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  Data For: 2000
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Table 20. Existing Generating Units at U.S. Electric Utilities by State, Company, and Plant, 2000

State
Company
Plant
(County)

Unit
ID

Generator
Nameplate
Capacity
(megawatts)

Net
Summer
Capacity
(megawatts)

Net
Winter
Capacity
(megawatts)

Unit
Type1

Energy Source1

Year of
Commercial
Operation

Unit
Status1

Primary

Alternate

                   

Alabama

                 
                   

� Alabama Subtotal

 

24,033.9

22,365.7

22,696.4

         

�� Alabama Electric Coop Inc

 

1,029.2

1,047.3

1,076.3

         

   Charles R Lowman (Washington)

1

66.0

81.0

83.0

ST

BIT

--

1969

OP

 

2

236.0

232.0

235.0

ST

BIT

--

1978

OP

 

3

236.0

238.0

240.0

ST

BIT

--

1980

OP

   Gantt (Covington)

3

1.2

1.2

1.2

HY

WAT

--

1926

OP

 

4

1.8

1.9

1.9

HY

WAT

--

1985

OP

   McIntosh (Washington)

1

110.0

110.0

110.0

CE

NG

DFO

1991

OP

 

2

113.0

115.0

120.0

GT

NG

DFO

1998

OP

 

3

113.0

115.0

120.0

GT

NG

DFO

1998

OP

   McWilliams (Covington)

1

7.5

10.0

10.0

CA

WH

--

1954

OP

 

2

7.5

10.0

10.0

CA

WH

--

1954

OP

 

3

25.0

23.0

23.0

CA

WH

--

1959

OP

 

4

107.0

105.0

117.0

CT

NG

DFO

1996

OP

   Point A (Covington)

1

1.6

1.6

1.6

HY

WAT

--

1925

OP

 

2

1.6

1.6

1.6

HY

WAT

--

1925

OP

 

3

2.0

2.0

2.0

HY

WAT

--

1949

OP

�� Alabama Power Co

 

14,328.3

13,490.6

13,697.2

         

   Bankhead Dam (Tuscaloosa)

1

45.1

56.0

56.0

HY

WAT

--

1963

OP

   Barry (Mobile)

1

153.1

138.0

138.0

ST

BIT

NG

1954

OP

 

2

153.1

139.0

139.0

ST

BIT

NG

1954

OP

 

3

272.0

251.0

251.0

ST

BIT

NG

1959

OP

 

4

403.8

362.0

362.0

ST

BIT

NG

1969

OP

 

5

788.8

768.0

768.0

ST

BIT

NG

1971

OP

 

A1

170.1

146.3 E

159.9 E

CT

NG

--

2000

OP

 

A1CT

170.1

14.7 E

16.1 E

CT

NG

--

2000

OP

 

A1ST

191.8

164.9 E

180.3 E

CA

WH

NG

2000

OP

 

A2C1

170.1

146.3 E

159.9 E

CT

NG

--

2000

OP

 

A2C2

170.1

146.3 E

159.9 E

CT

NG

--

2000

OP

 

A2ST

191.8

164.9 E

180.3 E

CA

WH

NG

2000

OP

   E C Gaston (Shelby)

**1

272.0

254.0

254.0

ST

BIT

WOC

1960

OP

 

**2

272.0

259.0

259.0

ST

BIT

--

1960

OP

 

**3

272.0

260.0

260.0

ST

BIT

--

1961

OP

 

5

952.0

861.0

861.0

ST

BIT

--

1974

OP

 

**GT4

21.3

16.0

20.0

GT

DFO

--

1970

OP

 

**ST4

244.8

256.0

256.0

ST

BIT

--

1962

OP

   Gadsden (Etowah)

1

69.0

64.0

64.0

ST

BIT

NG

1949

OP

 

2

69.0

66.0

66.0

ST

BIT

NG

1949

OP

   General Elec Plastic (Lowndes)

1

82.2

70.7 E

77.3 E

CT

NG

--

1999

OP

 

2

14.8

12.7 E

13.9 E

CA

WH

NG

1999

OP

   Gorgas (Walker)

10

788.8

673.0

673.0

ST

BIT

WOC

1972

OP

 

6

125.0

110.0

110.0

ST

BIT

--

1951

OP

 

7

125.0

111.0

111.0

ST

BIT

--

1952

OP

 

8

187.5

167.0

167.0

ST

BIT

--

1956

OP

 

9

190.4

177.0

177.0

ST

BIT

--

1958

OP

   Greene County (Greene)

**1

299.2

254.0

254.0

ST

BIT

--

1965

OP

 

**2

269.3

255.0

255.0

ST

NG

--

1966

OP

 

GT10

80.0

85.0

101.0

GT

NG

DFO

1996

OP

 

GT2

80.0

84.0

100.0

GT

NG

DFO

1996

OP

 

GT3

80.0

82.0

98.0

GT

NG

DFO

1995

OP

 

GT4

80.0

81.0

97.0

GT

NG

DFO

1995

OP

 

GT5

80.0

82.0

98.0

GT

NG

DFO

1995

OP

 

GT6

80.0

81.0

97.0

GT

NG

DFO

1995

OP

 

GT7

80.0

80.0

96.0

GT

NG

DFO

1995

OP

 

GT8

80.0

83.0

99.0

GT

NG

DFO

1996

OP

 

GT9

80.0

82.0

98.0

GT

NG

DFO

1996

OP

   H Neely Henry Dam (Calhoun)

1

24.3

23.3

22.3

HY

WAT

--

1966

OP

 

2

24.3

23.3

22.3

HY

WAT

--

1966

OP

 

3

24.3

23.4

22.4

HY

WAT

--

1966

OP

   Harris Dam (Randolph)

1

67.5

66.0

61.5

HY

WAT

--

1983

OP

 

2

67.5

66.0

61.5

HY

WAT

--

1983

OP

   Holt Dam (Tuscaloosa)

1

40.0

43.0

43.0

HY

WAT

--

1968

OP

   James H Miller Jr (Jefferson)

**1

705.5

699.0

699.0

ST

BIT

WOC

1978

OP

 

**2

705.5

699.0

699.0

ST

BIT

WOC

1985

OP

 

3

705.5

692.0

692.0

ST

BIT

WOC

1989

OP

 

4

705.5

701.0

701.0

ST

BIT

WOC

1991

OP

   Jordan Dam (Elmore)

1

25.0

34.0

34.5

HY

WAT

--

1929

OP

1   Unit Type:
CA=Combined Cycle Steam Part;
CC=Combined Cycle Total Unit (use only for plants/generators that are in planning stage, for which specific generator details cannot be provided);
CE=Compressed Air Energy Storage;
CS=Combined Cycle Single Shaft (combustion turbine and steam turbine share a single generator);
CT=Combined Cycle Combustion Turbine Part (type of coal must be reported as energy source for integrated coal);
FC=Fuel Cell;
GT=Combustion (Gas) Turbine (includes jet engine design);
HY=Hydraulic Turbine (includes turbines associated with delivery of water by pipeline);
IC=Internal Combustion (diesel, piston) Engine;
NA=Unknown at this time (use only for plants/generators that are in planning stage, for which specific generator details cannot be provided.);
OT=Other;
PS=Hydraulic Turbine - Reversible (pumped storage);
PV=Photovoltaic;
ST=Steam Turbine, including nuclear, geothermal and solar steam (does not include combined cycle);
WT=Wind Turbine;

   Energy Source:
AB=Agriculture Crop Byproducts/Straw/Energy Crops;
BFG=Blast-Furnace Gas;
BIT=(Anthracite Coal, Bituminous Coal);
BLQ=Black Liquor;
DFO=Distillate Fuel Oil (includes all Diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 Fuel Oils);
GEO=Geothermal;
JF=Jet Fuel;
KER=Kerosene;
LFG=Landfill Gas;
LIG=Lignite Coal;
MSW=Municipal Solid Waste;
NA=Not Available;
NG=Natural Gas;
NUC=Nuclear (Uranium, Plutonium, Thorium);
OBG=Other Biomass Gases (Digester Gas, Methane, and other biomass gases);
OBL=Other Biomass Liquids (Ethanol, Fish Oil, Liquid Acetonitrile Waste, Medical Waste, Tall Oil, Waste Alcohol, and other biomass liquids not specified);
OBS=Other Biomass Solids (Animal Manure and Waste, Solid Byproducts, and other solid biomass not specified);
OG=Other Gas (Butane, Coal Processes, Coke-Oven, Refinery, and other processes);
OTH=Other (Batteries, Chemicals, Coke Breeze, Hydrogen, Pitch, Sulfur, Tar Coal, and miscellaneous technologies);
PC=Petroleum Coke;
PG=Propane;
PUR=Purchased Steam;
RFO=Residual Fuel Oil (includes No. 5 and No. 6 Fuel Oils and Bunker C Fuel Oil);
SC=Coal-based Synfuel and include briquettes, pellets, or extrusions, which are formed by binding materials and processes that recycle material;
SLW=Sludge Waste;
SUB=Subbituminous Coal;
SUN=Solar (Photovoltaic, Thermal);
TDF=Tires;
WAT=Water (Conventional, Pumped Storage);
WC=Waste/Other Coal (Anthracite Culm, Bituminous Gob, Fine Coal, Lignite Waste, Waste Coal);
WDL=Wood Waste Liquids (Red Liquor, Sludge Wood, Spent Sulfite Liquor, and other wood related liquids not specified);
WDS=Wood/Wood Waste Solids (Paper Pellets, Railroad Ties, Utility Poles, Wood Chips, and other wood solids);
WH=Waste Heat (Reject Heat);
WND= Wind;
WO=Oil-Other and Waste Oil (Butane (Liquid), Crude Oil, Liquid Byproducts, Oil Waste, Propane (Liquid), Re-Refined Motor Oil, Sludge Oil, Tar Oil).

   See footnotes at end of table.

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