Nameplate capacity
88 MW
Rank in Alabama
#45
of 80 plants
In service since
1961
June 1961
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Alabama Power Co
- County
- Cherokee County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.27%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alabama
- #15 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 20
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 29 MW | 27 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 29 MW | 27 MW | 1961 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 29 MW | 27 MW | 1961 | 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
| Thurlow Dam | Hydro | 91 MW |
| International Paper Prattville Mill | Other | 90 MW |
| Georgia-Pacific Consr Prods LP-Naheola | Other | 88 MW |
| Jones Bluff | Hydro | 82 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 88 MW solar plant and a 88 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