Nameplate capacity
211 MW
Rank in Alabama
#25
of 80 plants
In service since
1927
January 1927
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Alabama Power Co
- County
- Elmore County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.64%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alabama
- #4 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 16
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 60 MW | 58 MW | 1952 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 50 MW | 42 MW | 1927 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 50 MW | 42 MW | 1927 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 50 MW | 42 MW | 1927 | 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
| Muscle Shoals | Solar | 227 MW |
| Walter Bouldin Dam | Hydro | 225 MW |
| Lewis Smith Dam | Hydro | 181 MW |
| Lay Dam | Hydro | 177 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 211 MW solar plant and a 211 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