SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 8, 2003
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Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S. Employer
File Number Address and Telephone Number Identification No.
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1-3526 The Southern Company 58-0690070
(A Delaware Corporation)
270 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 506-5000
1-3164 Alabama Power Company 63-0004250
(An Alabama Corporation)
600 North 18th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35291
(205) 257-1000
1-6468 Georgia Power Company 58-0257110
(A Georgia Corporation)
241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(404) 506-6526
0-2429 Gulf Power Company 59-0276810
(A Maine Corporation)
One Energy Place
Pensacola, Florida 32520
(850) 444-6111
001-11229 Mississippi Power Company 64-0205820
(A Mississippi Corporation)
2992 West Beach
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
(228) 864-1211
1-5072 Savannah Electric and Power Company 58-0418070
(A Georgia Corporation)
600 East Bay Street
Savannah, Georgia 31401
(912) 644-7171
333-98553 Southern Power Company 58-2598670
(A Delaware Corporation)
270 Peachtree Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 506-5000
The address of the registrants has not changed since the last report.
This combined Form 8-K is filed separately by seven registrants: The Southern
Company, Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company,
Mississippi Power Company, Savannah Electric and Power Company and Southern
Power Company. Information contained herein relating to any individual
registrant is filed by such registrant solely on its own behalf. Each registrant
makes no representation as to information relating to the other registrants.
Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Southern Company ("Southern") today announced Southern's
succession and management transition plan. As part of that plan, (1) Allen
Franklin, Southern's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will retire in July
2004; (2) David M. Ratcliffe, currently President and Chief Executive Officer of
Georgia Power Company ("Georgia Power"), (A) has been elected to Southern's
Board of Directors effective December 8, 2003, (B) will continue to serve as
Georgia Power's Chief Executive Officer until April 2004, when he will become
President of Southern and (C) will become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Southern in July 2004; (3) Michael D. Garrett, currently President and Chief
Executive Officer of Mississippi Power Company ("Mississippi Power"), (A) has
been elected as President of Georgia Power and a member of the Board of
Directors of Georgia Power effective January 1, 2004 and (B) will become Chief
Executive Officer of Georgia Power in April 2004; and (4) Anthony J. Topazi,
currently Senior Vice President of Southern Power Company and Executive Vice
President of Southern's Generation and Energy Marketing Group, has been elected
to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Mississippi Power effective
January 1, 2004.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: December 8, 2003 THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
By /s/W. Dean Hudson
W. Dean Hudson
Comptroller
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
GULF POWER COMPANY
MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
By /s/Wayne Boston
Wayne Boston
Assistant Secretary