Alabama Electricity Rates, Providers & Generation
In Alabama, the average residential electricity rate is 16.10¢ per kilowatt-hour, ranking 31st nationally; the typical home spends $185 per month on electricity; 4% of generation comes from renewable sources.
Alabama electricity overview
Production, consumption, and emissions for Alabama based on the most recent reported year (2025).
- Population
- 5,193,088
- Total production
- 361.3 TWh 69.56 MWh per capita
- Total consumption
- 89.2 TWh 17.18 MWh per capita
- Production from renewables
- 16.1 TWh 4.5% of generation
- Production from non-renewables
- 345.1 TWh
Alabama electricity rates & bills
Average residential electricity rate in Alabama, last 22 months.
| Sector | Avg rate (¢/kWh) |
|---|---|
| Residential | 16.10¢ |
| Commercial | 14.53¢ |
| Industrial | 7.73¢ |
How Alabama generates electricity
Generation mix from in-state power plants over the most recent twelve months, by fuel category.
- Renewable
- Nuclear
- Fossil
- Other
| Fuel | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| fossil fuels | 23.9% | 85.8 TWh |
| natural gas & other gases | 17.9% | 64.2 TWh |
| natural gas | 17.9% | 64.2 TWh |
| nuclear | 12.0% | 43.2 TWh |
| coal, excluding waste coal | 6.0% | 21.6 TWh |
| all coal products | 6.0% | 21.6 TWh |
| subbituminous coal | 5.3% | 19.0 TWh |
| renewable | 3.5% | 12.5 TWh |
| conventional hydroelectric | 2.2% | 7.9 TWh |
| all renewables | 1.3% | 4.6 TWh |
| biomass | 0.9% | 3.3 TWh |
| wood and wood wastes | 0.9% | 3.2 TWh |
| bituminous coal and synthetic coal | 0.7% | 2.4 TWh |
| bituminous coal | 0.7% | 2.4 TWh |
| solar | 0.4% | 1.4 TWh |
| solar photovoltaic | 0.4% | 1.4 TWh |
Alabama production fuel makeup
Share of in-state generation by fuel over the latest twelve months.
- fossil fuels23.9%
- natural gas & other gases17.9%
- natural gas17.9%
- nuclear12.0%
- coal, excluding waste coal6.0%
- all coal products6.0%
- subbituminous coal5.3%
- renewable3.5%
- conventional hydroelectric2.2%
- all renewables1.3%
- biomass0.9%
- wood and wood wastes0.9%
- bituminous coal and synthetic coal0.7%
- bituminous coal0.7%
- solar0.4%
- solar photovoltaic0.4%
Electric utilities in Alabama
The 3 electric distribution utilities that serve Alabama, by customers served. These are the companies that deliver power and handle outages.
| Utility | Parent company | Customers served | Outage map |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Huntsville - (AL) | — | 230,382 | — |
| Pea River Electric Coop | — | 19,759 | — |
| City of Opelika - (AL) | — | 15,933 | — |
Residential electricity providers in Alabama
20 utilities and retail providers serving residential customers, ordered by customer count.
| Provider | Type | Customers | Annual sales | Avg rate | Avg bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Co | Investor-owned | 1,332,911 | 18.1 TWh | 16.77¢ | — |
| City of Huntsville - (AL) | Municipal | 197,537 | 2.8 TWh | 11.45¢ | — |
| Baldwin County El Member Corp | Cooperative | 83,005 | 1.1 TWh | 13.87¢ | — |
| City of Athens - (AL) | Municipal | 50,985 | 695.8 GWh | 12.24¢ | — |
| Foley Board of Utilities | Municipal | 50,954 | 755.7 GWh | 13.48¢ | — |
| Central Alabama Electric Coop | Cooperative | 45,036 | 628.8 GWh | 16.64¢ | — |
| City of Florence - (AL) | Municipal | 41,594 | 635.3 GWh | 11.61¢ | — |
| Cullman Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 39,779 | 591.4 GWh | 13.26¢ | — |
| Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 36,973 | 595.9 GWh | 14.49¢ | — |
| Tallapoosa River Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 29,578 | 410.4 GWh | 14.39¢ | — |
| Sand Mountain Electric Coop | Cooperative | 27,298 | 385.4 GWh | 12.55¢ | — |
| City of Dothan - (AL) | Municipal | 26,752 | 377.2 GWh | 10.72¢ | — |
| Covington Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 23,281 | 317.0 GWh | 16.65¢ | — |
| Decatur Utilities | Municipal | 22,820 | 320.8 GWh | 11.15¢ | — |
| Wiregrass Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 22,401 | 328.4 GWh | 15.45¢ | — |
| Dixie Electric Coop - (AL) | Cooperative | 22,054 | 311.9 GWh | 15.05¢ | — |
| Southern Pine Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 20,645 | 262.8 GWh | 13.90¢ | — |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 20,053 | 267.3 GWh | 13.24¢ | — |
| Cherokee Electric Coop - (AL) | Cooperative | 18,830 | 252.4 GWh | 15.06¢ | — |
| Clarke-Washington E M C | Cooperative | 18,708 | 220.9 GWh | 15.76¢ | — |
Commercial electricity providers in Alabama
20 providers serving commercial customers, ordered by annual sales.
| Provider | Type | Customers | Annual sales | Avg rate | Avg bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Co | Investor-owned | 207,465 | 13.3 TWh | 14.84¢ | — |
| City of Huntsville - (AL) | Municipal | 23,010 | 2.2 TWh | 11.09¢ | — |
| Baldwin County El Member Corp | Cooperative | 8,363 | 537.2 GWh | 11.04¢ | — |
| Foley Board of Utilities | Municipal | 7,313 | 460.5 GWh | 11.79¢ | — |
| City of Florence - (AL) | Municipal | 10,687 | 431.9 GWh | 12.31¢ | — |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | Federal | 1 | 415.3 GWh | 7.23¢ | — |
| City of Athens - (AL) | Municipal | 8,122 | 407.7 GWh | 11.69¢ | — |
| City of Dothan - (AL) | Municipal | 5,414 | 404.4 GWh | 10.64¢ | — |
| Joe Wheeler Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 9,140 | 327.0 GWh | 14.13¢ | — |
| Decatur Utilities | Municipal | 4,104 | 304.7 GWh | 11.01¢ | — |
| Cullman Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 8,619 | 245.0 GWh | 14.18¢ | — |
| City of Opelika - (AL) | Municipal | 2,371 | 223.5 GWh | 11.70¢ | — |
| Albertville Municipal Utilities Board | Municipal | 2,393 | 194.8 GWh | 11.06¢ | — |
| Franklin Electric Coop - (AL) | Cooperative | 2,012 | 188.1 GWh | 9.77¢ | — |
| Dixie Electric Coop - (AL) | Cooperative | 4,697 | 187.6 GWh | 14.58¢ | — |
| Sand Mountain Electric Coop | Cooperative | 6,299 | 179.2 GWh | 13.60¢ | — |
| Marshall-De Kalb Electric Coop | Cooperative | 4,055 | 177.8 GWh | 12.74¢ | — |
| Southern Pine Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 1,994 | 174.7 GWh | 11.32¢ | — |
| Cullman Power Board | Municipal | 2,026 | 164.6 GWh | 12.25¢ | — |
| City of Bessemer Utilities | Municipal | 1,764 | 154.4 GWh | 12.68¢ | — |
Power plant map of Alabama
76 power plants in Alabama with known coordinates, plotted by location. Marker size reflects nameplate capacity; color shows primary fuel.
- Renewable
- Nuclear
- Fossil
- Other
Power plants in Alabama
Largest in-state electricity generators by annual net generation, with associated CO2 emissions where available.
| Plant | County | Fuel | Capacity | Generation | CO₂ | CO₂/MWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Ferry | — | NUC | 3.9 GW | 30.8 TWh | — | — |
| James H Miller Jr | — | SUB | 2.8 GW | 15.8 TWh | 16.4 M tonnes | 1,037 kg |
| Joseph M Farley | — | NUC | 1.8 GW | 14.8 TWh | — | — |
| H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle | — | NG | 2.0 GW | 13.7 TWh | 5.1 M tonnes | 371 kg |
| Barry | — | NG | 3.3 GW | 8.7 TWh | 5.0 M tonnes | 574 kg |
| E B Harris Electric Generating Plant | — | NG | 1.3 GW | 6.5 TWh | 2.4 M tonnes | 374 kg |
| Morgan Energy Center | — | NG | 900 MW | 5.4 TWh | 1.9 M tonnes | 358 kg |
| Central Alabama Generating Station | — | NG | 927 MW | 4.8 TWh | 1.9 M tonnes | 402 kg |
| Hillabee Energy Center | — | NG | 823 MW | 4.1 TWh | 1.6 M tonnes | 396 kg |
| E C Gaston | — | NG | 2.0 GW | 3.4 TWh | 3.0 M tonnes | 874 kg |
| McWilliams | — | NG | 654 MW | 3.3 TWh | 1.4 M tonnes | 434 kg |
| Tenaska Lindsay Hill Generating Station | — | NG | 939 MW | 2.7 TWh | 1.1 M tonnes | 394 kg |
| Decatur Energy Center | — | NG | 902 MW | 2.1 TWh | 839.7 k tonnes | 395 kg |
| Wilson Dam | — | WAT | 667 MW | 2.1 TWh | — | — |
| Theodore Cogen Facility | — | NG | 317 MW | 1.6 TWh | 516.6 k tonnes | 326 kg |
| Hog Bayou Energy Center | — | NG | 280 MW | 1.5 TWh | 615.3 k tonnes | 407 kg |
| Greene County | — | NG | 1.3 GW | 1.4 TWh | 796.4 k tonnes | 570 kg |
| Lowman Energy Center | — | NG | 733 MW | 1.3 TWh | 586.1 k tonnes | 437 kg |
| Wheeler Dam | — | WAT | 404 MW | 1.1 TWh | — | — |
| Washington County Cogeneration Facility | — | NG | 123 MW | 862.2 GWh | 238.0 k tonnes | 276 kg |
| McIntosh (AL) | — | NG | 676 MW | 745.7 GWh | 452.3 k tonnes | 607 kg |
| Mead Coated Board | — | BLQ | 121 MW | 705.7 GWh | 43.5 k tonnes | 62 kg |
| International Paper Prattville Mill | — | BLQ | 90 MW | 610.7 GWh | 19.0 k tonnes | 31 kg |
| Walter Bouldin Dam | — | WAT | 225 MW | 514.5 GWh | — | — |
| General Electric Plastic | — | NG | 97 MW | 514.1 GWh | 141.4 k tonnes | 275 kg |
| Georgia-Pacific Brewton Mill | — | BLQ | 103 MW | 490.5 GWh | 83.9 k tonnes | 171 kg |
| International Paper Riverdale Mill | — | NG | 104 MW | 462.7 GWh | 104.6 k tonnes | 226 kg |
| Lay Dam | — | WAT | 177 MW | 454.7 GWh | — | — |
| Guntersville | — | WAT | 115 MW | 453.4 GWh | — | — |
| Muscle Shoals | — | SUN | 227 MW | 448.9 GWh | — | — |
| International Paper Pine Hill Mill | — | WDS | 77 MW | 448.8 GWh | 1.2 k tonnes | 3 kg |
| Mitchell Dam | — | WAT | 170 MW | 409.4 GWh | — | — |
| Bartletts Ferry | — | WAT | 173 MW | 397.0 GWh | — | — |
| Alabama Pine Pulp | — | BLQ | 69 MW | 388.3 GWh | 13.9 k tonnes | 36 kg |
| Kimberly Clark Mobile - CHP Plant | — | NG | 50 MW | 365.5 GWh | 193.2 k tonnes | 529 kg |
| Logan Martin Dam | — | WAT | 128 MW | 343.5 GWh | — | — |
| Martin Dam | — | WAT | 211 MW | 326.6 GWh | — | — |
| Millers Ferry | — | WAT | 101 MW | 315.3 GWh | — | — |
| Alabama River Pulp | — | BLQ | 48 MW | 302.9 GWh | 31.8 k tonnes | 105 kg |
| WestRock Demopolis Mill | — | BLQ | 47 MW | 290.7 GWh | 7.7 k tonnes | 27 kg |
| Georgia-Pacific Consr Prods LP-Naheola | — | BLQ | 88 MW | 283.7 GWh | 13.8 k tonnes | 49 kg |
| Jones Bluff | — | WAT | 82 MW | 267.2 GWh | — | — |
| Jordan Dam | — | WAT | 100 MW | 263.3 GWh | — | — |
| Lewis Smith Dam | — | WAT | 181 MW | 233.4 GWh | — | — |
| Thurlow Dam | — | WAT | 91 MW | 222.2 GWh | — | — |
| Black Bear Solar 1 | — | SUN | 100 MW | 201.9 GWh | — | — |
| H Neely Henry Dam | — | WAT | 73 MW | 196.7 GWh | — | — |
| Weiss Dam | — | WAT | 88 MW | 183.2 GWh | — | — |
| LaFayette Solar Farm | — | SUN | 79 MW | 164.8 GWh | — | — |
| Wing | — | SUN | 80 MW | 163.0 GWh | — | — |
There are 2 nuclear power plants in Alabama
| Plant | County | Fuel | Capacity | Generation | CO₂ | CO₂/MWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Ferry | — | NUC | 3.9 GW | 30.8 TWh | — | — |
| Joseph M Farley | — | NUC | 1.8 GW | 14.8 TWh | — | — |
Data centers & crypto mining in Alabama
Data centers and cryptocurrency-mining operations are large electricity consumers that show up inside Alabama's commercial and industrial load. EIA does not publish a facility-level data-center inventory, so the figures below pair reported commercial and industrial sales with EIA estimates of data-center and crypto-mining electricity demand.
No state-level EIA estimate of cryptocurrency-mining load is available for Alabama; mining is concentrated in a handful of states.
Quick facts about electricity in Alabama
- The average residential electricity rate in Alabama is 16.10¢ per kWh, the 31st lowest among the 50 states and DC.
- The typical residential electricity bill in Alabama is $185 per month.
- Alabama's largest source of in-state generation is fossil fuels, at 23.9% of the mix.
- Renewable sources account for 4.5% of the electricity generated in Alabama.
- Alabama generated 361.3 TWh of electricity in the most recent reported year.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average electricity rate in Alabama?
The average residential electricity rate in Alabama was 16.10¢ per kilowatt-hour as of 2025, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data, ranking 31st among the 50 states and DC.
What is the average electricity bill in Alabama?
The average monthly residential electricity bill in Alabama was $185 in 2025. This figure is calculated from total annual residential revenue divided by average customer count over twelve months, using EIA Form 861 data.
Can I choose my electricity provider in Alabama?
No. Most residential customers receive electricity from a regulated utility serving their area.
What share of Alabama's electricity comes from renewable sources?
In 2025, 4.5% of electricity generated in Alabama came from renewable sources (wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass), based on EIA Form 923 data.
How much electricity do data centers use in Alabama?
Data centers in Alabama are estimated to use about 2.7 TWh of electricity per year, roughly 3.0% of the state's electricity sales. EIA does not publish facility-level data-center data; this is an estimate that apportions national EIA/DOE data-center figures by Alabama's share of U.S. commercial electricity sales.