Bartletts Ferry
Hydro power plant · Lee County, Alabama
Nameplate capacity
173 MW
Rank in Alabama
#28
of 80 plants
In service since
1928
December 1928
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Georgia Power Co
- County
- Lee County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.52%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alabama
- #7 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 702
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 54 MW | 59 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| 6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 54 MW | 59 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 20 MW | 22 MW | 1951 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 15 MW | 16 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 15 MW | 16 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 15 MW | 16 MW | 1928 | 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
| Lewis Smith Dam | Hydro | 181 MW |
| Lay Dam | Hydro | 177 MW |
| Mitchell Dam | Hydro | 170 MW |
| Harris Dam | Hydro | 135 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 173 MW solar plant and a 173 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