Power Plants Near 35983 — Leesburg, AL

23 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 35983 (Leesburg, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 34.1911, -85.7705 · County: Cherokee

Coal 57%Natural Gas 24%Hydroelectric 18%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
1.6 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
11.9 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
16.8 mi	Gadsden Gadsden, AL	Natural Gas	138 MW	Alabama Power Co
24.6 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
25.7 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
28.0 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
28.5 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board
29.0 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
30.4 mi	Polk Cedartown Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
32.4 mi	H Neely Henry Dam Ohatchee, AL	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Alabama Power Co
32.8 mi	Sewell Creek Energy Cedartown, GA	Natural Gas	570 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
33.0 mi	Cedartown Battery Energy Storage Project Cedartown, GA	Battery Storage	—	Georgia Power Co
33.5 mi	Polk County Ga S1, Llc Cedartown, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
33.5 mi	Polk Cedartown 2 Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
36.9 mi	Bellefonte Hollywood, AL	Oil	14 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
39.0 mi	Guntersville Guntersville, AL	Hydroelectric	115 MW	Tennessee Valley Authority
40.6 mi	Anad Solar Array Anniston Army Depot, AL	Solar	7 MW	Alabama Power Co
42.8 mi	Aragon Energy Storage Aragon, GA	Battery Storage	—	Aragon Energy Storage Llc
43.2 mi	Calhoun Energy Center Eastaboga, AL	Natural Gas	748 MW	Alabama Power Co
44.5 mi	Rockmart Rockmart, GA	Solar	3 MW	Cardinal Renewables
47.8 mi	Widows Creek Stevenson, AL	Coal	—	Tennessee Valley Authority
48.7 mi	Dega Solar And Storage Tbd, AL	Battery Storage	—	Dega Bn, Llc
48.7 mi	Bowen Cartersville, GA	Coal	3,499 MW	Georgia Power Co

Power generation near this area

There are 23 power plants within 50 miles of Leesburg, Alabama (ZIP 35983), with a combined 6,191 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 23 nearby plants. The closest plant is Weiss Dam at 1.6 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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