Alabama Power

Alabama Power Company

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Electricity
Founded	1906
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama, USA Alabama Power Headquarters Complex
Key people	Mark Crosswhite, Chief Executive Officer and President Phil Raymond, Chief Financial Officer^[1]
Products	Electric power
Revenue	US$5.9 billion (2014) ^[2]
Number of employees	6,552 (2010)^[3]
Parent	Southern Company
Website	www.alabamapower.com

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.^[3] 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 78,000 miles (126,000 km) of power lines carry electricity to customers throughout 44,500 square miles (115,000 km²). Alabama Power is the largest taxpayer in Alabama. If the company was a stand-alone entity (as opposed to a subsidiary), it would be the largest company headquartered in Alabama by revenue (currently it is Regions Bank) and would rank #448^[4] on the 2015 Fortune 500.

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

Alabama Power's headquarters in Downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Power generating facilities

Fossil fuel plants

Plant	Nearest City	Coordinates	Capacity
James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant	Bucks, Alabama	31°00′22″N 88°00′40″W / 31.00611°N 88.01111°W / 31.00611; -88.01111	2,657,200 kW
Gadsden Electric Generating Plant	Gadsden, Alabama	34°0′46″N 85°58′13″W / 34.01278°N 85.97028°W / 34.01278; -85.97028 (Gadsden Electric Generating Plant)	120,000 kW
Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant	Wilsonville, Alabama	33°14′35″N 86°27′33″W / 33.24306°N 86.45917°W / 33.24306; -86.45917	1,880,000 kW
William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant	Parrish, Alabama	33°38′42″N 87°12′01″W / 33.64500°N 87.20028°W / 33.64500; -87.20028	1,221,250 kW
Green County Electric Generating Plant	Demopolis, Alabama	32°36′06″N 87°46′58″W / 32.60167°N 87.78278°W / 32.60167; -87.78278	1,220,000 kW
James H. Miller, Jr. Electric Generating Plant	West Jefferson, Alabama	33°37′55″N 87°03′38″W / 33.63194°N 87.06056°W / 33.63194; -87.06056	2,640,000 kW

Hydroelectric plants

Coosa River
Plant	Nearest City	Coordinates	Capacity
Weiss Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Leesburg, Alabama	34°7′56.10″N 85°47′35.76″W / 34.1322500°N 85.7932667°W / 34.1322500; -85.7932667	87,750 kW
Henry Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Ohatchee, Alabama	33°47′3.16″N 86°3′7.76″W / 33.7842111°N 86.0521556°W / 33.7842111; -86.0521556	72,900 kW
Logan Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Vincent, Alabama	33°25′30.66″N 86°20′11.92″W / 33.4251833°N 86.3366444°W / 33.4251833; -86.3366444	128,250 kW
Lay Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Clanton, Alabama	32°57′48.58″N 86°31′6.14″W / 32.9634944°N 86.5183722°W / 32.9634944; -86.5183722	177,000 kW
Mitchell Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Verbena, Alabama	32°48′20.33″N 86°26′43.08″W / 32.8056472°N 86.4453000°W / 32.8056472; -86.4453000	170,000 kW
Jordan Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Wetumpka, Alabama	32°37′8.23″N 86°15′21.20″W / 32.6189528°N 86.2558889°W / 32.6189528; -86.2558889	100,000 kW
Bouldin Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Wetumpka, Alabama	32°35′4.62″N 86°16′58.51″W / 32.5846167°N 86.2829194°W / 32.5846167; -86.2829194	225,000 kW
Tallapoosa River
Plant	Nearest City	Coordinates	Capacity
Harris Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Lineville, Alabama	33°15′30.20″N 85°36′54.73″W / 33.2583889°N 85.6152028°W / 33.2583889; -85.6152028	135,000 kW
Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Tallassee, Alabama	32°40′47.69″N 85°54′36.88″W / 32.6799139°N 85.9102444°W / 32.6799139; -85.9102444	154,200 kW
Yates Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Tallassee, Alabama	32°34′26.96″N 85°53′22.99″W / 32.5741556°N 85.8897194°W / 32.5741556; -85.8897194	45,500 kW
Thurlow Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Tallassee, Alabama	32°32′5.46″N 85°53′15.88″W / 32.5348500°N 85.8877444°W / 32.5348500; -85.8877444	85,000 kW
Black Warrior River
Plant	Nearest City	Coordinates	Capacity
Smith Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Jasper, Alabama	33°56′30.63″N 87°6′31.95″W / 33.9418417°N 87.1088750°W / 33.9418417; -87.1088750	157,500 kW
Bankhead Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Northport, Alabama	33°27′28.27″N 87°21′19.94″W / 33.4578528°N 87.3555389°W / 33.4578528; -87.3555389	53,985 kW
Holt Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Holt, Alabama	33°15′18.64″N 87°26′58.65″W / 33.2551778°N 87.4496250°W / 33.2551778; -87.4496250	49,000 kW

Nuclear plants

Plant	Nearest City	Coordinates	Capacity
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station	Dothan, Alabama	31°13′23.32″N 85°6′47.85″W / 31.2231444°N 85.1132917°W / 31.2231444; -85.1132917	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	32°18′29.65″N 86°31′6.43″W / 32.3082361°N 86.5184528°W / 32.3082361; -86.5184528 (GE Plastics Cogen Facility)	105,100 kW
Powell Avenue Steam Plant^[5]	Birmingham, Alabama		n/a - steam production only

Environmental litigation

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.^[6] The settlement did not include claims regarding five coal-fired plants.^[7] 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. SELC was involved in a case against Duke Energy that was appealed to the Supreme Court in 2006.^[8]^[9]

Corporate citizenship

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^[10]

In April 2006, Alabama Power and Southern Company were given the "Outstanding Stewardship of American Rivers Award" by the National Hydropower Association, representing domestic, non-federal hydroelectric producers, for their "Renew Our Rivers" program.^[11]

References

Atkins, Leah Rawl (2006). "Developed for the Service of Alabama" - The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company 1906-2006. Birmingham, Alabama: Alabama Power Company. ISBN 978-0-9786753-0-1.
Jackson, Harvey H. III (1997). Putting Loafing Streams To Work-The Building of Lay, Mitchell, Martin, and Jordan Dams, 1910-1929. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-0879-2.

Notes

↑ "Birmingham's Alabama Power names new chief financial officer". AL.com. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
↑ http://www.alabamapower.com/about-us/pdf/APC%202014%20ANNUAL%20REPORT.pdf
1 2 "Alabama Power Company Fact Card - 2011" (PDF). Alabama Power Company. 2011.
↑ http://fortune.com/fortune500/mrc-global-448/
↑ Alabama Power Company; James L. Noles, Jr., James L. Noles, 2001; ISBN 0-7385-1354-7
↑ Alabama Power Company to Spend More Than $200 Million Under Clean Air Act Settlement
↑ Partial Consent Decree, United States District Court Northern District of Alabama Southern Division
↑ Legal Action Against Alabama Power
↑ Legal Actions Against Duke Energy and Alabama Power
↑ Alabama Power Foundation Website
↑ National Hydro Power Association

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.