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<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the Form
10-Q for March 31,  2000,  and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.

</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000003153
<NAME> ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
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