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State Intelligence
Updated Jun 1, 2026Utility Landscape
Alabama Power Company
IOUMajority of Alabama excluding TVA service area in northern counties; serves approximately 1.5 million customers
Subsidiary of Southern Company; operates under a Rate Stabilization and Equalization (RSE) mechanism allowing annual rate adjustments without full rate cases. Recent scrutiny focused on environmental compliance cost recovery and generation transition planning under the National Coal Plant Retirement Agreements.
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
coopWholesale power supplier to 20 distribution cooperatives across Alabama and portions of Florida
Generation and transmission cooperative with significant natural gas and legacy coal assets; facing pressure to accelerate IRP updates reflecting renewable integration and coal retirement timelines consistent with EPA Clean Power Plan successor rules.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
muniNorthern Alabama counties; federally chartered authority serving local power companies and large industrial customers
Federally regulated and not directly subject to APSC jurisdiction; however, APSC monitors TVA rate actions affecting Alabama ratepayers. TVA's 2024-2025 rate increases and long-range resource plan remain points of concern for Alabama industrial consumers.
Huntsville Utilities
muniCity of Huntsville and portions of Madison County; electric, natural gas, and water services
Municipal utility operating within TVA service territory; has pursued distributed energy and smart grid investments tied to Huntsville's growing defense and technology sector load. Minimal direct APSC rate oversight but subject to state water utility regulations.
Alagasco (Spire Alabama)
IOUNatural gas distribution across central and northern Alabama; approximately 300,000 customers
Subsidiary of Spire Inc.; subject to APSC gas rate regulation. Filed for infrastructure replacement cost recovery under APSC's Compliance and Safety Plan rider; ongoing regulatory attention to pipeline modernization expenditures and affordability impacts on low-income customers.
Black Warrior Electric Membership Corporation
coopRural service territory in west-central Alabama including portions of Tuscaloosa, Fayette, and Walker counties
Distribution cooperative taking wholesale power from PowerSouth; has participated in USDA ReConnect-funded broadband deployment initiatives alongside electric infrastructure. Rate adjustments largely pass-through wholesale cost changes from PowerSouth.
Key Issues
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Alabama Power RSE Mechanism Review: APSC is conducting a periodic review of the Rate Stabilization and Equalization framework to assess whether automatic annual adjustment caps (currently linked to ROE benchmarks) remain adequate given rising capital expenditures for generation transition, transmission hardening, and cybersecurity compliance.
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Coal Ash Remediation Cost Recovery: Alabama Power is seeking recovery of costs associated with closure of coal combustion residual impoundments at Plant Miller and other facilities under EPA CCR rules. The scope and rate treatment of these multi-hundred-million-dollar remediation expenditures is actively contested by the Alabama Attorney General's consumer protection office.
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Integrated Resource Planning and Renewable Integration: APSC has directed Alabama Power to update its IRP to better address renewable energy procurement scenarios, battery storage integration, and long-duration load growth from data center and semiconductor manufacturing facilities locating in the state.
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Natural Gas Infrastructure Modernization Cost Recovery: Spire Alabama's pending rider applications before APSC seek accelerated recovery of pipeline replacement costs under the Compliance and Safety Plan; intervenors including AARP Alabama and the Alabama Industrial Development Authority have challenged the proposed recovery timeline and return rate.
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Broadband Over Power Lines and Coop Broadband Deployment: Several Alabama EMCs have petitioned for clarification of APSC authority over broadband services offered by electric cooperatives, following passage of Alabama's Rural Broadband Act and conflicts with incumbent telecom providers over rights-of-way and pole attachment rates.
Upcoming
Estimated deadline for Alabama Power to file its updated Integrated Resource Plan with APSC following the Commission's April 2026 order requiring a revised IRP submission addressing renewable scenarios and data center load growth projections.
Estimated APSC evidentiary hearing on Spire Alabama's Compliance and Safety Plan rider application; intervenor testimony and rebuttal deadlines expected to precede this hearing date based on standard APSC procedural scheduling.
Estimated APSC order deadline on coal ash remediation cost recovery proceeding involving Alabama Power Plant Miller closure costs; Commission has signaled a decision target before the end of Q3 2026 to align with EPA compliance milestones.
Estimated APSC workshop on RSE mechanism reform; Commission staff indicated in early 2026 that a stakeholder workshop would be convened in fall 2026 to receive input from utilities, industrial customers, and consumer advocates ahead of any formal rulemaking.
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Staff
33| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Shane Alexander | Senior Policy Analyst | (334) 242-5218 |
| Darrell A. Baker | Director, Utility Services Division | (334) 242-5218 |
| John Free | Director, Electricity Policy | (334) 242-5218 |
| John A. Garner | Executive Director | (334) 242-5218 |
| Spears Griffin | Senior Advisor, to Com. Jeremy Oden | (334) 242-5218 |
| Janice M. Hamilton | Director, Utility Enforcement Division | (334) 242-2696 |
| Chris Hester | Rail Safety Administrator | (334) 242-5218 |
| Tashenma Lawrence | Administrative Division | (334) 242-5218 |
| Donald Powell | Public Utility Analyst Manager, Gas | (334) 242-5218 |
| Amanda Shehane | Transportation Regulatory Manager | (334) 242-5218 |
| Patricia Smith | Public Utility Analyst Manager, Electricity | (334) 242-5218 |
| Aquilla Spivey | Consumer Services Manager | (334) 242-5218 |
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