Generating Plants
| Alabama Power owns or operates 81 electric generating units with total nameplate capacity of more than 13 million kilowatts. These generating units are located at 24 facilities. | )
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James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant
Located along the Mobile River in Bucks. Total nameplate generating capacity - 2,657,200 kW Generating units - 7 Type of fuel - coal and natural gas |
| Gadsden Electric Generating Plant
Located along the Coosa River in Gadsden. Total nameplate generating capacity - 120,000 kW Generating units - 2 Type of fuel - coal and natural gas |
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Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant
Located along the Coosa River in Wilsonville. Total nameplate generating capacity - 1,880,000 kW Generating units - 6 Type of fuel - coal |
| William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant
Located along the Black Warrior River near Parrish. Total nameplate generating capacity - 1,221,250 kW Generating units - 5 Type of fuel - coal |
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Greene County Electric Generating Plant
Located along the Black Warrior River near Demopolis. Total nameplate generating capacity - 1,220,000 kW Generating units - 11 Type of fuel - coal, oil and gas |
| James H. Miller, Jr. Electric Generating Plant
Located along the Black Warrior River near West Jefferson. Total nameplate generating capacity - 2,640,000 kW Generating units - 4 Type of fuel - coal |
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Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Electric Generating Plant
Located along the Chattahoochee River east of Dothan. Total nameplate generating capacity - 1,720,000 kW Generating units - 2 Type of fuel - nuclear |
| Weiss Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Coosa River near Leesburg. Total nameplate generating capacity - 87,750 kW Generating units - 3 Reservoir area when full - 30,200 acres |
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Henry Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Coosa River near Ohatchee. Total nameplate generating capacity - 72,900 kW Generating units - 3 Reservoir area when full - 11,235 acres |
| Logan Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Coosa River near Vincent. Total nameplate generating capacity - 128,250 kW Generating units - 3 Reservoir area when full - 15, 263 acres |
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Lay Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Coosa River near Clanton. Total nameplate generating capacity - 177,000 kW Generating units - 6 Reservoir area when full - 13,700 acres |
| Mitchell Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Coosa River near Verbena. Total nameplate generating capacity - 170,000 kW Generating units - 4 Reservoir area when full - 5,850 acres |
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Jordan Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Coosa River near Wetumpka. Total nameplate generating capacity - 100,000 kW Generating units - 4 Reservoir area when full - 6,807 acres |
| Bouldin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Coosa River near Wetumpka. Total nameplate generating capacity - 225,000 kW Generating units -3 Reservoir area when full - 6,807 acres |
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Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Tallapoosa River near Tallassee. Total nameplate generating capacity - 154,200 kW Generating units - 4 Reservoir area when full - 40,000 acres |
| Thurlow Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Tallapoosa River near Tallassee. Total nameplate generating capacity - 85,000 kW Generating units - 3 Reservoir area when full - 574 acres |
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Yates Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Tallapoosa River near Tallassee. Total nameplate generating capacity - 45,500 kW Generating units - 2 Reservoir area when full - 2,000 acres |
| Harris Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Tallapoosa River near Lineville. Total nameplate generating capacity - 135,000 kW Generating units - 2 Reservoir area when full - 10,661 acres |
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Smith Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River near Jasper. Total nameplate generating capacity - 157,500 kW Generating units - 2 Reservoir area when full - 21,200 acres |
| Bankhead Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Black Warrior River near Northport. Total nameplate generating capacity - 53,985 kW Generating units - 1 Reservoir area when full - 9,200 acres |
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Holt Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Located on the Black Warrior River near Holt. Total nameplate generating capacity - 49,000 kW Generating units - 1 Reservoir area when full - 3,200 acres |
| Theodore Cogen Facility
Located in Mobile County. Total nameplate generating capacity - 273,870 kW Generating units - 1 Type of fuel - gas |
| Washington County Cogen Facility
Located near McIntosh in Washington County, north of Mobile. Total nameplate generating capacity - 122,579 kW Generating units - 1 Type of fuel - gas |
| GE Plastics Cogen Facility
Located at the GE Plastics plant in Burkville, west of Montgomery. Total nameplate generating capacity - 105,100 kW Generating units - 1 Type of fuel - gas |
Generating Plants
Hydroelectric Plants
Coal-Fueled Power Plants
Nuclear Power Plant
Co-Generation Plants
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