Bankhead Dam
Northport, Alabama
- Capacity
- 53.9 MW
- Status
- Operating
- Fuel
- Hydroelectric
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Alabama Power Co
- City
- Northport
- County
- Tuscaloosa County
- State
- Alabama
- Operational date
- July 1963
- Balancing authority
- SOCO
Bankhead Dam is a 53.9 MW hydroelectric power plant in Northport, Alabama. Operated by Alabama Power Co, it has been operating since 1963. The facility is located in Tuscaloosa County, within the SOCO balancing authority.
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)