Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Alabama Power from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
A single-vehicle crash in Wilmer shut down both lanes of U.S. 98 near Avenue B and knocked out electricity to hundreds of customers in western Mobile County, according to the…
The EPA has ordered ADEM to revise the air quality permit for Alabama Power's Plant Barry near Mobile, finding deficiencies in how the state agency addressed sulfur dioxide emissions and…
Alabama Public Service Commissioner Chip Beeker and challenger Robert McCollum head to a June 21 runoff, with McCollum pushing for more scrutiny of Alabama Power's coal ash storage at Plant…
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Power held two electrical safety training sessions at its Mobile Control Center on June 2, 2022, marking the return of the popular “Safe-T-Zone” program after a…
Alabama Power is offering safety training to first responders across Mobile County on how to avoid electrocution, prompted by an incident in which a Mobile Fire-Rescue Department firefighter was shocked…
A new solar research canopy at Fairhope City Hall highlights a broader fight over a controversial Alabama Power fee that advocates and a federal lawsuit say has stunted residential solar…
Mobile is one City Council vote away from joining the growing list of cities using automated gunshot detection, with a proposed three-year contract worth roughly $640,000 with ShotSpotter headed for…
Residents of Dauphin Island should plan for a brief interruption in electric service this week after Alabama Power announced a planned service outage for Wednesday, Nov. 3. The utility scheduled…
Alabama Power has begun replacing utility poles and trimming trees along Old Shell Road in Spring Hill, a months-long project that will require periodic lane closures and some sidewalk repairs.
Alabama regulators have signed off on Alabama Power's plan to permanently cap its coal ash pond in place at Plant Barry rather than excavate the waste, a decision environmental advocates…