Trust Company.”

(d) Each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule III hereto does not include anything that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus and each such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the Company makes no warranty or representation to the Underwriters with respect to any statement or omissions made in a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein.

(e) With respect to the Registration Statement, the conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General Instructions thereof, have been satisfied.

(f) At the determination date for purposes of the Preference Stock within the meaning of Rule 164(h) under the 1933 Act, the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

(g) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, there has been no material adverse change in the business, properties or financial condition of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.

(h) The Company is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama and has due corporate authority to carry on the public utility

business in which it is engaged and to own and operate the properties used by it in such business, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture and to issue and sell the shares of the Preference Stock to the Underwriters.

(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(j) The issuance and delivery of the Preference Stock has been duly authorized by the Company and, on the Closing Date, the Preference Stock will have been duly executed by the Company and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as described in the Final Supplemented Prospectus, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Supplemented Prospectus.

(k) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder shall have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and do not and will not result in any violation of the charter or bylaws of the Company, and do not and will not conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company under (A) any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of its properties may be subject (except for conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially adverse to the Company or materially adverse to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), or (B) any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, or any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its properties.

(l) No authorization, approval, consent or order of any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of the Preference Stock or the transactions by the Company contemplated in this Agreement, except (A) such as may be required under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder; (B) such as may be required under the Federal Power Act; (C) the approval of the Alabama Public Service Commission (the “Alabama Commission”); and (D) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws.

(m) The financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus,

together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of and for the dates indicated; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis (except that the unaudited financial statements may be subject to normal year-end adjustments) throughout the periods involved and necessarily include amounts that are based on the best estimates and judgments of management. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited and unaudited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

SECTION 2. SALE AND DELIVERY TO THE UNDERWRITERS; CLOSING .

(a) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (i) the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, the number of shares of the Preference Stock set forth in Schedule I to this Agreement opposite the name of such Underwriter (plus any additional shares of the Preference Stock that such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 hereof), at a price equal to $25.00 per share of Preference Stock and (ii) the Company agrees to pay each Underwriter as compensation hereunder a commission equal to $0.4375 per share of Preference Stock purchased by such Underwriter.

(b) Payment for and delivery of certificates for the Preference Stock shall be made at the offices of Dewey Ballantine LLP, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019 at 10:00 A.M., New York Time, on December 13, 2006 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11) or such other time, place or date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Date”). Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer in federal funds at the Closing Date against delivery of certificates for the shares of Preference Stock to Lehman Brothers Inc. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized Lehman Brothers Inc., for each Underwriter’s account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of, the purchase price for the shares of the Preference Stock which each Underwriter has agreed to purchase. Lehman Brothers Inc., individually and not as a representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the shares of Preference Stock to be purchased by any Underwriter whose payment has not been received by the Closing Date, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

The delivery of the Preference Stock shall be made in fully registered form, registered in the name of CEDE & CO., to the offices of The Depository Trust Company in New York, New York or its designee, and the Representatives shall accept such delivery.

The certificate(s) for the shares of the Preference Stock will be made available for examination by the Representatives not later than 12:00 Noon, New York time, on the last business day prior to the Closing Date.

On the Closing Date the Company will pay the commission payable to the Underwriters pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2 by wire transfer in federal funds against receipt therefor by the Underwriters.

SECTION 3. FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES .

(a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Preference Stock that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, other than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Preference Stock that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, other than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or a free writing prospectus that is not required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433; any such free writing prospectus (which shall include the pricing term sheet discussed in Section 3(b) hereof), the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives, is listed on Schedule III and herein called a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.”

(b) The Company agrees to prepare a pricing term sheet, substantially in the form of Schedule II hereto and approved by the Representatives, and to file such pricing term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act within the time period prescribed by such Rule.

(c) The Company and the Representatives have complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the 1933 Act applicable to any free writing prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required and legending.

(d) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus or include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter a free writing prospectus

or other document, the use of which has been consented to by the Representatives, which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives, expressly for use therein.

(e) The Company agrees that if there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will notify the Representatives so that any use of the Pricing Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented.

SECTION 4. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY . The Company covenants with the Underwriters as follows:

(a) The Company, on or prior to the Closing Date, will deliver to the Underwriters conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of all amendments thereto, heretofore or hereafter made, including any post-effective amendment (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith, and including unsigned copies of each consent and certificate included therein or filed as an exhibit thereto, except exhibits incorporated by reference, unless specifically requested). As soon as the Company is advised thereof, it will advise the Representatives orally of the issuance of any stop order under the 1933 Act with respect to the Registration Statement, or the institution of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering, of which the Company shall have received notice, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to secure the prompt removal thereof, if issued. The Company will deliver to the Representatives sufficient conformed copies of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus and of all supplements and amendments thereto (in each case without exhibits) for distribution to the Underwriters and, from time to time, as many copies of the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus as the Underwriters may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act.

(b) The Company will furnish the Underwriters with written or electronic copies of each amendment and supplement to the Final Supplemented Prospectus relating to the offering of the Preference Stock in such quantities as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request. If, during the period (not exceeding nine months) when the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) shall be required by law in connection with the sale of any Preference Stock by an Underwriter, any event relating to or affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by the Representatives, shall occur, which in the opinion of the Company

or of Underwriters’ counsel should be set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to make the Final Supplemented Prospectus not misleading in the light of the circumstances when it (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) is delivered, or if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Final Supplemented Prospectus or to file under the 1934 Act any document incorporated by reference in the Final Supplemented Prospectus in order to comply with the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, the Company forthwith will (i) notify the Underwriters to suspend solicitation of purchases of the Preference Stock and (ii) at its expense, make any such filing or prepare and furnish to the Underwriters a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or supplements or an amendment or amendments to the Final Supplemented Prospectus which will supplement or amend the Final Supplemented Prospectus so that, as supplemented or amended, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Supplemented Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) is delivered, not misleading or which will effect any other necessary compliance. In case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with the sale of any Preference Stock after the expiration of the period specified in the preceding sentence, the Company, upon the request of such Underwriter, will furnish to such Underwriter, at the expense of such Underwriter, a reasonable quantity of a supplemented or amended prospectus, or supplements or amendments to the Final Supplemented Prospectus, complying with Section 10(a) of the 1933 Act. During the period specified in the second sentence of this subsection, the Company will continue to prepare and file with the Commission on a timely basis all documents or amendments required under the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; provided, that the Company shall not file such documents or amendments without also furnishing copies thereof prior to such filing to the Representatives and Dewey Ballantine LLP.

(c) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Preference Stock for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and the other jurisdictions of the United States as the Representatives may designate; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file a consent to service of process or to file annual reports or to comply with any other requirements in connection with such qualification deemed by the Company to be unduly burdensome.

(d) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable but not later than 45 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement of the Company (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the rules and regulations under the 1933 Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal

quarter next following the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

(e) As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, and in any event within the time prescribed by Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, the Company will file the Final Supplemented Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representatives, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, with the Commission and will advise the Representatives of such filing and to confirm such advice in writing. Furthermore, the Company will make any other required filings pursuant to Rule 433(d)(1) of the 1933 Act within the time required by such Rule.

(f) During a period of 15 days from the date of this Agreement, the Company will not, without the Representatives’ prior written consent, directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, any share of Preference Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for preference stock of the Company or any securities substantially similar to the Preference Stock (except for the Preference Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement).

(g) The Company will file in the office of the Secretary of the State of Alabama a charter amendment creating the Preference Stock.

SECTION 5. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES . The Company will pay all expenses incidental to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to, the expenses of (i) the printing and filing of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificate(s) for the shares of the Preference Stock to the Underwriters, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants, (iv) the qualification of the Preference Stock under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any blue sky survey (such fees and disbursements of counsel shall not exceed $3,500), (v) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto and of the Pricing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Final Supplemented Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of any blue sky survey, (vii) the fee of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with its review of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, if applicable, (viii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Preference Stock, (ix) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar, and (x) the cost of qualifying the Preference Stock with The Depository Trust Company.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 10 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay all other expenses incurred by them in connection with their offering of the Preference Stock, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, Dewey Ballantine LLP.

SECTION 6. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS’ OBLIGATIONS . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the shares of the Preference Stock are subject to the following conditions:

(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect on the Closing Date and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering shall be pending before, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened by, the Commission on such date. If filing of the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, and any such supplement, as applicable, shall have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424. The pricing term sheet contemplated by 3(b) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act, shall have been filed by the Company with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433.

(b) Any required orders of the Alabama Commission permitting the transactions contemplated hereby substantially in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof shall be in full force and effect and shall contain no provision unacceptable to the Underwriters or the Company (but all provisions of such order or orders heretofore entered, copies of which have heretofore been delivered to the Representatives, are deemed acceptable to the Underwriters and the Company and all provisions of such order or orders hereafter entered shall be deemed acceptable to the Underwriters and the Company unless within 24 hours after receiving a copy of any such order any party to this Agreement shall give notice to the other parties to the effect that such order contains an unacceptable provision).

(1) The opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Balch & Bingham LLP, general counsel for the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule IV-A.

(2) The opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Troutman Sanders LLP, counsel for the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule IV-B.

(3) The opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule V.

(d) At the Closing Date, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, any material adverse change in the business, properties or financial condition of the Company, whether or not arising

in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the President or any Vice President of the Company, and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1 hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering have been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.

(e) The Representatives shall have received on the date hereof and shall receive on the Closing Date from Deloitte & Touche LLP, a letter or letters addressed to the Representatives (which may refer to letters previously delivered to the Representatives) dated the respective dates of delivery thereof to the effect that: (A) they are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations under the 1933 Act; (B) in their opinion, the financial statements audited by them and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as applicable, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations under the 1934 Act; and (C) on the basis of certain limited procedures performed through a specified date not more than three business days prior to the date of such letter, namely (i) reading the minute books of the Company; (ii) performing the procedures specified by the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) for a review of interim financial statement information as described in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100, “Interim Financial Information”, on the unaudited financial statements, if any, of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as applicable, and on the latest available unaudited financial statements of the Company, if any, for any calendar quarter subsequent to the date of those incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as applicable; and (iii) making inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding such unaudited financial statements or any specified unaudited amounts derived therefrom (it being understood that the foregoing procedures do not constitute an audit performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and they would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the comments made in such letter, and accordingly that Deloitte & Touche LLP make no representations as to the sufficiency of such procedures for the Underwriters’ purposes), nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that: (1) any material

modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed financial statements, if any, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as applicable, for them to be in conformity with GAAP; (2) such unaudited condensed financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act as it applies to Form 10-Q and the related published rules and regulations thereunder; (3) the unaudited amounts for Operating Revenues, Earnings Before Income Taxes and Net Income After Dividends on Preferred Stock and the unaudited Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Earnings to Fixed Charges Plus Preferred Dividend Requirements set forth in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as applicable, do not agree with the amounts set forth in or derived from the unaudited financial statements for the same period included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; (4) as of a specified date not more than three business days prior to the date of delivery of such letter, there has been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any decrease in net assets as compared with amounts shown in the latest unaudited balance sheet incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as applicable, except in each case for changes or decreases which (i) the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as applicable, disclose, have occurred or may occur, (ii) are occasioned by the declaration of dividends, (iii) are occasioned by draw-downs under existing pollution control financing arrangements, (iv) are occasioned by regularly scheduled payments of capitalized lease obligations, (v) are occasioned by the purchase or redemption of bonds or stock to satisfy mandatory or optional redemption provisions relating thereto, (vi) are occasioned by the reclassification of current maturities of long-term debt, or (vii) are disclosed in such letter; and (5) the unaudited amounts for Operating Revenues, Earnings Before Income Taxes and Net Income After Dividends on Preferred Stock and the unaudited Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Earnings to Fixed Charges Plus Preferred Dividend Requirements for any calendar quarter subsequent to those set forth in (3) above, which, if available, shall be set forth in such letter, do not agree with the amounts set forth in or derived from the unaudited financial statements for the same period or were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with that of the corresponding audited amounts or ratios included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus or the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as applicable.

(f) On the Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as it may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock as herein contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions,

herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and Dewey Ballantine LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.

(g) No amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Final Supplemented Prospectus filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement (including any filing made by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act) shall be unsatisfactory in form to Dewey Ballantine LLP or shall contain information (other than with respect to an amendment or supplement relating solely to the activity of any Underwriter or Underwriters) which, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, shall materially impair the marketability of the Preference Stock.

(h) The Company shall have performed its obligations when and as provided under this Agreement.

If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Sections 5, 8 and 10(b) hereof.

SECTION 7. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY . The obligations of the Company shall be subject to the conditions set forth in the first sentence of Section 6(a) and in Section 6(b). In case such conditions shall not have been fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company by mailing or delivering written notice thereof to the Representatives. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 5, 8 and 10(b) hereof.

SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION .

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Underwriters and each person, if any, who controls any such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, and to reimburse such Underwriter and such controlling person or persons, if any, for any legal or other expenses incurred by them in connection with defending any actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus or, if the Company shall furnish to the Underwriters any amendments or any supplements thereto, or shall make any filings pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act which are incorporated therein by reference, in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration

Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Final Supplemented Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, or in any free writing prospectus used by the Company other than a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission which was made in such Preliminary Prospectus, Registration Statement, Basic Prospectus, Pricing Prospectus, Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or Final Supplemented Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives for use therein. Each Underwriter agrees, within ten days after the receipt by it of notice of the commencement of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought by it, or by any person controlling it, from the Company on account of its agreement contained in this Section 8, to notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof but the omission of such Underwriter so to notify the Company of any such action shall not release the Company from any liability which it may have to such Underwriter or to such controlling person otherwise than on account of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8. In case any such action shall be brought against an Underwriter or any such person controlling such Underwriter and such Underwriter shall notify the Company of the commencement thereof as above provided, the Company shall be entitled to participate in (and, to the extent that it shall wish, including the selection of counsel, to direct) the defense thereof, at its own expense. In case the Company elects to direct such defense and select such counsel, any Underwriter or controlling person shall have the right to employ its own counsel, but, in any such case, the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or such controlling person unless the employment of such counsel has been authorized in writing by the Company in connection with defending such action. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. In no event shall any indemnifying party have any liability or responsibility in respect of the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim effected without its prior written consent.

(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and such of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act to the same extent and upon the same terms as the indemnity agreement of the Company set forth in Section 8(a) hereof, but only with respect to alleged untrue statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Basic Prospectus, the

Pricing Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus, or such documents as amended or supplemented, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives for use therein.

SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE DELIVERY . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or by, or on behalf of the Company and shall survive delivery of the Preference Stock to the Underwriters.

SECTION 10. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT .

(a) The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Date if (i) trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been generally suspended or there shall have been a material disruption in settlement in securities generally, (ii) minimum or maximum ranges for prices shall have been generally established on the New York Stock Exchange by the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities, or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by the United States Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity, crisis or emergency (including, without limitation, acts of terrorism) affecting the United States, in any such case provided for in clauses (i) through (iv) with the result that, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, the offering, sale or delivery of the Preference Stock on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus shall have been materially impaired.

(b) If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Representatives pursuant to subsection (a) above or because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, then in any such case, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for the reasonable fees and disbursements of Dewey Ballantine LLP and for the out of pocket expenses (in an amount not exceeding $10,000) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the shares of the Preference Stock and, upon such reimbursement, the Company shall be absolved from any further liability hereunder, except as provided in Sections 5 and 8.

SECTION 11. DEFAULT BY AN UNDERWRITER . If an Underwriter shall fail on the Closing Date to purchase the shares of the Preference Stock that it is obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters to purchase all, but not less

than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth. If, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:

(a) if the number of shares of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of shares of the Preference Stock, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

(b) if the number of shares of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of shares of the Preference Stock, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Supplemented Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.

SECTION 12. NOTICES . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk and to Lehman Brothers Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, Power Group (with a copy to the General Counsel at the same address); notices to the Company shall be mailed to 600 North 18 ^th Street, 17 ^th Floor, Birmingham, Alabama 35291, Attention: Corporate Secretary, with a copy to Southern Company Services, Inc., 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Attention: Earl C. Long.

SECTION 13. PARTIES . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Section 8 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Preference Stock from any of the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a

successor by reason merely of such purchase. The Company acknowledges and agrees that in connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and the Underwriters have arms-length business relationships that create no fiduciary duty on the part of any party and each expressly disclaims any fiduciary or financial advisory relationship.

SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said State. Except as otherwise set forth herein, specified times of day refer to New York City time.

SECTION 15. COUNTERPARTS . This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.

Very truly yours,

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

By: /s/J. Randy DeRieux

Name: J. Randy DeRieux
Title: Assistant Treasurer

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

as of the date first above written

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

By:/s/Maria Sramek

Name: Maria Sramek
Title: Vice President

LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.

By:/s/Martin Goldberg

Name: Martin Goldberg
Title: Senior Vice President

As Representatives of the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

SCHEDULE I

	Number of Shares
Name of Underwriters	of Preference Stock

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.	2,400,000
Lehman Brothers Inc.	2,400,000
Banc of America Securities LLC		600,000
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC		600,000

TOTAL:

6,000,000

SCHEDULE II

PRICING TERM SHEET

(To Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 4, 2006)

Issuer:

Alabama Power Company

Size:

6,000,000 shares of Preference Stock

Par Value:

$1.00 per share

Stated Capital:

$25.00 per share

Purchase Price to be Paid

by the Underwriters:

$25.00 per share

Coupon:

5.625%

Proceeds to Issuer:

$147,375,000

Transaction Date:

December 5, 2006

Expected Settlement Date:

December 13, 2006 (T+6)

CUSIP:

010392 51 2

Joint Lead Managers:	J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
	Lehman Brothers Inc.

Co-Managers:	Banc of America Securities LLC
	Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with

the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you

invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and

other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete

information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents

for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in

the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by

calling Alabama Power Company collect at 205-257-2714, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

collect at 1-212-834-4533 or Lehman Brothers Inc. toll-free at 1-888-603-5847.

SCHEDULE III

PRICING DISCLOSURE PACKAGE

Prospectus dated July 19, 2005

Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 4, 2006 (which shall be deemed to include documents incorporated by reference therein)

Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses

a) Pricing Term Sheet attached as Schedule II hereto

Schedule IV-A

[Letterhead of Balch & Bingham LLP]

December 13, 2006

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Lehman Brothers Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

As Representatives of the Several Underwriters

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

6,000,000 Shares

5.625% Series Preference Stock

Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share

(Stated Capital $25 Per Share)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as general counsel to Alabama Power Company (the “Company”) in connection with the purchase by the Underwriters (as defined herein) of 6,000,000 shares of 5.625% Series Preference Stock, Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) of the Company (the Preference Stock”) pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement dated December 5, 2006 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and the Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”) for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”). This opinion is being delivered to you as Representatives pursuant to Section 6(c)(1) thereof.

All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined the registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-126348, 333-126348-01, 333-126348-02 and 333-126348-03) pertaining to the Preference Stock and certain other securities filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), as it became effective under the Act (the “Registration Statement”); the Company’s prospectus dated July 19, 2005 (the “Basic Prospectus”) as supplemented by a

preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 4, 2006 (the “Pricing Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act, which, pursuant to Form S-3, incorporates by reference the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006 and the Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Company dated January 10, 2006, January 11, 2006, January 13, 2006, January 31, 2006, February 1, 2006, February 20, 2006, March 8, 2006, March 9, 2006, June 6, 2006, June 7, 2006, June 7, 2006 (as amended June 19, 2006), June 9, 2006 and October 17, 2006 (the “Pricing Exchange Act Documents”), and a prospectus supplement dated December 5, 2006 (together with the Basic Prospectus, the “Final Supplemented Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, which, pursuant to Form S-3, incorporates by reference the Pricing Exchange Act Documents and the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated December 5, 2006 (the “Exchange Act Documents”), each as filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have also examined the free writing prospectus prepared by the Company and filed with the Commission on December 5, 2006 pursuant to Rule 433 of the Act (the “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”). The documents listed in Schedule III to the Underwriting Agreement, taken together, are collectively referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.”

In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, the documents delivered to you at the closing (except the certificate representing the Preference Stock, of which we have examined a specimen), and we have made such other and further investigations as we deemed necessary to express the opinions hereinafter set forth. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (other than those of the Company), the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion, relying as to matters of New York law upon the opinion dated the date hereof rendered to you by Dewey Ballantine LLP, that:

1. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Alabama and has due corporate authority to carry on the public utility business in which it is engaged, to own and operate the properties used by it in such business and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.

2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

3. All orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals of the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Commission legally required for the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock have been obtained; such orders are sufficient for the issuance and the sale of the Preference Stock; the issuance and the sale of the Preference Stock conform in all material respects with the terms of such orders; and no other order, consent or other authorization or approval of any Alabama or United States governmental body (other than in connection or in compliance with the provisions of the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction, as to which we express no opinion) is legally required for the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement.

4. The Preference Stock has been duly authorized by the Company and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

5. The statements made in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Supplemented Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Preference Stock” and “Certain Terms of the New Preference Stock” constitute accurate summaries of the terms of the articles of incorporation, as amended, of the Company and the Preference Stock in all material respects.

We have not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements made or included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and take no responsibility therefor, except as and to the extent set forth in paragraph 5 above. In the course of the preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, we participated in conferences with certain officers and employees of the Company, with other counsel for the Company, with representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLP and with your counsel. Based upon our examination of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, our investigations made in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents and our participation in the conferences referred to above, (i) we are of the opinion that the Registration Statement, on the date of the Underwriting Agreement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as of December 5, 2006, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and that the Exchange Act Documents, as of their respective dates of filing with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the relevant requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that in each case we express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents, and (ii) nothing came to our attention which gives us reason to believe that the Registration Statement, on the date of the Underwriting Agreement (including the Exchange Act Documents on file with the Commission as of such date),

contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, that the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or that the Final Supplemented Prospectus (including the Exchange Act Documents) contained, as of its date, or contains, on the date hereof, any untrue statement therein of a material fact or omitted, as of its date, or omits, on the date hereof, to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that in each case we express no opinion or belief with respect to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and with respect to information set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus under the caption “Certain Terms of the New Preference Stock- Book-Entry-Only Issuance - The Depository Trust Company.”

We are members of the State Bar of Alabama and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the laws of such State, the federal law of the United States and, to the extent set forth herein, the law of the State of New York.

This opinion is rendered to you in connection with the above-described transaction. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose, or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent, except that Troutman Sanders LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP may rely on this opinion in giving their opinions pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement insofar as such opinion relates to matters of Alabama law.

Yours very truly,

BALCH & BINGHAM LLP

Schedule IV-B

[Letterhead of TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP]

December 13, 2006

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Lehman Brothers Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

As Representatives of the Several Underwriters

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

6,000,000 Shares

5.625% Series Preference Stock

Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share

(Stated Capital $25 Per Share)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Alabama Power Company (the “Company”) in connection with the purchase by the Underwriters (as defined herein) of the 6,000,000 Shares of 5.625% Series Preference Stock, Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) of the Company (the “Preference Stock”) pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement dated December 5, 2006, (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and the Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”) for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”). This opinion is being delivered to you as Representatives pursuant to Section 6(c)(2) thereof.

All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 4, 2006 (the “Pricing Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act, which, pursuant to Form S-3, incorporates by reference the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006 and the Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Company dated January 10, 2006, January 11, 2006, January 13, 2006, January 31, 2006, February 1, 2006, February 20, 2006, March 8, 2006, March 9, 2006, June 6, 2006, June 7, 2006, June 7, 2006 (as amended June 19, 2006), June 9, 2006 and October 17, 2006 (the “Pricing Exchange Act Documents”), and as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated December 5, 2006 (together with the Basic Prospectus, the “Final Supplemented Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, which, pursuant to Form S-3, incorporates by reference the Pricing Exchange Act Documents and the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated December 5, 2006 (the “Exchange Act Documents”), each as filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have also examined the free writing prospectus prepared by the Company and filed with the Commission on December 5, 2006 pursuant to Rule 433 of the Act (the “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”). The documents listed in Schedule III to the Underwriting Agreement, taken together, are collectively referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.”

In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, the documents delivered to you at the closing (except the certificate representing the Preference Stock, of which we have examined a specimen), and we have made such other and further investigations as we deemed necessary to express the opinions hereinafter set forth. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion, relying as to matters of Alabama law upon the opinion dated the date hereof rendered to you by Balch & Bingham LLP and relying as to matters of New York law upon the opinion dated the date hereof rendered to you by Dewey Ballantine LLP, that:

3. All orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals of the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Commission legally required for the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock have been obtained; such orders are sufficient for the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock; the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock conform in all material respects with the terms of such orders; and no other order, consent or other authorization or approval of any Alabama or United States governmental body (other than in connection or in compliance with the provisions of the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction, as to which we express no opinion) is legally required for the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement.

4. The Preference Stock has been duly authorized by the Company and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We have not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements made or included in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and take no responsibility therefor, except as and to the extent set forth in paragraph 5 above. In the course of the preparation by the Company of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, we participated in conferences with certain officers and employees of the Company, with other counsel for the Company, with representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLP and with your counsel. Based upon our examination of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents, our investigations made in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus and the Exchange Act Documents and our participation in the conferences referred to above, (i) we are of the opinion that the Registration Statement, on the date of the Underwriting Agreement and the Final Supplemented Prospectus, as of December 5, 2006, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and that the Exchange Act Documents, as of their respective dates of filing with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the relevant requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that in each case we express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents, and (ii) nothing came to our attention which gives us reason to believe (A) that the Registration Statement, on the date of the Underwriting Agreement (including the Exchange Act Documents on file with the Commission as of such date),

contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (B) that the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) that the Final Supplemented Prospectus (including the Exchange Act Documents) contained, as of its date, or contains, on the date hereof, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, as of its date, or omits, on the date hereof, to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that in each case we express no opinion or belief with respect to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and with respect to information set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus under the caption “Certain Terms of the New Preference Stock - Book-Entry-Only Issuance - The Depository Trust Company.”

The attorneys in this firm that are rendering this opinion are members of the State Bar of Georgia and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of Georgia and the federal law of the United States and, to the extent set forth herein, the laws of the States of Alabama and New York.

Yours very truly,

TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

Schedule V

[Letterhead of DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP]

December 13, 2006

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Lehman Brothers Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

As Representatives of the Several Underwriters

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

6,000,000 Shares

5.625% Series Preference Stock

Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share

(Stated Capital $25 Per Share)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have represented the Underwriters (as defined herein) in connection with the purchase by the Underwriters of 6,000,000 shares of 5.625% Series Preference Stock, Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) of the Company (the “Preference Stock”) pursuant to the terms of an Underwriting Agreement dated December 5, 2006 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and the Underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”) for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”). This opinion is being delivered to you as Representatives pursuant to Section 6(c)(3) thereof.

All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

amended (the “Act”), as it became effective under the Act (the “Registration Statement”); the Company’s prospectus dated July 19, 2005 (the “Basic Prospectus”) as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 4, 2006 (the “Pricing Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act, which, pursuant to Form S-3, incorporates by reference the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006 and the Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Company dated January 10, 2006, January 11, 2006, January 13, 2006, January 31, 2006, February 1, 2006, February 20, 2006, March 8, 2006, March 9, 2006, June 6, 2006, June 7, 2006, June 7, 2006 (as amended June 19, 2006), June 9, 2006 and October 17, 2006 (the “Pricing Exchange Act Documents”), and a prospectus supplement dated December 5, 2006 (together with the Basic Prospectus, the “Final Supplemented Prospectus”), filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, which, pursuant to Form S-3, incorporates by reference the Pricing Exchange Act Documents and the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated December 5, 2006 (the “Exchange Act Documents”), each as filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have also examined the free writing prospectus prepared by the Company and filed with the Commission on December 5, 2006 pursuant to Rule 433 of the Act (the “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”). The documents listed in Schedule III to the Underwriting Agreement, taken together, are collectively referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package.”

In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, the documents delivered to you at the closing (except the certificate representing the Preference Stock, of which we have examined a specimen), and we have made such other and further investigations as we deemed necessary to express the opinions hereinafter set forth. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion, relying as aforesaid and as to all matters covered hereby which are governed by or dependent upon the law of the State of Alabama upon the opinion of Balch & Bingham LLP dated the date hereof and addressed to you, that:

which it is engaged, to own and operate the properties used by it in such business and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.

3. All orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals of the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Commission legally required for the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock have been obtained; such orders are sufficient for the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock; the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock conform in all material respects with the terms of such orders; and no other order, consent or other authorization or approval of any Alabama or United States governmental body (other than in connection or in compliance with the provisions of the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction, as to which we express no opinion) is legally required for the issuance and sale of the Preference Stock in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement.

4. The Preference Stock has been duly authorized by the Company and, upon payment and delivery in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and that the Exchange Act Documents, as of their respective dates of filing with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the relevant requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, except that in each case we express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents, and (ii) nothing came to our attention which gives us reason to believe that the Registration Statement, on the date of the Underwriting Agreement (including the Exchange Act Documents on file with the Commission as of such date), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, that the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or that the Final Supplemented Prospectus (including the Exchange Act Documents) contained, as of its date, or contains, on the date hereof, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, as of its date, or omits, on the date hereof, to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that in each case we express no opinion or belief with respect to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Supplemented Prospectus or the Exchange Act Documents and with respect to information set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Supplemented Prospectus under the captions “Certain Terms of the New Preference Stock - Book-Entry-Only Issuance - The Depository Trust Company.”

We are members of the State Bar of New York and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States and, to the extent set forth herein, the law of the State of Alabama.

This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent except that Balch & Bingham LLP and Troutman Sanders LLP may rely on this opinion in giving their opinions pursuant to Section 6 of the Underwriting Agreement, insofar as such opinions relate to matters of New York law.

Very truly yours,

DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP

Exhibit 4.5

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

to the

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY

Pursuant to, and with the effect provided in, Section 10-2B-6.02 of the Code of Alabama, 1975 , as amended (the "Code"), the undersigned company adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation:

FIRST:

The name of the company is "Alabama Power Company" (the "Company").

SECOND: The following resolutions amending the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended, providing for, among other things, the issuance and sale of not more than 6,000,000 shares of Preference Stock (Stated Capital $25 Per Share), not in excess of an aggregate $150 million, in one or more series and establishing each series of the new stock (as defined below), was duly adopted in the manner provided by the Code by the Company's Board of Directors at a meeting held on October 27, 2006, shareholder approval therefor not being required:

RESOLVED, That the relative rights and preferences of 6,000,000 of the authorized but unissued shares of undesignated Preference Stock (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) (the "new stock") in those respects in which the shares thereof may vary from the shares of other series of Preference Stock which may now or hereafter be authorized or created shall be as follows:

(1) The officers of the Company be and hereby are authorized to determine the dividend rate or rates of the new stock, not to exceed 7.0% of the stated capital per annum, from and after the date issued, but only when declared by the Board of Directors and the dividend payment dates shall be the first days of January, April, July and October in each year commencing on the applicable dividend payment date succeeding the date of issuance of the new stock. If declared, dividends shall be payable to

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shareholders of record on a date as may be determined by the Board of Directors. If any dividend payment date is not a business day, the related dividend, if declared, will be paid on the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as though paid on the dividend payment date, without any increase to account for the period from such dividend payment date through the date of actual payment.

(2) Dividends payable on the new stock shall be non-cumulative and, accordingly, if the Board of Directors of the Company does not declare a dividend or declares less than a full dividend on the new stock for a dividend period, holders of the new stock will have no right to receive a dividend or the full dividend, as the case may be, for the dividend period and the Company will have no obligation to pay a dividend for that dividend period, whether or not the Company pays dividends in full or has sufficient funds to pay dividends in the future. Dividends payable on the new stock for the initial dividend period and any period less than a full dividend period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in such period.

(3) (a) No shares of the new stock shall be redeemed prior to five years from the first dividend payment date and the price at which shares may be redeemed thereafter shall be $25 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) from the immediately preceding dividend payment date to but excluding the redemption date (without accumulation of unpaid dividends for any prior dividend periods).

(b) In the event the Company shall determine to redeem any or all of the new stock as aforesaid, the Company will give notice of any such redemption to holders of record of the new stock not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed by the Board of Directors for such redemption. Failure to give notice to any holder of record of the new stock shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of shares of any other holder of record of the new stock being redeemed.

(c) Notice having been given as herein provided, from and after the redemption date, dividends on the new stock called for redemption shall cease to accrue and such new stock called for redemption will no longer be deemed outstanding, and all

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rights of the holders thereof, other than the right to receive the redemption price as herein provided, will cease.

(d) Holders of the new stock will have no right to require redemption of any shares of the new stock.

(e) Any shares of the new stock that are redeemed shall thereafter have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preference stock of the Company undesignated as to series, and may thereafter be reissued by the Board of Directors in the same manner as any other authorized and unissued shares of preference stock.

(f) If the Company shall deposit on or prior to any date fixed for redemption of the new stock, with any bank or trust company having a capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), as a trust fund, a fund sufficient to redeem the shares called for redemption, with irrevocable instructions and authority to such bank or trust company to pay on and after the date fixed for redemption or such earlier date as the Board of Directors may determine, to the respective holders of such shares, the redemption price thereof, then from and after the date of such deposit (although prior to the date fixed for redemption) such shares so called shall be deemed to be redeemed and dividends thereon shall cease to accrue after said date fixed for redemption and such deposit shall be deemed to constitute full payment of said shares to the holders thereof and thereafter said shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and the holders thereof shall cease to be shareholders with respect to such shares, and shall have no rights with respect thereto except only the right to receive from said bank or trust company payment of the redemption price of such shares without interest.

(g) In case the holder of any such new stock shall not, within six years after said deposit, claim the amount deposited as above stated for the redemption thereof, the bank or trust company shall upon demand pay over to the Company such amounts so deposited and the bank or trust company shall thereupon be relieved from all responsibility to the holder thereof. No interest on such deposit shall be payable to any such holder.

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(h) Nothing contained in this paragraph (3) shall limit any legal right of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of the new stock.

(4) The amount payable in the event of liquidation shall be $25 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) for the then current quarterly dividend period, accrued to but excluding the date of such liquidation payment, but without accumulation of unpaid dividends for any prior dividend periods.

(5) The shares of such class shall not be, by their terms, convertible or exchangeable.

(6) The shares of such class shall not be, by their terms, entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

(7) Upon the issuance of shares of the new stock, there shall be transferred from the Premium on Capital Stock Account to the Preference Stock Account an amount equal to $24 per share, and thereafter the stated capital of each share of the new stock shall be $25 per share.

THIRD: The undersigned officers of the Company pursuant to the authority granted them by the Company’s Board of Directors at a meeting held on October 27, 2006 hereby establish and designate, on behalf of the Company, a series of Preference Stock comprising 6,000,000 shares of 5.625% Series Preference Stock, Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) (the "5.625% Series Preference Stock"). Dividends shall be payable upon the 5.625% Preference Stock at a rate of 5.625% of the stated capital per annum.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Company do hereby set their hand and the seal of the Company on the 12th day of December, 2006.

/s/Art P. Beattie
Art P. Beattie
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
Alabama Power Company

/s/Ceila H. Shorts
Ceila H. Shorts
Assistant Secretary
Alabama Power Company

This Instrument was prepared by:

Monica W. Sargent

Balch & Bingham LLP

1901 Sixth Avenue North, Suite 2600

Birmingham, AL 35203

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Exhibit 5.1

Balch & Bingham LLP

Birmingham, Alabama

December 13, 2006

Alabama Power Company

600 North 18 ^th Street

Birmingham, AL 35291

RE: Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Alabama Power Company (the "Company") in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement Nos. 333-126348, 333-126348-01, 333-126348-02 and 333-126348-03) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 1, 2005 and declared effective by the Commission on July 19, 2005 (the "Registration Statement"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), relating to 6,000,000 Shares of 5.625% Series Preference Stock, Non-Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) of the Company (the "Preference Stock") issued pursuant to the Company's Joint Agreement between Alabama Power Company, Gulf Electric Company and Houston Power Company dated October 3, 1927 pursuant to which the Company was formed (as heretofore amended, including the amendment setting forth the rights and preferences of the Preference Stock dated December 12, 2006, the "Charter").

We have examined the Registration Statement and the Charter. We have also examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, instruments and other documents and have made such other and further investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions expressed herein. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that the shares of Preference Stock are legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company and the holders and owners thereof are entitled to all the rights and preferences set forth in the Charter.

Alabama Power Company

December 13, 2006

Page 2

We are members of the State Bar of Alabama and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of Alabama and the federal law of the United States.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the statements with respect to our name under the heading "Legal Matters" in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. This opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other person for any purpose, without our prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

/s/Balch & Bingham LLP

877951.1

							Exhibit 12.2
							11/27/2006
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges plus preferred
dividend requirements for the five years ended December 31, 2005
and the year to date September 30, 2006

							Nine
							Months
							Ended
	Year ended December 31,						September 30,
		2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	--------------------------------------------------Thousands of Dollars--------------------------------------------------
EARNINGS AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K:
Earnings before income taxes		$652,467	$770,194	$782,220	$819,955	$819,515	$738,625
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized		247,789	226,732	215,858	211,373	215,431	187,712
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities		24,775	24,599	15,255	0	0	0
AFUDC - Debt funds		9,569	6,854	6,421	6,856	8,173	5,656

Earnings as defined		$934,600	$1,028,379	$1,019,754	$1,038,184	$1,043,119	$931,993


FIXED CHARGES AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K:
Interest on long-term debt		$220,627	$208,148	$183,953	$173,226	$186,542	$171,098
Interest on affiliated loans		1,082	845	274	16,479	16,563	12,644
Interest on interim obligations		13,556	1,160	388	465	1,063	1,158
Amort of debt disc, premium and expense, net		11,740	12,857	15,671	14,793	14,559	9,809
Other interest charges		10,352	10,577	21,993	13,266	4,877	(1,341)
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities		24,775	24,599	15,255	0	0	0

Fixed charges as defined		282,132	258,186	237,534	218,229	223,604	193,368
Tax deductible preferred dividends		1,089	1,089	1,089	1,089	1,089	817
		283,221	259,275	238,623	219,318	224,693	194,185
Non-tax deductible preferred dividends		14,435	13,350	17,178	22,508	23,200	17,399
Ratio of net income before taxes to net income		x1.623	x1.619	x1.593	x1.624	x1.540	x1.618
Pref dividend requirements before income taxes		23,428	21,614	27,365	36,553	35,728	28,152
Fixed charges plus pref dividend requirements		$306,649	$280,889	$265,988	$255,871	$260,421	$222,337

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES PLUS
PREFERRED DIVIDEND REQUIREMENTS		3.05	3.66	3.83	4.06	4.01	4.19

								Exhibit 12.1
								11/27/2006
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for
the five years ended December 31, 2005
and the year to date September 30, 2006

								Nine
								Months
								Ended
	Year ended December 31,							September 30,
		2001		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	--------------------------------------------------Thousands of Dollars--------------------------------------------------
EARNINGS AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K:
Earnings before income taxes		$652,467	$770,194		$782,220	$819,955	$819,515	$738,625
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized		247,789	226,732		215,858	211,373	215,431	187,712
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities		24,775	24,599		15,255	0	0	0
AFUDC - Debt funds		9,569	6,854		6,421	6,856	8,173	5,656

Earnings as defined		$934,600	$1,028,379		$1,019,754	$1,038,184	$1,043,119	$931,993




FIXED CHARGES AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K:
Interest on long-term debt		$220,627	$208,148		$183,953	$173,226	$186,542	$171,098
Interest on affiliated loans		1,082	845		274	16,479	16,563	12,644
Interest on interim obligations		13,556	1,160		388	465	1,063	1,158
Amort of debt disc, premium and expense, net		11,740	12,857		15,671	14,793	14,559	9,809
Other interest charges		10,352	10,577		21,993	13,266	4,877	(1,341)
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities		24,775	24,599		15,255	0	0	0

Fixed charges as defined		$282,132	$258,186		$237,534	$218,229	$223,604	$193,368



RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		3.31	3.98		4.29	4.76	4.67	4.82