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)              November 14, 2003
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                              ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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         Alabama                     1-3164                63-0004250
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(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File   (IRS Employer Identification
     of incorporation)              Number)                   No.)


          600 North 18th Street, Birmingham, Alabama               35291
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           (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code      (205) 257-1000
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                                       N/A
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)






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Item 5.         Other Events.
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                On November 14, 2003, Alabama Power Company (the "Company")
entered into an Underwriting Agreement covering the issue and sale by the
Company of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Series Y 2.80% Senior
Notes due December 1, 2006 (the "Series Y Senior Notes"). Said notes were
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
pursuant to the shelf registration statement (Registration Nos. 333-100721,
333-100721-01, 333-100721-02 and 333-100721-03) of the Company.


Item 7.Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
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       (c) Exhibits.

         1.1      Underwriting Agreement, dated November 14, 2003
                  relating to the Series Y Senior Notes among the
                  Company and Barclays Capital Inc., BNY Capital
                  Markets, Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., ABI Capital
                  Management LLC and The Malachi Group, Inc. as the
                  Underwriters.

         4.2      Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture to Senior Note
                  Indenture dated as of November 20, 2003, providing
                  for the issuance of the Series Y Senior Notes.

         4.7      Form of Series Y Senior Note (included in Exhibit 4.2
                  above).

         5.1      Opinion of Balch & Bingham LLP relating to the Series
                  Y Senior Notes.

        12.1      Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges.








                                    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:     November 20, 2003                             ALABAMA POWER COMPANY



                                                        By /s/Wayne Boston
                                                             Wayne Boston
                                                         Assistant Secretary