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<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the Form
10-Q for June 30,  1996,  and is  qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000086940
<NAME> SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
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