PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, headquartered in Andalusia, Ala., is a generation and transmission (G&T) electric cooperative that provides wholesale power to 16 electric cooperatives and four municipal electric systems in Alabama and northwest Florida.
Since 1941, we have evolved to adapt to industry changes, but some things remain unchanged: a focus on employee safety, an unwavering commitment to members, the promise to provide reliable energy and ongoing efforts to contain costs and deliver affordable energy to the communities we serve.
Mission: To safely provide reliable, competitively priced wholesale power to promote development of the communities our members serve.
Vision: EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS every day
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New jobs in Alabama & Florida through economic developmentCore Values
Safety
member unity
reliability
Affordability
Community Development
Employee Development
The hustle-and-bustle of everyday life depends on energy. More people are requiring a greater amount of energy than ever before, especially as new technologies change the way we live, work, sleep, shop — even how we commute.
Around-the-clock reliability is imperative, and reliable energy must also be as affordable as possible to support economic growth and prosperity. Unfortunately, restrictive environmental regulations and policies are threatening to obstruct the most vital energy generating sources available for supporting a reliable economy: natural gas and coal.
PowerSouth cautions against a rapid shift from proven reliable and cost-effective resources to intermittent renewable energy like solar and wind. Renewable energy is limited by weather fluctuations. Solar, for example, produces no energy when the sun does not shine. Most people served by PowerSouth and its 20 distribution members demand the highest amount of energy on cloudy, cold winter mornings before solar energy production is available.
This is why "replacing" the reliable generation of natural gas, coal, and nuclear with renewable energy is not a 1:1 proposition. It would take many large-scale renewable generating facilities and significant energy storage capacity to replace a traditional generator. Additionally, some traditional facilities are "peakers," designed to provide large amounts of capacity power in a short amount of time, and this capability does not exist with renewable energy.
Until renewable and storage technologies can affordably keep pace with demand, PowerSouth will continue to use fossil fuels as its primary source of energy to support the wellbeing of communities and people across Alabama and Northwest Florida. PowerSouth has added some solar energy but will only continue to responsibly add solar to support its energy needs under the right conditions. Thanks to its currently owned natural gas and coal-powered facilities, as well as two hydroelectric dams and purchased nuclear, PowerSouth stands committed to reliably and affordably meeting its members' energy needs.
Our members
PowerSouth is owned and governed by its 20 distribution member systems, who distribute energy to more than 480,000 residential, commercial and industrial end-use members.
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Generation
End-use members need and expect reliable power every second of every day. PowerSouth meets these energy needs with more than 2,000 megawatts of owned generation capacity. As technology evolves and member needs grow, PowerSouth will meet growing demand through thoughtful planning and continual systems improvement.