Millers Ferry
Hydro power plant · Wilcox County, Alabama
Nameplate capacity
101 MW
Rank in Alabama
#38
of 80 plants
In service since
1970
April 1970
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- USCE-Mobile District
- County
- Wilcox County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.31%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alabama
- #12 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 38
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 34 MW | 30 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 34 MW | 30 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 34 MW | 30 MW | 1970 | 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
| Georgia-Pacific Brewton Mill | Other | 103 MW |
| Walton Discover Power Facility | Natural gas | 103 MW |
| Black Bear Solar 1 | Solar | 100 MW |
| Jordan Dam | Hydro | 100 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 101 MW solar plant and a 101 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