State

Alabama

Who serves its customers, 2025

Who serves its customers, 2025
Kind of utility	Customers	Share of customers
Investor owned	1,557,733	55.1%
Cooperative	602,112	21.3%
Public (municipal, state, federal, and districts)	594,532	21.0%
Other	70,559	2.5%

Customers of full-service and energy-only providers, as EIA counts them; delivery-only customers are the same people, so they are not counted twice.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Form EIA-861) · data for 2025 · as of Oct 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Average price by sector, 2025

Average price by sector, 2025
Sector	Average price (cents per kWh)
Residential	16.09
Commercial	14.60
Industrial	7.73

Revenue from every kind of service over sales counted once, as EIA computes its state averages.

Capacity and generation by fuel

Capacity and generation by fuel
Fuel	Capacity	Net generation in 2025
Natural gas	17,505.2 MW	65,595,154 MWh
Nuclear	5,630.4 MW	42,672,668 MWh
Hydro	3,318.3 MW	8,582,856 MWh
Subbituminous coal	2,822 MW	18,866,382 MWh
Bituminous coal	2,144.5 MW	2,795,130 MWh
Solar	746.3 MW	1,323,287 MWh
BLQ	588.2 MW	2,416,696 MWh
Wood	80.3 MW	701,332 MWh
Distillate fuel oil	47.8 MW	9,414 MWh
Landfill gas	6.4 MW	24,319 MWh
Batteries	1 MW	0 MWh
Residual fuel oil		1,031 MWh
OG		0 MWh
Other biogas		0 MWh
Petroleum coke		0 MWh
WO		0 MWh
Other		6,526 MWh

Balancing authorities serving it: SOCO, TVA.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025

Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025
Type	Active capacity (MW)	Projects
Solar	3,139	21
Storage	849	4
Gas	2,858	10
Hybrid	1,054	5
Other	601	8

Requests still active in an interconnection queue at the end of 2025. Most never get built. Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker · Queued Up: Interconnection Queue Data File (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) · data for 2025 · as of May 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Utilities

Utilities
Utility	Ownership, as EIA reports it	Customers	Sales (MWh)
Alabama Power Co	Investor Owned	1,557,733	52,177,426
City of Huntsville - (AL)	Municipal	226,513	5,489,061
Baldwin County El Member Corp	Cooperative	93,632	1,712,527
Adjustment 2025		70,559	1,452,469
Foley Board of Utilities	Municipal	61,343	1,265,747
City of Athens - (AL)	Municipal	60,474	1,705,362
City of Florence - (AL)	Municipal	52,594	1,190,952
Cullman Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	48,722	1,117,361
Central Alabama Electric Coop	Cooperative	48,071	743,983
Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	46,369	1,990,629
Sand Mountain Electric Coop	Cooperative	33,815	642,371
City of Dothan - (AL)	Municipal	32,385	949,720
Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	31,143	617,125
Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	27,549	416,001
Dixie Electric Coop - (AL)	Cooperative	27,176	613,677
Decatur Utilities	Municipal	26,999	1,154,375
Cherokee Electric Coop - (AL)	Cooperative	26,816	404,232
Black Warrior Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	26,545	372,854
Covington Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	25,037	418,127
Southern Pine Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	22,921	458,737
Marshall-De Kalb Electric Coop	Cooperative	21,523	478,203
Clarke-Washington E M C	Cooperative	20,579	283,436
Pea River Electric Coop	Cooperative	19,900	326,818
Sheffield Utilities	Municipal	19,570	708,145
North Alabama Electric Coop	Cooperative	19,562	460,634
Coosa Valley Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	18,690	325,917
South Alabama Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	17,985	414,452
Arab Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	17,014	323,559
City of Opelika - (AL)	Municipal	16,321	405,072
City of Bessemer Utilities	Municipal	11,043	272,776
Albertville Municipal Utilities Board (AL)	Municipal	10,821	652,509
City of Troy - (AL)	Municipal	9,507	459,468
Cullman Power Board	Municipal	9,146	281,603
Fort Payne Improvement Authority	Municipal	9,044	310,707
City of Muscle Shoals	Municipal	9,041	313,108
City of Scottsboro - (AL)	Municipal	8,770	314,795
Franklin Electric Coop - (AL)	Cooperative	8,025	325,162
Guntersville Electric Board	Municipal	6,944	244,108
City of Hartselle	Municipal	5,778	151,913
City of Russellville - (AL)	Municipal	5,129	153,138
City of Tuscumbia	Municipal	4,996	95,928
City of Andalusia	Municipal	4,657	325,523
City of Tarrant	Municipal	2,681	63,390
City of Courtland	Municipal	764	22,739
Diverse Power Incorporated	Cooperative	688	9,165
Singing River Elec Cooperative	Cooperative	350	5,608
Tennessee Valley Authority	Federal	12	6,161,169

A utility with too few reported figures for its own page is listed here with what it reported.

Power plants (93)

Power plants in Alabama, largest first
Plant	County	Nameplate capacity	Operator
Browns Ferry	Limestone	3,854 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Barry	Mobile	3,343.5 MW	Alabama Power Co
James H Miller Jr	Jefferson	2,822 MW	Alabama Power Co
E C Gaston	Shelby	2,034 MW	Alabama Power Co
H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle	Lee	1,995.7 MW	Southern Power Co
Joseph M Farley	Houston	1,776.4 MW	Alabama Power Co
E B Harris Electric Generating Plant	Autauga	1,304 MW	Southern Power Co
Greene County	Greene	1,288.4 MW	Alabama Power Co
Colbert	Colbert	1,169.6 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Tenaska Lindsay Hill Generating Station	Autauga	939.4 MW	Alabama Power Co
Central Alabama Generating Station	Autauga	927.1 MW	Alabama Power Co
Decatur Energy Center	Morgan	902.4 MW	Decatur Energy Center LLC
Morgan Energy Center	Morgan	900 MW	Morgan Energy Center LLC
Hillabee Energy Center	Tallapoosa	822.8 MW	CER Generation LLC
Calhoun Energy Center	Calhoun	748 MW	Alabama Power Co
Lowman Energy Center	Washington	732.7 MW	PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
McIntosh (AL)	Washington	676 MW	PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
Wilson Dam	Lauderdale	666.7 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
McWilliams	Covington	654 MW	PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
Wheeler Dam	Lawrence	404 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Theodore Cogen Facility	Mobile	317.4 MW	Alabama Power Co
Hog Bayou Energy Center	Mobile	280 MW	Mobile Energy LLC
Muscle Shoals	Colbert	227 MW	Muscle Shoals Solar, LLC
Walter Bouldin Dam	Elmore	225 MW	Alabama Power Co
Martin Dam	Elmore	210.6 MW	Alabama Power Co
Lewis Smith Dam	Walker	181 MW	Alabama Power Co
Lay Dam	Chilton	177 MW	Alabama Power Co
Bartletts Ferry	Lee	173 MW	Georgia Power Co
Mitchell Dam	Coosa	170 MW	Alabama Power Co
Harris Dam	Randolph	135 MW	Alabama Power Co
Logan Martin Dam	Talladega	128.1 MW	Alabama Power Co
Washington County Cogeneration Facility	Washington	122.5 MW	Alabama Power Co
Mead Coated Board	Russell	120.5 MW	Mead Coated Board Inc
Guntersville	Marshall	115.2 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
International Paper Riverdale Mill	Dallas	104.2 MW	International Paper Co-Riverdl
Georgia-Pacific Brewton Mill	Escambia	103.4 MW	Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC
Walton Discover Power Facility	LEE	103 MW	Walton Discover LLC
Millers Ferry	Wilcox	101.1 MW	USCE-Mobile District
Black Bear Solar 1	Montgomery	100 MW	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, LLC
Jordan Dam	Elmore	100 MW	Alabama Power Co
AMEA Peaking	Talladega	98.6 MW	Alabama Municipal Elec Authority - (AL)
General Electric Plastic	Lowndes	97 MW	Alabama Power Co
Thurlow Dam	Elmore	91 MW	Alabama Power Co
International Paper Prattville Mill	Autauga	89.8 MW	International Paper Co
Weiss Dam	Cherokee	87.6 MW	Alabama Power Co
Georgia-Pacific Consr Prods LP-Naheola	Choctaw	87.5 MW	Georgia-Pacific Consr Prods LP-Naheola
Jones Bluff	Autauga	82 MW	USCE-Mobile District
East Atmore Solar	Escambia	80 MW	East Atmore Solar, LLC
Wing	Covington	80 MW	Origis Energy USA, Inc
LaFayette Solar Farm	Chambers	79.2 MW	Boralex US Operations LLC
International Paper Pine Hill Mill	Wilcox	77.4 MW	International Paper Co.
River Bend Solar, LLC (AL)	Lauderdale	75 MW	River Bend Solar, LLC
H Neely Henry Dam	Calhoun	72.9 MW	Alabama Power Co
Alabama Pine Pulp	Monroe	69 MW	Alabama River Cellulose LLC
Bankhead Dam	Tuscaloosa	53.9 MW	Alabama Power Co
Yates Dam	Elmore	50.5 MW	Alabama Power Co
Kimberly Clark Mobile - CHP Plant	Mobile	50 MW	Kimberly Clark - Mobile Alabama
Alabama River Pulp	Monroe	48 MW	Alabama River Cellulose LLC
WestRock Demopolis Mill	Marengo	47.4 MW	WestRock Mill Company, LLC
Holt Dam	Tuscaloosa	46.9 MW	Alabama Power Co
Packaging Corp. of America Jackson Mill	Clarke	44.4 MW	Boise White Paper LLC
Goat Rock	Lee	38.6 MW	Georgia Power Co
TAI Huntsville Solar Hybrid	Madison	32.4 MW	TAI Huntsville Solar, LLC
Fort Benning Solar Facility	Russell	30 MW	Georgia Power Co
U S Alliance Coosa Pines	Talladega	25.9 MW	Bowater Newport Coosa Pines Op
Cumblerland Land Holdings, LLC	Limestone	14.7 MW	Cumberland Land Holdings, LLC
Bellefonte	Jackson	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
W&T Onshore Treating Facility (OTF)	Mobile	12 MW	W&T Offshore Inc
Redstone Arsenal Hybrid	Madison	11 MW	MN8 Energy LLC
Fort Rucker Solar Array	Dale	10.6 MW	Alabama Power Co
Crestwood Dothan	Houston	8.6 MW	Crestwood Corp
ANAD Solar Array	Calhoun	7.4 MW	Alabama Power Co
Point A	Covington	5.2 MW	PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
Sand Valley Power Station	Dekalb	4.8 MW	Energy Developments, Inc d/b/a EDL
Albertville	Marshall	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board (AL)
ABC Coke	Jefferson	3.8 MW	ABC Coke - Drummond Co, Inc
Gantt	Covington	3 MW	PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
Decatur-Morgan Co LFG Recovery Project	Morgan	1.6 MW	Energy Developments, Inc d/b/a EDL
Alabama Creek Solar	Dallas	0 MW	Alabama Creek Solar, LLC
Crawfish Creek Energy Storage	Jackson	0 MW	Crawfish Creek Energy Storage LLC
Dega Solar and Storage	Talladega	0 MW	DEGA bn, LLC
Foley Solar, LLC	Baldwin	0 MW	Foley Solar, LLC
Hillsboro Solar 3	Lawrence	0 MW	Urban Grid Solar
Lawrence County Solar	Lawrence	0 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
Old Hayneville Solar, LLC	Montgomery	0 MW	Old Hayneville Solar, LLC
Spring Valley Solar 2	Colbert	0 MW	Urban Grid Solar
SR Bear Creek	Marion	0 MW	SR Bear Creek, LLC
SR Hope Hull	Montgomery	0 MW	SR Hope Hull, LLC
SR Lott	Mobile	0 MW	SR Lott, LLC
SR Marion Junction	Dallas	0 MW	SR Marion Junction, LLC
SR Sipsey	Fayette	0 MW	SR Sipsey, LLC
Walker Springs I	Clarke	0 MW	Origis Energy USA, Inc
Walker Springs II	Clarke	0 MW	Origis Energy USA, Inc