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EIA plant 55411

Alexander City · Tallapoosa · AL

Hillabee Energy Center

Operated by CER Generation LLC

Annual generation4,415,953 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthern Company Services, Inc. - TransBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Hillabee Energy Center?

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33.000669, -85.903278

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle822.8 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1530,133
2484,512
3479,204
4114,459
5325,322
6386,301
7460,595
8342,379
9332,992
10165,183
11355,711
12439,162

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1530,133
2484,512
3479,204
4114,459
5325,322
6386,301
7460,595
8342,379
9332,992
10165,183
11355,711
12439,162

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1530,133 MWh
2484,512 MWh
3479,204 MWh
4114,459 MWh
5325,322 MWh
6386,301 MWh
7460,595 MWh
8342,379 MWh
9332,992 MWh
10165,183 MWh
11355,711 MWh
12439,162 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
HECSNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG306OP
HEC1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG258.4OP
HEC2Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNG258.4OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
55411
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Municipality
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (530,133 MWh) and 4 the lowest (114,459 MWh). Their difference is 415,674 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 3 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 258.4 (HEC1, HEC2) to 306 (HECS). The difference is 47.6 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
HEC1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle258.4234.4261.0145.0
HEC2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle258.4234.4261.0145.0
HECSNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle306.0283.9293.070.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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