SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                Washington, D.C.

                          Three year period ending 2006

                      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. George
                  A. Martin
                  241 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE
                  Bin 10221
                  Atlanta, GA 30308

         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.

                  Georgia Power Company - 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.

                  Environmental Specialist Sr./ Hydro Relicensing Project
                  Manager responsible for coordinating hydro generating facility
                  licensing and Environmental Affairs departmental license
                  compliance as regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory
                  Commission.

         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 received
recipient               received           or to be received
             (a)        (b)
George A.    $n/a       to be included     Georgia Power Company
Martin                  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: n/a

           (b) Itemized list of all other expenses: n/a


Date    1/15/03                        George A. Martin
                                       Signed) /s/ First M. Last