Exhibit 99.01


Allen Franklin                270 Peachtree Street NW
Chairman, President and       Suite 2200
Chief Executive Officer       Atlanta,Georgia  30303



                                                     Southern
                                                          Company
                                                     Energy to Serve Your World


Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Allen Franklin, state and attest that:

     (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
          reports of The Southern Company, and, except as corrected or
          supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

          o    no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
               fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
               the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
               as of the date on which it was filed); and

          o    no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
               make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
               circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
               the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
               report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
               on which it was filed).

     (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with The Southern
          Company's audit committee.

     (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
          before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

          o    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
               2001 of The Southern Company;

          o    all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
               definitive proxy materials of The Southern Company filed with the
               Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified
               above; and

          o    any amendments to any of the foregoing.



  /s/H. Allen Franklin
      Allen Franklin                           Subscribed and sworn to before
  Chairman, President and                      me this 12th day of August 2002.
  Chief Executive Officer

                                                        /s/Ethel Spivey
                                                         Notary Public
August 12, 2002
                                                My Commission Expires:
                                                Aug. 30, 2002

                                                     ETHEL SPIVEY
                                        Notary Public, Gwinnett County, Georgia
                                          My Commission Expires Aug. 30, 2002