Power Plants Near 35967 — Fort Payne, AL

25 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35967 (Fort Payne, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.4368, -85.7124 · County: Dekalb

Coal 41%Hydroelectric 35%Natural Gas 22%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.9 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
15.5 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
18.4 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
22.5 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
24.0 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
24.5 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
25.4 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
29.6 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board
30.9 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.8 mi	Gadsden Gadsden, AL	Natural Gas	138 MW	Alabama Power Co
37.9 mi	Polk Cedartown Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
38.9 mi	Guntersville Guntersville, AL	Hydroelectric	115 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.1 mi	Cedartown Battery Energy Storage Project Cedartown, GA	Battery Storage	—	Georgia Power Co
39.3 mi	Polk Cedartown 2 Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
39.4 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.4 mi	Polk County Ga S1, Llc Cedartown, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
41.9 mi	Sewell Creek Energy Cedartown, GA	Natural Gas	570 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
46.6 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
46.8 mi	Aragon Energy Storage Aragon, GA	Battery Storage	—	Aragon Energy Storage Llc
48.5 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
49.0 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
49.0 mi	Rockmart Rockmart, GA	Solar	3 MW	Cardinal Renewables
49.1 mi	H Neely Henry Dam Ohatchee, AL	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Alabama Power Co
49.7 mi	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Solar Chattanooga, TN	Solar	3 MW	Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
50.0 mi	Bowen Cartersville, GA	Coal	3,499 MW	Georgia Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 25 power plants within 50 miles of Fort Payne, Alabama (ZIP 35967), with a combined 8,454 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 25 nearby plants. The closest plant is Sand Valley Power Station at 10.9 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Alabama, visit the Alabama state page.

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