SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C.

                                   FORM U-6B-2

                           Certificate of Notification

                                    Filed by

                              ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
                                 (the "Company")


         This certificate is notice that the above named company has issued,
renewed or guaranteed the security or securities described herein which issue,
renewal or guaranty was exempted from the provisions of Section 6(a) of the Act
and was neither the subject of a declaration or application on Form U-1 nor
included within the exemption provided by Rule U-48.


Item 1.      Type of security or securities.

             In connection with the issuance and sale by The Industrial
             Development Board of the City of Mobile, Alabama (the "Board") of
             $10,000,000 Variable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds (Alabama Power
             Company Barry Plant Project), Series 2001-B (the "Bonds"), the
             Company is required to make payments to the Board sufficient to
             pay, when due, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
             the Bonds and the purchase price of the Bonds under the terms of
             the Installment Sale Agreement dated as of September 1, 2001
             between the Board and the Company.


Item 2.      Issue, renewal or guaranty.

             Guaranty.

Item 3.      Principal amount of each security.

             See Item 1 hereinabove.

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

             Initially, the Bonds will bear interest from the date of their
             original issuance and delivery at a Daily Rate determined by
             Goldman, Sachs & Co., the Remarketing Agent for the Bonds.






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

             September 25, 2001.

Item 6.      If renewal of security, give date of original issue.

             Not Applicable.

Item 7.      Date of maturity of each security.

             September 1, 2031, subject to prepayment or prior redemption.

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

             The obligation was incurred in favor of the Board.

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

             None.

Item 10.     Consideration received for each security.

             $10,000,000 (the "Proceeds").

Item 11.     Application of proceeds of each security.

             The Proceeds have been deposited with the SouthTrust Bank, as
             trustee (the "Trustee").

             The Proceeds will be held by the Trustee under the Indenture
             between the Board and the Trustee and will be transferred by the
             Trustee to the Company to pay certain costs of certain solid waste
             disposal facilities at the Company's James M. Barry Electric
             Generating Plant or to reimburse the Board or the Company for any
             costs paid or incurred by the Board or the Company before or after
             the delivery of the Bonds.






Item 12.     Indicate by a check after the applicable statement below
             whether the issue, renewal or guaranty of each security was exempt
             from the provisions of Section 6(a) because of:

                    a.        the provisions contained in the first sentence of
                              Section 6(b)___

                    b.        the provisions contained in the fourth sentence of
                              Section 6(b)___

                    c.        the provisions contained in any rule of the
                              Commission other than Rule U-48_X_

Item 13.     Not Applicable.

Item 14.     Not Applicable.

Item 15.     If the security or securities are exempt from the provisions of
             Section 6(a) because of any rule of the Commission other than Rule
             U-48, designate the rule under which exemption is claimed.

             Rule 52.


Date:  October 1, 2001                   ALABAMA POWER COMPANY



                                         By:  /s/Wayne Boston
                                                Wayne Boston
                                             Assistant Secretary