Nameplate capacity
3,344 MW
Rank in Alabama
#2
of 80 plants
In service since
1954
February 1954
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Alabama Power Co
- County
- Mobile County
- Generating units
- 12
- Share of state capacity
- 10.12%
- Rank among coal plants in Alabama
- #1 of 3
- EIA plant code
- 3
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 789 MW | 757 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| A3C1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 464 MW | 385 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 404 MW | 362 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| A3ST | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 310 MW | 300 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| A1ST | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 195 MW | 200 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| A2ST | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 195 MW | 195 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| A1CT | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 170 MW | 184 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| A1CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 170 MW | 184 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| A2C1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 170 MW | 186 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| A2C2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 170 MW | 186 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 153 MW | 80 MW | 1954 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 153 MW | 80 MW | 1954 | 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
| Browns Ferry | Nuclear | 3,854 MW |
| James H Miller Jr | Coal | 2,822 MW |
| E C Gaston | Coal | 2,034 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 3,344 MW solar plant and a 3,344 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