SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three year period ending 2003

                      FORM U-12(I)-B (THREE-YEAR STATEMENT)

  Statement Pursuant to Section 12(i) of Public Utility Holding Company Act of
     1935 by a Person Regularly Employed or Retained by a Registered Holding
        Company or a Subsidiary Thereof and Whose Employment Contemplates
                Only Routine Expenses as Specified in Rule 71(b)

         1. Name and business address of person filing statement.
                  L. Ray Harry
                  600 North 18th Street
                  Birmingham, Alabama  35291-8195

         2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the
undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the exemption provided by
paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.

                  None

         3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

                  Southern Company and all its subsidiaries.

         4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or
retained by each of the companies named in item 3, and brief description of
nature of services to be rendered in each such position or relationship.
1998-1999 -- Manager, Environmental Issues Responsible for directing
governmental affairs strategies related to energy and environmental issues. 2000
-- Assistant to Senior Vice President, Research and Environmental Affairs --
Assist Senior Vice President in carrying out the responsibilities of the
Research and Environmental Affairs function in Southern Company Generation.

5. (a) Compensation received during the prior reporting period and estimated to
be received over the next two calendar years by the undersigned or others,
directly or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from each of
the companies designated in item 3. (Use column (a) as supplementary statement
only.)

                   Salary or other
                    compensations

Name of       received          to be           Person or company from whom
recipient                      received         received or to be received
                (a)              (b)

L. Ray        $629,653      to be included      Southern Company Services, Inc.
Harry                       in supplementary
                            statement

           (b)    Basis for compensation if other than salary. N/A

          6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only.) Expenses incurred
by the undersigned or any person named in item 2, above, during the calendar
year in connection with the activities described in item 4, above, and the
source or sources of reimbursement for same.

           (a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client:  $8,500

           (b) Itemized list of all other expenses:  N/A

Date     January 26, 2001                   (Signed) /s/ L. Ray Harry