Owner profile

Alabama Power Co

Part of Southern Company

Alabama Power Co owns or operates 28 generating facilities commissioned between 1927 and 2017, with a combined nameplate capacity of 16.78 GW. The largest share of capacity is natural gas (54%), located in Alabama.

Ownership reflects the utility or operator reported to EIA (Form EIA-860); equity ownership of individual facilities may differ.

28
Plants
16.78 GW
Total capacity
1
States
3.34 GW
Largest: Barry

Capacity mix

Natural Gas 53.7%Coal 25.3%Nuclear 10.6%Hydroelectric 10.3%Solar 0.1%

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
BarryNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co3.34 GW
James H Miller JrCoalAlabamaAlabama Power Co2.82 GW
E C GastonNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co2.03 GW
Joseph M FarleyNuclearAlabamaAlabama Power Co1.78 GW
Greene CountyNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co1.29 GW
Central Alabama Generating StationNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co927.1 MW
Calhoun Energy CenterNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co748 MW
Theodore Cogen FacilityNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co317.4 MW
Walter Bouldin DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co225 MW
Martin DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co210.6 MW
Lewis Smith DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co181 MW
Lay DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co177 MW
Mitchell DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co170 MW
Harris DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co135 MW
Logan Martin DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co128.1 MW
Washington County Cogeneration FacilityNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co122.5 MW
Jordan DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co100 MW
General Electric PlasticNatural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co97 MW
Thurlow DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co91 MW
Weiss DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co87.6 MW
H Neely Henry DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co72.9 MW
Bankhead DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co53.9 MW
Yates DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co50.5 MW
Holt DamHydroelectricAlabamaAlabama Power Co46.9 MW
Fort Rucker Solar ArraySolarAlabamaAlabama Power Co10.6 MW
ANAD Solar ArraySolarAlabamaAlabama Power Co7.4 MW
Retired plants (2)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Gorgasretired 2019CoalAlabamaAlabama Power Co1.42 GW
Gadsdenretired 2023Natural GasAlabamaAlabama Power Co138 MW