Nameplate capacity
91 MW
Rank in Alabama
#43
of 80 plants
In service since
1931
January 1931
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Alabama Power Co
- County
- Elmore County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.28%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alabama
- #14 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 19
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 41 MW | 36 MW | 1931 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 41 MW | 36 MW | 1931 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 10 MW | 7.5 MW | 1931 | 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
| AMEA Peaking | Natural gas | 99 MW |
| General Electric Plastic | Natural gas | 97 MW |
| International Paper Prattville Mill | Other | 90 MW |
| Weiss Dam | Hydro | 88 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 91 MW solar plant and a 91 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