Alabama Power Company

Alabama Power Company

Type	Public (NYSE: ALF)
Founded	1906
Headquarters	Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Key people	Charles D. McCrary, Chief Executive Officer and President Arthur P. Beattie, Chief Financial Officer
Industry	Electric Utility
Products	Electricity
Revenue	▲$6.08 billion USD (2008)
Employees	6,997 (2008)
Website	http://www.alabamapower.com/

Alabama Power Company (NYSE: ALF), headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a company in the southern United States that provides electricity service to 1.3 million homes, businesses, and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. 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'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.

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^[1]

In April 2006, Alabama Power and Southern Company were given the "Outstanding Stewardship of American Rivers Award" by the National Hydropower Association for their "Renew Our Rivers" program.^[2]

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 $200m 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. SELC was involved in a case against Duke Energy that was appealed to the Supreme Court in 2006.^[5][6]

Power Generating Facilities

Fossil Fuel Plants

Hydroelectric Plants

Nuclear Plants

Cogeneration Plants

Central Business District Steam Plant

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 0817308792. 

External links

• http://www.alabamapower.com/
• http://www.southerncompany.com/
• Alabama Power Company in the Encyclopedia of Alabama

Notes

1. ^ Alabama Power Foundation Website
2. ^ National Hydro Power Association
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
6. ^ Legal Actions Against Duke Energy and Alabama Power
7. ^ Alabama Power Company; James L. Noles, Jr., James L. Noles, 2001; ISBN 0738513547