Power Plants Near 36272 — Piedmont, AL

26 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 36272 (Piedmont, Alabama). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 33.8389, -85.6460 · County: Calhoun

Natural Gas 44%Coal 40%Hydroelectric 15%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
22.2 mi	Gadsden Gadsden, AL	Natural Gas	138 MW	Alabama Power Co
22.5 mi	Sewell Creek Energy Cedartown, GA	Natural Gas	570 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
23.6 mi	H Neely Henry Dam Ohatchee, AL	Hydroelectric	73 MW	Alabama Power Co
23.7 mi	Anad Solar Array Anniston Army Depot, AL	Solar	7 MW	Alabama Power Co
23.8 mi	Weiss Dam Leesburg, AL	Hydroelectric	88 MW	Alabama Power Co
24.4 mi	Polk Cedartown Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar Llc
25.6 mi	Calhoun Energy Center Eastaboga, AL	Natural Gas	748 MW	Alabama Power Co
28.0 mi	Cedartown Battery Energy Storage Project Cedartown, GA	Battery Storage	—	Georgia Power Co
28.5 mi	Polk County Ga S1, Llc Cedartown, GA	Solar	3 MW	Safari Energy, Llc
28.8 mi	Polk Cedartown 2 Cedartown, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
32.8 mi	Dega Solar And Storage Tbd, AL	Battery Storage	—	Dega Bn, Llc
33.4 mi	Hammond Rome, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
33.9 mi	Inland Paperboard Packaging Rome Rome, GA	Oil	70 MW	Inland Paperboard - Rome Mill
37.1 mi	Sand Valley Power Station Collinsville, AL	Biomass	5 MW	Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl
37.3 mi	Aragon Energy Storage Aragon, GA	Battery Storage	—	Aragon Energy Storage Llc
37.8 mi	Rockmart Rockmart, GA	Solar	3 MW	Cardinal Renewables
40.2 mi	Harris Dam Lineville, AL	Hydroelectric	135 MW	Alabama Power Co
40.7 mi	Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Rome, GA	Hydroelectric	848 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
45.8 mi	Wansley Unit 9 Franklin, GA	Natural Gas	594 MW	Municipal Electric Authority
45.9 mi	Wansley Roopville, GA	Coal	—	Georgia Power Co
45.9 mi	Chattahoochee Energy Facility Franklin, GA	Natural Gas	540 MW	Oglethorpe Power Corporation
46.0 mi	Bowen Cartersville, GA	Coal	3,499 MW	Georgia Power Co
46.1 mi	Wansley Combined Cycle Franklin, GA	Natural Gas	1,239 MW	Southern Power Co
46.9 mi	Chattooga Gore Menlo, GA	Solar	2 MW	Westbound Solar 3, Llc
49.0 mi	Logan Martin Dam Vincent, AL	Hydroelectric	128 MW	Alabama Power Co
49.1 mi	Albertville Albertville, AL	Oil	4 MW	Albertville Municipal Utilities Board

Power generation near this area

There are 26 power plants within 50 miles of Piedmont, Alabama (ZIP 36272), with a combined 8,698 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 26 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gadsden at 22.2 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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