Exhibit 24(f)

February 20, 1996


W. L. Westbrook 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, 1995, and (2)
its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during 1996.

         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 W. L. Westbrook 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/Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr.
                                                 Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr.
                                              President and Chief Executive
                                                        Officer


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/s/Helen Q. Artley                                /s/Arnold M. Tenenbaum
   Helen Q. Artley                                   Arnold M. Tenenbaum



/s/Paul J. DeNicola                               /s/Frederick F. Williams, Jr.
   Paul J. DeNicola                                  Frederick F. Williams, Jr.



/s/Brian R. Foster                                /s/K. R. Willis
   Brian R. Foster                                   K. R. Willis



/s/Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr.                      /s/Nancy E. Frankenhauser
   Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr.                         Nancy E. Frankenhauser



/s/Walter D. Gnann                                /s/Lavonne K. Calandra
   Walter D. Gnann                                   Lavonne K. Calandra



/s/Robert B. Miller, III
   Robert B. Miller, III


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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 statements 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,  1995,  and (b)  quarterly  reports  on Form 10-Q  during
         calendar  year 1996;  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 W. L.
         Westbrook 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 February 20, 1996,  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 22, 1996                       SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY


                                            By /s/ Wayne Boston
                                                   Wayne Boston
                                                Assistant Secretary