Exhibit 24(b)
Charles D. McCrary 600 North 18th Street
President and Post Office Box 2641
Chief Executive Officer Birmingham, Alabama 35291
January 23, 2004
Thomas A. Fanning 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, 2003, and (2) its quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q during 2004.
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 Thomas A. Fanning 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/Charles D. McCrary
Charles D. McCrary
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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/s/Whit Armstrong /s/Malcolm Portera
Whit Armstrong Malcolm Portera
/s/David J. Cooper /s/Robert D. Powers
David J. Cooper Robert D. Powers
/s/H. Allen Franklin /s/C. Dowd Ritter
H. Allen Franklin C. Dowd Ritter
/s/R. Kent Henslee /s/James H. Sanford
R. Kent Henslee James H. Sanford
______________________________ /s/William F. Walker
Carl E. Jones, Jr William F. Walker
/s/Patricia M. King /s/John Cox Webb, IV
Patricia M. King John Cox Webb, IV
/s/James K. Lowder /s/James W. Wright
James K. Lowder James W. Wright
/s/Charles D. McCrary /s/William B. Hutchins, III
Charles D. McCrary William B. Hutchins, III
/s/Wallace D. Malone, Jr. /s/Art P. Beattie
Wallace D. Malone, Jr. 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, 2003, and its 2004 quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and of remedying any
deficiencies with respect thereto by appropriate amendment or amendments,
Alabama Power Company, the members of its Board of Directors, and its officers
are authorized to give their several powers of attorney to Thomas A. Fanning 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 23, 2003, 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 1, 2004 ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
By /s/Wayne Boston
Wayne Boston
Assistant Secretary