Exhibit 24(b)
January 21, 2000
W. L. Westbrook Wayne Boston
270 Peachtree Street, N.W. 241 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3374
Dear Sirs:
Alabama Power Company proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (1) its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, and (2) its quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q during 2000.
Alabama Power Company and the undersigned directors and officers of
said Company, individually as a director and/or as an officer of the Company,
hereby make, constitute and appoint W. L. Westbrook and Wayne Boston our true
and lawful Attorneys for each of us and in each of our names, places and steads
to sign and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with the foregoing said Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q, and any appropriate amendment or amendments thereto and any
necessary exhibits.
Yours very truly,
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
By /s/Elmer B. Harris
Elmer B. Harris
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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/s/ Whit Armstrong /s/ Mayer Mitchell
Whit Armstrong Mayer Mitchell
/s/ David J. Cooper /s/ William V. Muse
David J. Cooper William V. Muse
/s/ H. Allen Franklin /s/ John T. Porter
H. Allen Franklin John T. Porter
/s/ Elmer B. Harris /s/ Robert D. Powers
Elmer B. Harris Robert D. Powers
/s/ R. Kent Henslee ______________________________
R. Kent Henslee Andreas Renschler
/s/ Carl E. Jones, Jr. /s/ C. Dowd Ritter
Carl E. Jones, Jr. C. Dowd Ritter
/s/ Patricia M. King /s/ James H. Sanford
Patricia M. King James H. Sanford
/s/ James K. Lowder /s/ John Cox Webb, IV
James K. Lowder John Cox Webb, IV
/s/ Wallace D. Malone, Jr. /s/ William B. Hutchins, III
Wallace D. Malone, Jr. William B. Hutchins, III
/s/ Thomas C. Meredith /s/ Art P. Beattie
Thomas C. Meredith Art P. Beattie
Extract from minutes of meeting of the board of directors of Alabama Power
Company.
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RESOLVED: That for the purpose of signing and filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, Alabama Power Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1999, and of remedying any deficiencies with respect
thereto by appropriate amendment or amendments, and also filing
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, Alabama Power Company, the members of
its Board of Directors, and its officers are authorized to give their
several powers of attorney to W. L. Westbrook and Wayne Boston, in
substantially the form of power of attorney presented to this meeting.
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The undersigned officer of Alabama Power Company does hereby certify
that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of resolution duly and regularly
adopted at a meeting of the board of directors of Alabama Power Company, duly
held on January 21, 2000, at which a quorum was in attendance and voting
throughout, and that said resolution has not since been rescinded but is still
in full force and effect.
Dated March 24, 2000 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
By /s/Wayne Boston
Wayne Boston
Assistant Secretary