Walton Discover Power Facility
Natural gas power plant · LEE County, Alabama
Nameplate capacity
103 MW
Rank in Alabama
#37
of 80 plants
In service since
1999
June 1999
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Walton Discover LLC
- County
- LEE County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.31%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Alabama
- #18 of 24
- EIA plant code
- 55138
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 52 MW | 50 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| UN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 52 MW | 50 MW | 1999 | 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
| International Paper Riverdale Mill | Natural gas | 104 MW |
| Georgia-Pacific Brewton Mill | Other | 103 MW |
| Millers Ferry | Hydro | 101 MW |
| Black Bear Solar 1 | Solar | 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 103 MW solar plant and a 103 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