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) December 2, 2003
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Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S. Employer
File Number Address and Telephone Number Identification No.
1-3526 The Southern Company 58-0690070
(A Delaware Corporation)
270 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 506-5000
1-3164 Alabama Power Company 63-0004250
(An Alabama Corporation)
600 North 18th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35291
(205) 257-1000
1-6468 Georgia Power Company 58-0257110
(A Georgia Corporation)
241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(404) 506-6526
0-2429 Gulf Power Company 59-0276810
(A Maine Corporation)
One Energy Place
Pensacola, Florida 32520
(850) 444-6111
001-11229 Mississippi Power Company 64-0205820
(A Mississippi Corporation)
2992 West Beach
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
(228) 864-1211
1-5072 Savannah Electric and Power Company 58-0418070
(A Georgia Corporation)
600 East Bay Street
Savannah, Georgia 31401
(912) 644-7171
333-98553 Southern Power Company 58-2598670
(A Delaware Corporation)
270 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 506-5000
The address of the registrants has not changed since the last report.
This combined Form 8-K is filed separately by seven registrants: The Southern
Company, Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company,
Mississippi Power Company, Savannah Electric and Power Company and Southern
Power Company. Information contained herein relating to any individual
registrant is filed by such registrant solely on its own behalf. Each registrant
makes no representation as to information relating to the other registrants.
Item 5. Other Events and Required FD Disclosure.
Reference is made to Management's Discussion and Analysis - "Future
Earnings Potential" in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2003 of each registrant for information regarding the formation of
a Regional Transmission Organization ("RTO") as ordered by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission. On December 2, 2003, the sponsors of the SeTrans RTO,
including The Southern Company and the other registrants, issued a press release
regarding their unanimous decision to suspend the SeTrans RTO effort due to the
unlikelihood that consensus support and acceptance for the SeTrans RTO would be
forthcoming from all applicable state and federal agencies. A copy of this
release is being filed as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The
final outcome of this matter cannot now be determined.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99 Press Release.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each
of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: December 3, 2003 THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
By /s/W. Dean Hudson
W. Dean Hudson
Comptroller
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
GULF POWER COMPANY
MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
By /s/Wayne Boston
Wayne Boston
Assistant Secretary