BARRY

How BARRY compares

With 2,842 MW of capacity, BARRY ranks 2nd among the 64 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Alabama and is the largest of the 7 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 25% of Alabama's operating Coal capacity and 9.0% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 8th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1954, it is older than 78% of the 64 operating Alabama plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, ALABAMA POWER CO, runs 22 operating plants in Alabama totaling 12,989 MW. It shares Mobile County with 3 other operating plants, including THEODORE COGEN FACILITY and HOG BAYOU ENERGY CENTER.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 12 generators at the site with 3,344 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 2,842 MW). Net generation was 14,056 GWh in 2024 (a 48% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1954 and 2023.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by ALABAMA POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 1,187 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MCINTOSH (784 MW, Natural Gas).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology