Nameplate capacity
47 MW
Rank in Alabama
#62
of 80 plants
In service since
1968
August 1968
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Alabama Power Co
- County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alabama
- #20 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 12
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 47 MW | 48 MW | 1968 | 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
| Alabama River Pulp | Other | 48 MW |
| WestRock Demopolis Mill | Other | 47 MW |
| Packaging Corp. of America Jackson Mill | Natural gas | 44 MW |
| Goat Rock | Hydro | 39 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 47 MW solar plant and a 47 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