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| 11/19/2007 | |
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY | ||||||||||||||||||
Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for | ||||||||||||||||||
the five years ended December 31, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
and the year to date September 30, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| --------------------------------------------------Thousands of Dollars-------------------------------------------------- | |||||||||||||||||
EARNINGS AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K: |
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Earnings before income taxes | $ | 1,010,350 |
| $ | 1,037,301 |
| $ | 1,081,028 |
| $ | 1,197,831 |
| $ | 1,236,845 |
| $ | 1,124,215 | |
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized |
| 181,024 |
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| 193,728 |
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| 240,572 |
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| 297,313 |
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| 319,894 |
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| 262,687 | |
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities | 65,293 |
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| 62,415 |
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| 15,948 |
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AFUDC - Debt funds |
| 8,570 |
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| 5,634 |
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| 10,295 |
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| 11,812 |
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Earnings as defined | $ | 1,265,237 |
| $ | 1,299,078 |
| $ | 1,347,843 |
| $ | 1,506,956 |
| $ | 1,569,093 |
| $ | 1,405,926 | |
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FIXED CHARGES AS DEFINED IN ITEM 503 OF REGULATION S-K: |
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Interest on long-term debt | $ | 148,534 |
| $ | 167,125 |
| $ | 179,219 |
| $ | 215,264 |
| $ | 217,954 |
| $ | 194,401 | |
Interest on affiliated loans |
| 10,195 |
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| 3,299 |
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| 46,512 |
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| 68,735 |
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| 87,672 |
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| 56,554 | |
Interest on interim obligations |
| 3,078 |
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Amort of debt disc, premium and expense, net |
| 17,012 |
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| 16,579 |
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| 16,812 |
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| 17,109 |
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| 17,054 |
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| 13,550 |
Other interest charges |
| 10,774 |
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| 12,359 |
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| 8,301 |
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| 8,017 |
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| 9,571 |
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| 17,205 |
Distributions on mandatorily redeemable preferred securities | 65,293 |
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Fixed charges as defined | $ | 254,886 |
| $ | 261,777 |
| $ | 266,816 |
| $ | 309,125 |
| $ | 332,251 |
| $ | 281,710 |
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES |
| 4.96 |
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| 4.87 |
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