AMEA Peaking
Natural gas power plant · Talladega County, Alabama
Nameplate capacity
99 MW
Rank in Alabama
#41
of 80 plants
In service since
2004
May 2004
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Alabama Municipal Elec Authority
- County
- Talladega County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.30%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Alabama
- #19 of 24
- EIA plant code
- 56018
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 49 MW | 48 MW | 2004 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 49 MW | 48 MW | 2004 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Alabama
| Black Bear Solar 1 | Solar | 100 MW |
| Jordan Dam | Hydro | 100 MW |
| General Electric Plastic | Natural gas | 97 MW |
| Thurlow Dam | Hydro | 91 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 99 MW solar plant and a 99 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Alabama power plants · What Alabama actually generates