Power Plants Near 35973 — Gaylesville, AL

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35973 (Gaylesville, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.3573, -85.5589 · County: Cherokee

Coal 41%Hydroelectric 35%Natural Gas 22%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.5 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
14.2 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
14.5 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
15.1 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
17.0 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
17.5 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
28.2 mi	Polk Cedartown Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
29.1 mi	Cedartown Battery Energy Storage Project Cedartown, GA	Battery Storage	—	Georgia Power Co
29.2 mi	Polk Cedartown 2 Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
29.4 mi	Polk County Ga S1, Llc Cedartown, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
32.1 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
32.5 mi	Sewell Creek Energy Cedartown, GA	Natural Gas	570 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
33.5 mi	Gadsden Gadsden, AL	Natural Gas	138 MW	Alabama Power Co
36.5 mi	Aragon Energy Storage Aragon, GA	Battery Storage	—	Aragon Energy Storage Llc
37.9 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board
38.0 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
38.7 mi	Rockmart Rockmart, GA	Solar	3 MW	Cardinal Renewables
39.7 mi	Bowen Cartersville, GA	Coal	3,499 MW	Georgia Power Co
42.1 mi	Bartow Davidson Cartersville, GA	Solar	3 MW	Madison Energy Holdings Llc
43.5 mi	Dalton 2 Dalton, GA	Solar	7 MW	Georgia Power Co
43.9 mi	Thomas A Smith Energy Facility Dalton, GA	Natural Gas	1,192 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
44.7 mi	Nickajack New Hope, TN	Hydroelectric	104 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
47.8 mi	Guntersville Guntersville, AL	Hydroelectric	115 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.6 mi	H Neely Henry Dam Ohatchee, AL	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Alabama Power Co
49.0 mi	Gordon Thompson Fairmount, GA	Solar	3 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
49.0 mi	Gordon Pine Hall Fairmount, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
49.2 mi	Raccoon Mountain Chattanooga, TN	Hydroelectric	1,714 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
49.3 mi	Allatoona Cartersville, GA	Hydroelectric	87 MW	Usce-Mobile District

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Gaylesville, Alabama (ZIP 35973), with a combined 8,546 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 9 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Chattooga Gore at 11.5 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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