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Southern Company Alabama Power — Nuclear Uprate Programme

Developer
Southern Company / Alabama Power / DOE EDF
Capacity
3000 MWe
Last updated
5/16/2026

Project overview

Reactor type
PWR
Announced
2/1/2026
Projected operational
12/31/2035

Notes

Alabama Power is the co-beneficiary alongside Georgia Power of the February 2026 $26.5 billion DOE Energy Dominance Financing loan package covering approximately 6 GW of nuclear uprate and life extension work. Alabama Power operates the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant in Houston County, Alabama — two Westinghouse AP1000 units totalling approximately 1,800 MW. The loan programme supports both uprates (adding capacity) and life extensions (extending operating licences), maximising the carbon-free baseload from existing nuclear assets.

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