By Justin Averette
As the weather heats up, so does the work of Alabama Power’s Generation fleet.
The company started preparing months ago for its summer peak season and higher demand caused by rising temperatures.
That preparation includes planned outages on power-generating units ahead of summer. However, there’s nothing “down” about these times that are used to perform maintenance, repairs and other upgrades.“These planned outages ensure units are ready to run safely and reliably during peak season,” said Bobby Williams, maintenance manager at Plant Miller, about 20 miles northwest of Birmingham and the largest coal-fired power plant in the state. “This is a huge effort and time requirement from our employees.”
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