Exhibit 24(c)

 

February 15, 2006

 

Cliff S. Thrasher, Thomas A. Fanning and Wayne Boston

 

Dear Sirs:

 

Georgia Power Company proposes to file or join in the filing of reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the following: (1) the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and (2) the filing of its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during 2006; and (3) the filing of appropriate amendment or amendments in order to remedy any deficiencies with respect thereto.

Georgia 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 each of you our true and lawful Attorney 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, appropriate amendment or amendments thereto in order to remedy any deficiencies with respect thereto and any necessary exhibits.

|   | Yours very truly,

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

 

 

 

By   /s/Michael D. Garrett                              

Michael D. Garrett

President and Chief Executive Officer

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| /s/Juanita Powell Baranco

Juanita Powell Baranco |   | /s/Richard W. Ussery

Richard W. Ussery

 

 

 

 

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| /s/Robert L. Brown, Jr.

Robert L. Brown, Jr.     |   | /s/William Jerry Vereen

William Jerry Vereen

 

 

 

 

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| /s/Ronald D. Brown

Ronald D. Brown               |   | /s/E. Jenner Wood III

E. Jenner Wood III

 

 

 

 

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| /s/Anna R. Cablik

Anna R. Cablik                 |   | /s/Cliff S. Thrasher

Cliff S. Thrasher

 

 

 

 

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| /s/Michael D. Garrett

Michael D. Garrett         |   | /s/W. Ron Hinson

W. Ron Hinson

 

 

 

 

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| /s/David M. Ratcliffe

David M. Ratcliffe         |   | /s/Daniel M. Lowery

Daniel M. Lowery

 

 

 

 

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| /s/D. Gary Thompson

D. Gary Thompson             |   |                                                                                  |

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extract from minutes of meeting of the board of directors of Georgia Power Company.

 

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RESOLVED:  That for the purpose of signing reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to (a) the filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and (b) quarterly filings on Form 10-Q during 2006; and (c) of remedying any deficiencies with respect thereto by appropriate amendment or amendments, this Company, certain of its officers and the members of its Board of Directors authorize their several powers of attorney to Cliff S. Thrasher, Thomas A. Fanning and Wayne Boston.

 

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The undersigned officer of Georgia 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 Georgia Power Company, duly held on February 15, 2006, 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 | GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

 

 

By   /s/Wayne Boston          
Wayne Boston

Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

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