Alabama Power

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Alabama Power Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a company in the southern United States that provides electricity service to 1.4 million customers in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. It also operates appliance stores.[1] It is one of four U.S. utilities operated by the Southern Company, one of the nation's largest generators of electricity.

Alabama Power is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility, and the second largest subsidiary of Southern Company. More than Script error: No such module "convert". of power lines carry electricity to customers throughout a service territory of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]

Alabama Power's hydroelectric generating plants encompass several lakes on the Tallapoosa, Coosa, and Black Warrior rivers, as well as coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear and cogeneration plants in various parts of the state.

Pollution

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William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant

In 1999, the United States Environmental Protection Agency commenced an enforcement action against Alabama Power under the Clean Air Act. In 2006, the EPA announced that Alabama Power had agreed to spend more than $200 m to upgrade pollution controls as a partial settlement of this action.[3] The settlement did not include claims regarding five coal-fired plants.[4] Those claims proceeded to trial, and Alabama Power prevailed. However, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) has stated that they intend to appeal the ruling.Template:Update inline SELC was involved in a case against Duke Energy that was appealed to the Supreme Court in 2006.[5][6]

As of 2021Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., AP's coal-fired James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant is the single largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the United States.[7]

Public benefits

In addition to generating electricity, the waters surrounding the plants offer recreational opportunities for Alabama residents and visitors.Template:Fact

The Alabama Power Foundation is a non-profit foundation providing grants for watershed, environmental and community projects along the Coosa River and within the state of Alabama[8]

Allegations of media manipulation

An investigation by National Public Radio and Floodlight News found Alabama Power paid consulting firm Matrix LLC, which in turn allegedly paid newspapers or affiliated groups which ran positive coverage of Alabama Power, namely Yellowhammer News, Alabama Political Reporter (for which Matrix designed the website), and Alabama Today.[9]

Terry Dunn ran and won a campaign for a seat on the Alabama Public Service Commission promising to hold a formal rate hearing to investigate Alabama Power's financials and why electricity prices in Alabama are among the highest in the country. He alleges a utility company lobbyist warned him to be a team player if he wanted to keep his seat, and that utility-funded newspapers conducted a smear campaign that resulted in Dunn losing the next election and avoided the promised rate hearing.[9]

In 2017, Matrix hired a private investigator to surveil Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning near his home.[10]

Power generating facilities

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Fossil fuel plants

Plant Nearest City Coordinates Capacity
James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant Bucks, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 2,657,200 kW
Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant Wilsonville, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1,880,000 kW
William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant Gorgas, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1,221,250 kW
Greene County Electric Generating Plant Demopolis, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1,220,000 kW
James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant West Jefferson, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 2,640,000 kW

Hydroelectric plants

Coosa River
Plant Nearest City Coordinates Capacity
Weiss Hydroelectric Generating Plant Leesburg, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 87,750 kW
Henry Hydroelectric Generating Plant Ohatchee, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 72,900 kW
Logan Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant Vincent, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 128,250 kW
Lay Hydroelectric Generating Plant Clanton, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 177,000 kW
Mitchell Hydroelectric Generating Plant Verbena, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 170,000 kW
Jordan Hydroelectric Generating Plant Wetumpka, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 100,000 kW
Bouldin Hydroelectric Generating Plant Wetumpka, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 225,000 kW
Tallapoosa River
Plant Nearest City Coordinates Capacity
Harris Hydroelectric Generating Plant Lineville, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 135,000 kW
Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant Tallassee, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 154,200 kW
Yates Hydroelectric Generating Plant Tallassee, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 45,500 kW
Thurlow Hydroelectric Generating Plant Tallassee, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 85,000 kW
Black Warrior River
Plant Nearest City Coordinates Capacity
Smith Hydroelectric Generating Plant Jasper, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 157,500 kW
Bankhead Hydroelectric Generating Plant Northport, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 53,985 kW
Holt Hydroelectric Generating Plant Holt, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 49,000 kW

Nuclear plants

Plant Nearest City Coordinates Capacity
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station Dothan, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 1,720,000 kW

Cogeneration and other plants

Plant Nearest City Coordinates Capacity
Theodore Cogen Facility Theodore, Alabama 273,870 kW
Washington County Cogen Facility McIntosh, Alabama 122,579 kW
Sabic Cogen Facility Burkville, Alabama Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 105,100 kW
Powell Avenue Steam Plant[11] Birmingham, Alabama n/a - steam production only

See also

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Alabama Power previous logo

References

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Notes

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  3. ↑ Alabama Power Company to Spend More Than $200 Million Under Clean Air Act Settlement
  4. ↑ Partial Consent Decree, United States District Court Northern District of Alabama Southern Division
  5. ↑ Legal Action Against Alabama Power Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  6. ↑ Legal Actions Against Duke Energy and Alabama Power Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  7. ↑ Who Were the Worst Climate Polluters in the US in 2021? - Inside Climate News
  8. ↑ Alabama Power Foundation Website Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  9. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Operative group Matrix hired detective who surveilled Southern Co. CEO
  11. ↑ Alabama Power Company; James L. Noles Jr., James L. Noles, 2001; Template:ISBN

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