Power plants operated by Alabama Power Co
Alabama Power Co operates 27 power plants in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 16.2 GW of nameplate capacity, the seventh-largest fleet among the 5,826 operators on file. All of them are in Alabama. Natural gas is 47% of the capacity; the largest site is Barry. Its oldest working unit dates from 1927, at Martin Dam. Units added from 2020 to 2025 total 774 MW.
- Natural gas7,652 MW47%
- Coal4,966 MW31%
- Nuclear1,776 MW11%
- Hydroelectric1,730 MW11%
- Oil and petroleum21.2 MW0.1%
- Solar18 MW0.1%
Capacity by decade it came online
NuclearCoalNatural gasOil and petroleumHydroelectricSolar
Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at these plants.
Plants
| Plant | State | Runs on | Capacity | First unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry | Alabama | Natural gas | 3,344 MW | 1954 |
| James H Miller Jr | Alabama | Coal | 2,822 MW | 1978 |
| E C Gaston | Alabama | Natural gas | 2,034 MW | 1960 |
| Joseph M Farley | Alabama | Nuclear | 1,776 MW | 1977 |
| Greene County | Alabama | Natural gas | 1,288 MW | 1965 |
| Tenaska Lindsay Hill Generating Station | Alabama | Natural gas | 939 MW | 2002 |
| Central Alabama Generating Station | Alabama | Natural gas | 927 MW | 2003 |
| Calhoun Energy Center | Alabama | Natural gas | 748 MW | 2003 |
| Theodore Cogen Facility | Alabama | Natural gas | 317 MW | 2000 |
| Walter Bouldin Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 225 MW | 1967 |
| Martin Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 211 MW | 1927 |
| Lewis Smith Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 181 MW | 1961 |
| Lay Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 177 MW | 1967 |
| Mitchell Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 170 MW | 1949 |
| Harris Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 135 MW | 1983 |
| Logan Martin Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 128 MW | 1964 |
| Washington County Cogeneration Facility | Alabama | Natural gas | 122 MW | 1999 |
| Jordan Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 100 MW | 1929 |
| General Electric Plastic | Alabama | Natural gas | 97 MW | 1999 |
| Thurlow Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 91 MW | 1931 |
| Weiss Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 87.6 MW | 1961 |
| H Neely Henry Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 72.9 MW | 1966 |
| Bankhead Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 53.9 MW | 1963 |
| Yates Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 50.5 MW | 1928 |
| Holt Dam | Alabama | Hydroelectric | 46.9 MW | 1968 |
| Fort Rucker Solar Array | Alabama | Solar | 10.6 MW | 2017 |
| ANAD Solar Array | Alabama | Solar | 7.4 MW | 2017 |