Exhibit 24(f)
December 13, 2005
Thomas A. Fanning and Wayne Boston
Dear Sirs:
Savannah Electric and 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, 2005, and (2)
its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during 2006.
Savannah Electric and 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,
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
By /s/W. Craig Barrs
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W. Craig Barrs
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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/s/W. Craig Barrs /s/Arnold M. Tenenbaum
W. Craig Barrs Arnold M. Tenenbaum
/s/Gus H. Bell III /s/K. R. Willis
Gus H. Bell III K. R. Willis
/s/Archie H. Davis /s/Nancy E. Frankenhauser
Archie H. Davis Nancy E. Frankenhauser
/s/Robert B. Miller III
Robert B. Miller III
Extract from minutes of meeting of the board of directors of Savannah Electric
and Power Company.
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RESOLVED: That for the purpose of signing reports required to
be filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission including (a) the
filing of this Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005, and (b) quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during
calendar year 2006; and of remedying any deficiencies with respect
thereto by appropriate amendment or amendments, this Company and the
members of its Board of Directors, and its officers, be and they are
hereby authorized to give their several powers of attorney to Thomas A.
Fanning and Wayne Boston for the purposes set out above.
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The undersigned officer of Savannah Electric and 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 Savannah
Electric and Power Company, duly held on December 13, 2005, 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: February 27, 2006 SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
By /s/Wayne Boston
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Wayne Boston
Assistant Secretary