Exhibit 24(c)



February 18, 1998



W. L. Westbrook and Wayne Boston


Dear Sirs:

         Georgia Power Company proposes to file or join in the filing of
statements 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, 1997, and (2) the filing of
its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during 1998.
         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 and
any appropriate amendment or amendments thereto and any necessary exhibits.


                                           Yours very truly,

                                           GEORGIA POWER COMPANY



                                           By     /s/H. Allen Franklin
                                                    H. Allen Franklin
                                              President and Chief Executive
                                                         Officer



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      /s/Daniel P. Amos                   /s/G. Joseph Prendergast
       Daniel P. Amos                       G. Joseph Prendergast



    /s/Juanita P. Baranco                   /s/Herman J. Russell
     Juanita P. Baranco                       Herman J. Russell



      /s/A. W. Dahlberg                      /s/Gloria M. Shatto
       A. W. Dahlberg                         Gloria M. Shatto



 /s/William A. Fickling, Jr.               /s/William Jerry Vereen
  William A. Fickling, Jr.                  William Jerry Vereen



    /s/H. Allen Franklin                        /s/Carl Ware
      H. Allen Franklin                           Carl Ware



    /s/L. G. Hardman III                    /s/Thomas R. Williams
      L. G. Hardman III                      Thomas R. Williams



      /s/Warren Y. Jobe                     /s/Cliff S. Thrasher
       Warren Y. Jobe                         Cliff S. Thrasher



   /s/James R. Lientz, Jr.                   /s/Judy M. Anderson
    James R. Lientz, Jr.                      Judy M. Anderson



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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, 1997, and (b) quarterly filings on Form 10-Q during
1998; and of remedying any deficiencies with respect thereto by appropriate
amendment or amendments, this Company and the members of its Board of Directors
authorize their several powers of attorney to W. L. Westbrook 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 18, 1998, 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 23, 1998                  GEORGIA POWER COMPANY


                                       By   /s/Wayne Boston
                                             Wayne Boston
                                          Assistant Secretary